The 6th Annual GRACE Poker Tournament is just around the corner, and we’d like to take a moment to highlight some amazing members of our community who’ve chosen to sponsor this great event!   King of Hearts  Our first King of Hearts sponsor is BoomerJack’s Grill and Bar! A longtime supporter of GRACE, BoomerJack’s has been serving everything from juicy hamburgers, to crispy chicken wings, to fresh salads since 2002 in locations across the Metroplex. The folks at BoomerJack’s have shared their overwhelming generosity with GRACE over and over again, and for that we are grateful! For more information about BoomerJack’s, please visit https://boomerjacks.com/.  We also thank the Joanne E. “Jody” Matthews Estate, executors Melissa Moss, Edith Lenington, Jill Duncan, and Sharon Pinkerton, for their generous support as a King of Hearts sponsor!  Queen of Diamonds  Showing continued support for GRACE is our Queen of Diamonds sponsor, the Netzer Family Charitable

A new year for GRACE Transitional Housing residents means a new vision. The first monthly meet of the year called for something big – making a vision board to make the vision clear for the upcoming year. Vision Boards are a creative way to remind each of the residents of their goals throughout the year and act as a guide to help them form the path they want to set for the rest of their lives. During the meeting, the group talked about how, after overcoming trauma and stress, planning for the future can be overwhelming and scary, but necessary for a self-sufficient future. Each resident was able to use this first meeting of the year to walk through their goals in a way that gave them space to breathe, process, and come up with achievable goals to accomplish along the path to their ultimate vision. The group also discussed

The GRACE Pantry targets the issue of food insecurity throughout Tarrant County on a daily basis. Food insecurity is defined as the “lack of consistent access to food for every person in a household to live an active, healthy life.” For many families, the cost of food, rent and utilities has increased significantly more in the last year than incomes have which bring many families to GRACE. The number of families who come to GRACE in need of food has increased greatly. Currently, the GRACE Pantry is filling food requests for an average of over 900 visits per month. The total number of pantry visits in the past fiscal year has risen just under 60% from the year before. When looking at holiday food distribution, the total number of holiday food “baskets” distributed during Thanksgiving and Christmas this year when compared to last is a 51% increase. GRACE works hard

If one of your new year’s resolutions is to find more fun ways to support GRACE, we’ve got some great upcoming events to share with you! While we are not hosting either of these events, we have generously been selected as beneficiaries – so your participation helps support the GRACE mission, as well as the missions of other non-profit organizations.  The first event, taking place tomorrow, Saturday, January 13th, is Congregation Beth Israel’s 11th Annual Casino Night Fundraiser! This fun event will feature delicious bites from Mac’s on Main, refreshing beverages, an Amazon gift card raffle, an assortment of casino games to play, and a live auction! Sponsorship opportunities are available, starting at $250, as well as individual tickets for $25. All tickets include access to the aforementioned festivities, as well as gaming chips to get your night started! Doors open at 6:30pm, with gambling beginning at 7:00pm – and

This week, GRACE Community Clinic kicked off the 8 Week program “Viva Bien! Live Well with Diabetes” cooking classes with Tarrant Area Food Bank. With 18 individuals in this program, this free, innovative, and bilingual program is a series of eight weekly sessions with hands-on culinary demonstrations. These hands-on courses are taught by nutrition and culinary instructors who volunteer to teach nutrition, cooking, food budgeting and shopping techniques. Additionally, participants are given cook books with a variety of healthy meals included to practice and perfect at home with their families. Exercise topics are also included to assist in better managing or preventing diabetes. Tarrant Area Food Bank offers these courses in collaboration with Partner Agencies like GRACE and other community organizations that agree to host and promote courses to their clientele.  Is excited for the impact this class will make and we look forward to educating the next round of

Looking for a place to start in making memories and forging new experiences in the new year? Why not come out and volunteer at the GRACE Community Garden!  For the past 13 years, the GRACE Community Garden has been providing our local community with fresh produce. But that’s not all.   If we shift our attention away from the specifics— the mulch or the weeds, the squash or the cabbage or the cucumbers— and take a step back, we can come to see that the GRACE Community Garden is truly an embodiment of the GRACE mission. The act of coming together and putting one’s own time and energy into something that extends beyond oneself and into our community.   Overseen by Caryn Hutchinson, Robert “Bob” Dansby, Becca Clarke, and Edie Miller, Garden volunteers plant a wide array of crops, tend to the garden beds, weed, mulch, and much more. Last year, their

Happy New Year From the GRACE CEO! With the “wrapping up” of another successful Christmas season of service at GRACE, we now head into the New Year as a time to both reflect back on the past as well as to set new goals and resolutions for the future. As GRACE begins our 37th year of service in 2024, we look back through the decades and are so very thankful for everything that God has provided in support of our mission: Providing assistance to individuals and families in crisis with guidance toward self-sufficiency. As thankful as we are for the past and where we are today, we also look to the future and we realize that as the need for help grows, we must also grow at GRACE. As the new CEO, I am excited to be joining a GRACE team that is ready to rise to meet that need and

As we bid farewell to the festive holiday season, it brings us immense joy to share the heartwarming success of the GRACE Christmas Cottage. With many thanks to the incredible generosity of our community donors and the dedication of our countless volunteers, GRACE was able to make a significant impact on the lives of 3,800 individuals. The Christmas Cottage would not have been possible without the unwavering support from the community. From the donated amazing space to host our cottage to the festive gingerbread themed décor and vast selection of captivating books, exciting games, warm blankets, home good essentials, and fun toys, not a detail was missed! The spirit of giving was truly evident as our families self-selected the perfect gifts for each of their children. The thoughtful individual selection of items ensured that each family’s unique needs were addressed, making their holiday season a little brighter. GRACE Christmas Cottage

‘Twas the Friday before Christmas and a grand soiree arose To honor the Warner’s among the wreaths and holly and bows. While the event was sincerely to remember dear Robert’s mom and dad— GRACE was filled with family and friends to make the feelings joyous and glad. Ana and Erica joined Lynda and Robert in the Clinic to start. While our Nurse Shirley and Doctor Lee greeted arriving guests from their heart. And the Clinic soon filled with appreciation, happiness, joy, and love. There was Sally and Kurtis. Tall Donny walked in, head and shoulders above. Leslie and Don joined in. Laura and Johnny. Daveen and her girls. Then Kevin and Roni. Heidi and Mark with his wrist in a pickle. And good friends came in droves, not in a trickle. Soon the Clinic was packed, shoulder-to-shoulder, festive revelers all, So we strolled to the Community Room where we were

The GRACE Community Clinic is a Medical Home for uninsured families that do not have access to traditional health care. A dedicated staff of volunteer Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Pharmacists, translators, and clerical personnel provide services to our patients. To continue to serve our clients, the Community Clinic is looking for some help. We are in need of the following medicines to help treat those in need: Iron Tablets 65 mg (325 mg. Ferrous Sulfate)  Fish Oil 1,000 mg. Colace Prilosec Lamisil Cream Clotrimazole cream (Lotrimin) Zyrtec (Cetirizine HCL) Claritin (Loratadine 10 mg) Flonase Spray Robitussin DM Voltaren Cream/Gel Biofreeze Debrox Zaditor-Antihistamine Eye Drops Magnesium Monistat 3 & 7 Hemorrhoidal Suppositories/Creams Neosporin Calcium Vitamin D Tylenol Aspirin Diclofenac Topical Gel Items can be dropped off or shipped to the following location: GRACE Food Pantry 837 E. Walnut Street, Grapevine, TX 76051 Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm THANK