Save The Date!

 

TBRU 16 - Bears of Justice:  Heroes vs Villains

 

March 17-20, 2011

 

Vital Statistics

 

TBRU 15 - Pantheon:  Party with the Gods!  has come to a close...

 
 

we had

1277 Bears, cubs, and admirers, representing...
  • 40 US States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico 
  • 4 Canadian Provinces
  • Costa Rica, Italy, England, Austria, Venezuela, and Australia 
 

TBRU 15 Beneficiaries

 

Youth First Texas

Mailing Address:  3824 Cedar Springs Rd #569, Dallas, TX 75219
Youth Center:  3918 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX  75219

Youth First Texas (YFT) is the only non-profit organization in North Texas providing social services, leadership development, educational programming, and recreational activities to North Texas' Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning youth and their Allies (LGBTQA) through age 22.  YFT envisions a community in which all LGBTQA youth are valued and respected with opportunities & encouragement available to elevate them into healthy, empowered, productive members of society.

For more information on supporting YFT and its mission and services, please contact giving@youthfirsttexas.org or by visiting our website:  www.youthfirsttexas.org/giving

 

AIDS Interfaith Network

AIDS Interfaith Network Logo

Address:  501 N Stemmons Fwy, Ste 200, Dallas, TX  75207
Programs: (214) 941-7696
Administration:  (214) 943-4444
Email:  View AIN's contact information here

AIDS Interfaith Network (AIN) is a multicultural, faith-based, non-profit HIV/AIDS service organization that provides direct care services to meet practical, emotional, and spiritual needs of persons with HIV/AIDS and HIV prevention programs for individuals, groups, and communities.

AIN serves more than 2,000 men, women, children, and youth who are living with HIV/AIDS, and makes over 20,000 contacts with at-risk individuals through outreach and HIV prevention.  AIN serves clients of all ethnicities of their clients, over 27% are women and more than 6% are children and youth.

Twenty-Four Years of Help ... Lifetimes of Hope

 

Legacy Founders Cottage

 

Contact:  Melissa Grove, M.S., LPC
Address:  4054 McKinney Ave, Ste 102, Dallas, TX  75204
Phone:  (214) 520-6308 ext. 302
 
Opened in 1996, Legacy Founders Cottage is a licensed, seven-room special-care facility in a cozy, homelike environment in Oak Cliff.  Designed exclusively for people living with AIDS in critical stages of their illness who require 24-hour supervised care, the caregivers become a family to our patients,  to ensure they feel loved and cared for. Both hospice and home health care services are available to residents based on individual needs, and all meals are prepared in-house by staff and volunteers to meet the unique needs and desires of individual residents.
 
Some of the services Founders Cottage provides include:
  • Meals and “Comfort Food”
  • Around the Clock Care Giving
  • Housekeeping
  • Counseling and Support
  • Companionship
  • Bereavement Support
  • Medical Support
  • Advocacy & Social Work
Legacy is always looking for volunteers to help with many of these services on a regular basis.