Fill-A-Backpack School Supply Drive
July 25 – August 8, 2011
Corporate Concierge members are getting ready for school. In office buildings and companies all over the Dallas-Fort Worth area, the Concierge collected school supplies to fill more than 1000 backpacks as part of their annual Fill-A-Backpack Drive. Corporate Concierge Inc. established the Fill-A-Backpack Drive in the 1980’s, which became a joint venture between CCI and the Dallas Building Owners & Managers Association in 1998.
Each year, Dallas BOMA adopts local charities, providing support with construction, renovation, events and community volunteerism.
What Charities Have Been Selected?
Mi Escuelita is an early childhood program dedicated to teaching English to at-risk children of all cultures & developing their language & literacy skills in preparation for a successful school experience.
Genesis Women’s Shelter provides quality safety & shelter to battered women & their children through crisis intervention & short-term crisis therapeutics & to reduce the occurrence of domestic violence.
Our Friends Place nurtures girls and young women who’ve been abused, neglected & abandoned thru therapeutic residential care & the teaching of independent living skills, so they can experience a safe, stable homelike environment.
Dallas & Collin County Advocacy Centers each provide compassionate, effective ways to help kids heal from child abuse, while reducing the trauma of reporting abuse.
Interfaith Housing Coalition provides transitional housing, programs & support services to help Dallas-area homeless families’ transition to self-sufficiency.
Vogel Alcove is a quality, no-cost childcare center for homeless children whose families reside in area emergency & transitional housing programs. While children are at Vogel Alcove, parents can seek employment, training & housing.
Jonathan’s Place is the first, licensed foster group home in the State of Texas specializing in providing transitional living & special care services to drug-exposed infants & small children who are in dire need.
Trinity River Mission is a volunteer-based community learning center that supports the development of educational success in the children, youth and families of West Dallas.
New Beginning Center serves abused women and their families to help break the cycle of domestic violence through counseling, crisis intervention, emergency shelter & education.
Good Shepherd Community Center has provided daycare & nursery facilities for children in West Dallas since 1940. They also provide food to 5,000 low-income area residents each year through their facility.