Giving Tuesday: A list of Tarrant County charities that would appreciate your generosity
Doing good is what today is all about.
Giving Tuesday was created in 2012 as a way for people to give, and “this idea has grown into a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity,” according to givingtuesday.org.
The idea is to have the mind for generosity. Giving Tuesday occurs, well, every Tuesday. But the annual celebration of giving is today, Tuesday, Nov. 29.
“Giving Tuesday recognizes that we each can drive an enormous amount of positive change by rooting our everyday actions, decisions and behavior in radical generosity — the concept that the suffering of others should be as intolerable to us as our own suffering,” says a statement on givingtuesday.org. Radical generosity invites people to give what they can to create systemic change.”
If you are looking for a place to give, here are a few local charities that serve Tarrant County and the Metroplex with a variety of services. Each section features a statement from each charity.
Whom to give this Giving Tuesday in Fort Worth
Fort Worth Public Library Foundation
Service area: Fort Worth
We love the opportunity to bring our community together to support free vital educational programs provided to our 950,000 residents by the Fort Worth Public Library.
The library gives all year long, let’s give back!
Service area: North Texas
Give the gift of life. Donate today.
Service area: Fort Worth
Helping to lift people in poverty by providing basic needs and teaching them to be self sufficient.
Endowment Fund — Meals on Wheels Inc. of Tarrant County
Service area: Tarrant County
This organization supports the Meals on Wheels Inc. of Tarrant County by receiving donations, investing the money and managing it.
Service area: Tarrant County
Whether you give your time, money or spread the word about our mission, you can make a difference. Every way you give helps people facing hunger in our community.
Service area: NW Tarrant County
Community Link by the numbers: 15,048 families reached or roughly more than 50,000 individuals. 25% of households served were senior citizens. 51% of households had children under the age of 18. 413 were college students. Registered an average of 92 new families a month for services. Distributed 2,165,160 pounds of food in 2019
Service area: Fort Worth
Community food bank collects, stores and distributes food items to individuals and partnering agencies. Community food bank is an independent agency, guided by a volunteer board of directors and not limited in service by zip codes.
Service area: Texas
Heels on the Move To Heal is a Texas (Dallas) 501c3 non-profit organization that strives to bring awareness to human trafficking, domestic violence and/or sexual assault while empowering and supporting survivors.
Service area: Fort Worth
To provide service to those in need, to advocate for compassion and justice in the structures of society, and to call all people of goodwill to do the same.
Service area: Tarrant County
The mission of SafeHaven of Tarrant County is to end family violence through safety, support, prevention and social change.
Service area: Tarrant County
CASA of Tarrant County and its court-appointed volunteers advocate for the best interest of abused and neglected children.
Service area: Tarrant County
Protect Tarrant county children from child abuse through teamed investigations, healing services and community education.
Service area: Fort Worth, Tarrant County
Seeks donations to pay for an annual angel tree Christmas party for children and families, buy as many toys to give out during the holidays and help struggling families throughout the year.
Serendipity Equine Haven of Fort Worth
Service area: Fort Worth
To serve the emotionally, physically or intellectually challenged people through equine friends and through a comprehensive program of equine activities.
Service area: Fort Worth
The Fort Worth Aviation Museum provides uses to the magic of flight to inspire and educate young people in Fort Worth. Together we can change lives!
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
Service area: Fort Worth
Today is Giving Tuesday — and together we can do so much for our local and global communities. This #GivingTuesday, we are asking you to support our Giving Tree. Your gift to the Museum will help us purchase items like a doorbell for our collections department building, supplies for Museum program students to learn through hands-on play, and a new camera to capture all the fun memories at the Museum.
