The Tarrant County American Heart Association, a part of the National American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, has been dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke since its foundation in 1924. As a member of the oldest and largest volunteer...
Tarrant County has more reported child abuse cases than any other county in Texas, according to a report published in 2015. That is not a statistic to brag about, but rather, should stir us to empathy and anger. How...
For the last five years, the Joan Katz Breast Center has been helping cancer patients navigate through the different paths that make up cancer treatment. This all began eight years ago, when Joan Katz and Dr. Alan Johns, both cancer...
Nearly a century ago, the first children’s hospital in Fort Worth opened with 30 beds and a promise to provide every child in the area access to medical care. From these humble beginnings Cook Children's has grown to become...
Today marks the seventh annual North Texas Day of Giving. North Texas Giving Day is an online event that takes place from 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m., where anyone with a credit card and internet access may make a donation...
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Arlington’s five branches and 12 school sites provide programs and outreach services to more than 5,000 youth in the Arlington and Mansfield areas each year. Since 1959, the organization has been at the...
Since 1982, A Wish with Wings has granted more than 1,300 wishes to children in Texas fighting life-threatening medical conditions. It is a local organization, and the only Wish granting organization exclusively for children in the state of Texas....