Let’s take a look at everything that happened during May and what’s to come during June. “Hands on”, project-based learning was the focus of a couple of April happenings. The students explored different professions from Chef to Hairstylist and more at Career Day. And […]
Let’s take a look at everything that happened during April and what’s to come during May. “Hands on”, project-based learning was the focus of a couple of April happenings. The students explored different professions from Chef to Hairstylist and more at Career Day. And […]
Let’s take a look at everything that happened during March and what’s to come during April. Hello from Heart House! Hard to believe that it’s April — already! The last time we spoke, it was right before Winter Storm Uri, which took out the […]
Heart House has hit the ground running in 2021! After a nice winter break everyone is back to school and enjoying time in their Heart House class. Featured below is a photo from a recent lesson on “what I love about myself.” Ruth is […]
Today I’d like to share the story of Emilija Rosenthal…. Emilija Rosenthal was only 9 years old when came to the United States as a refugee. She is originally from Sarajevo, BiH and her family fled the civil war that broke out there in […]
Orchid Giving Circle at Texas Women’s Foundation had much to celebrate at its Grantee Celebration on October 2 at Toyota’s headquarters in Plano. The Giving Circle celebrated its fifth year by distributing $219,500 in grants to 14 nonprofit organizations to benefit the North Texas […]
Liz Curfman, LMSW has joined the Heart House team as Senior Director, Program & Community Outreach at Heart House on Monday October 14th. Curfman was previously Refugee Ministry Director at Northwest Community Center. Curfman’s new role at Heart House entails strategy, management and administration […]
Heart House today announces a grant award from The Liberty Mutual Foundation as part of their Texas Educational Grant initiative, for the agency’s year-long afterschool and summer program serving 240 refugee children of the Vickery Meadow neighborhood of Dallas. “I’m so encouraged by […]
Heart House is now a nonprofit partner of CLOZTALK, a company that designs and sells cause-based apparel to raise awareness and funds for positive causes that matter. Their mission is to get people talking to each other, face-to-face, about important issues that affect our […]
As of July 2019 all of the Heart House sites are Dallas Afterschool Certified. Dallas Afterschool (DAS) is the pre-eminent leader and change agent for the after-school movement within the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. All Heart House sites that have been submitted for Dallas Afterschool […]
