Let’s take a look at everything that happened during June and what’s to come during July. Heart House completed the 2020/2021 School year in early June with testing and surveys. Summer program kicked off June 21st and students went on their first field trip […]
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 […]
Can just anyone support a child’s mental health? This is a common question that comes up around Heart House, an afterschool program serving the mental health needs of refugee children in Dallas. As a licensed counselor, these interactions with volunteer staff are not unexpected […]
Community groups come together to provide hope after tragic fire in Vickery Meadow displaces refugee families On Monday, March 4, a fire destroyed the homes of sixteen families and damaged the homes of ten others at Sunchase Square Apartments in the 7200 block of […]
A letter from our CEO, Lenita Dunlap Yesterday, as we all did, I awoke to a frigid morning, an unheard-of cold for a March in our city. I was expecting it to be another normal day, but it’s far from it. Sadly, I didn’t […]
As politicians in Washington haggle over the future of our immigration policies, there is one group of immigrants that desperately needs assistance: refugee children. Imagine being forced to flee from your home and the chaos that would ensue as you resettle into a new country with a […]
