by Heather Schiefer | Jul 8, 2019 | News, Press
Heart House and Matchfire were recently featured in DMagazine following the two partnering to rebrand the organization in an effort to amplify Heart House’s mission of “empowering refugee children to thrive in their new home country.” The...
by Heather Schiefer | Jul 1, 2019 | Press
Each year Heart House students participate in an experimental learning program called Lemonade Day. The program teaches kids how to start, own and operated their own business. “The foremost objective of Lemonade Day is to empower youth to take ownership of their...
by Heather Schiefer | May 30, 2019 | Press
This May, Heart House sat down with DFW Child Magazine to shine a spotlight on our work in Vickery Meadow. Dallas Mom Soudary Kittivong-Greenbaum sat with DFW Child to discuss the importance of being successful as a kid and how Heart House prepares refugee children...
by Heather Schiefer | Mar 20, 2019 | Blog, News, Press
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...
by Amber Martin | Mar 5, 2019 | Blog, News, Press
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 know then that at dawn, more than 26+ families...
by Heather Schiefer | Feb 13, 2019 | Press
Heart House CEO Lenita Dunlap will be speaking at the 2019 Australia and New Zealand Refugee Trauma Recovery in Resettlement Conference in Queensland, Australia. The conference will be held Mar. 27 – 30, 2019 at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. Ms....
