Our Efforts
At the HOPE dinner and auction the Community Storehouse proudly released a video that tells about the services offered in our community. With children being the reason for every decision made within the organization, the video does an excellent job telling the story of the dedication and committment that is evident in our community.
Our Mission
Dedicated to the well-being and education of the children in our community
Vision
Our vision is to build a family of employees and volunteers, each of which serves its clients in distinctive and important ways, and each of which reflects the practical application of biblical values throughout.
Guiding Principles
- Focus: We are a Christ-centered agency.
- Conduct: We will conduct ourselves with dignity, adhering to the highest ethical and moral standards.
- Stewardship: Our agency is a trust, and we will be good stewards of every resource in our care.
- Citizenship: We want to serve others, helping meet human needs in the community and beyond.
Click here to view a short video on Our Mission, Vision and Principles
Accomplishments
- Awarded “Organization of the Year” by Speedway Children’s Charities in 2007.
- Provide essential assistance to over 962 families and over 6,000 children in 2008.
- Provide Summer Lunch Program to an estimated 668 children for three months
- Client services office opened in Roanoke, TX in addition to Keller facility which has a food pantry, donation center, resale store & administration offices.
- Collaborations with Lena Pope Home to provide mental health services and Denton County Friends of the Family for victims of abuse in providing specialized treatment.
- Multi-generational service projects, school team building activities, community based education training for special needs students, youth education leadership service with National Honor Societies, 4-H Clubs, Teen Court programs, Girl Scouts of America projects and Eagle Scouts projects are being successfully supervised with excellent results, promoting better human relationships and a sense of community.
- Elderly volunteers are mentoring and teaching the youth proper work ethics, skills training for jobs, and important values for development.
- Lending Library is being established at Roanoke to improve literacy and help in early childhood development/parenting skills.
- Special Programs for Children give stability to children by providing healthy food, clothing suited to the existing seasonal climate, school supplies as tools to success in learning, and toys/gifts/clothing provide a feeling of normalcy to disadvantaged children during the holidays.
- Special family/child development training events (Snow Day & Family Picnic).
- Excellent volunteers mentoring youth volunteers: Rose Tolfa chosen Star-Volunteer/Star-Telegram, George Harlan named KRLD Community Hero, Olivia Pace named Outstanding Volunteer by Volunteer Center of North Texas, Nicole Castro received First Lady’s Rising Star Award of Texas and Kelley Pledger was selected as the Community Motivator for 2008 by the Texas Governor’s Blue Ribbon Panel.
- 80% of staffing is provided by dedicated volunteers
- Awarded $999,950 in stimulus monies for Re-housing and Prevention of Homelessness.