Families coping with HIV/AIDS as well as other serious medical issues find love and warmth at Bryan's House when they have no place else to turn. Our mission is to respond to the needs of children and their families by providing medically-managed child care, adolescent programming, and community-based, family-centered support services. Bryan's House is the only special-care facility in Dallas for children and teens affected by HIV/AIDS. We offer a full range of medical, educational, and psychosocial services 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Our nationally acclaimed program is innovative, compassionate, and cost effective.  www.bryanshouse.org

 

The mission of Gilda's Club is to provide meeting places where men, women and children living with cancer along with their families and friends can join with others to build emotional and social support as a supplement to medical care.  Free of charge and not for profit, Gilda's Club offers support and networking groups, lectures, workshops and social events in a nonresidential, homelike setting.  www.gildasclubtx.com

 

Located at historic Fair Park in Dallas, Texas Discovery Gardens is a year-round urban oasis filled with natural wonders for visitors of all ages. Ten different themed areas include a butterfly habitat, native wildlife pond, scent garden, shade garden and heirloom garden. The first certified organic public gardens in the state, Texas Discovery Gardens features spectacular native and adapted plants grown using sustainable methods that conserve water and protect the environment.

The mission of the Texas Discovery Gardens is to have a positive impact on the future of Texas by teaching people effective ways to restore, conserve and preserve nature in the urban environment through the use of native and adapted plants that illustrate the interrelationship of Butterflies, Bugs and Botany.  www.texasdiscoverygardens.org

 

The mission of the Autism Treatment Center is to assist people living with autism and other related disorders as they learn, play, work and live in the community.  The ATC does this by promoting and supporting the personal success of each member with respect, courtesy and dignity.

The Autism Treatment Center also assists its members by providing a learning environment, which will increase competence and independence in both functional and enriching activities. Individual abilities, interests, and preferences of the people we serve will be the prime consideration in providing for a balance of education, work and leisure.  www.atcoftexas.org

 

Using its fleet of specially customized mobile immunization Care Vans, the Caring for Children Foundation’s Care Van Program is able to complement traditional "brick and mortar" clinics by visiting schools, churches, restaurants, recreational parks, shopping centers, public housing, community events, etc. and conduct immunization outreach clinics in the communities where these at-risk families live and work.

In addition to offering free childhood immunizations, the Care Van Program also offers free health screenings at most of its health education community events. Health screenings include blood pressure checks, body fat and strength tests.  www.carevan.org