Bridge Breast Network - www.bridgebreast.org

Our mission is to save lives by providing healthcare access to low-income, uninsured individuals for diagnostic and treatment services for breast cancer. Over the past 17 years, The Bridge Breast Network has assisted nearly 100,000 individuals in 16 North Texas counties through our unique one-stop program that includes community referrals, medical case management, breast health education and targeted outreach programs, and most importantly, a network of physicians and healthcare practitioners that provide breast cancer diagnostic and treatment services at no cost to our clients. Diagnostic services include diagnostic mammograms, sonograms, and biopsies. Those diagnosed with breast cancer receive treatment services including breast surgery, chemotherapy and radiation oncology, and follow-up.

Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center - www.dcac.org

The Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center (DCAC) is the only organization in Dallas County providing a comprehensive and multidisciplinary response to the most severe and complex cases of child abuse in the county. DCAC provides a child-friendly environment where a skilled team of professionals come together under one roof to investigate serious child abuse allegations, conduct forensic investigative interviews aiding in the prosecution of offenders, and provide therapy and victim assistance services to the child abuse victims and their non-offending family members. In addition to providing its distinctive, coordinated direct victim services to 2,740 children and families in 2008, DCAC educated over 12,000 individuals in the community on recognizing and reporting child abuse as well as how to keep children safe from harm.

Healing Hands Ministries - www.hhmtx.org

Healing Hands Ministries Medical & Dental Clinic is located in the heart of Dallas with the highest density of Section 8 Housing, where 60 percent of the children are on free/reduced lunch, a key poverty indicator. They are the working poor – many on the brink of homelessness.

As a grassroots, volunteer-driven community-based organization, Healing Hands Ministries is a beacon of hope providing reliable, efficient, low-cost medical and dental care to the neediest of these – in a nurturing, welcoming environment. Healing Hands Ministries receives no government funding and relies solely on community volunteers, donors and businesses. The clinic partners with Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas and is a medical home for their uninsured patients rather than the patients utilizing the hospital ER as a primary care provider. Healing Hands Ministries is a health care model that takes no tax-payer dollars, yet saves tax-payers millions. The Clinic is growing exponentially, and continues to grow daily as the need increase. There are so many stories of success, and yet, still much need.

Heroes for Children - www.heroesforchildren.org

Heroes for Children provides financial and social assistance to families, within the state of Texas, with children (0-22 yrs.) battling cancer. Helping families affected by childhood cancer. Engaging the community in our mission. Responding expediently to requests for assitance. Operating a fiscally responsible organization. Enabling families to focus on the most important part of treatment- the child. Serving children in TX hospitals.

The Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas - www.northtexaswish.org

The Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas grants the wishes of children between the ages of 2 ½ and 18 with life-threatening medical conditions and to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. Since its inception in 1982, the North Texas chapter has granted nearly 4,000 wishes. We serve a 106-county area in North, East and West Texas. Our medical liaisons at local hospitals estimate that more than 1000 children within our service area are diagnosed with a life-threatening medical condition each year. The Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas is striving to reach every medically eligible child to give them the opportunity to experience the power of a wish.

Promise House - www.promisehouse.org

Promise House embraces homeless, runaway, and at-risk teens, giving them the support, encouragement, and hope they need to build a better life. The nine free programs we offer cover the vital needs of teens, including emergency shelter, transitional living, pregnant and parenting teen services, individual, group and family counseling, substance abuse prevention and education, street outreach, and educational intervention. Our mission is to transition teens from homelessness to long-term stability and success.

Wednesday’s Child - www.wedchild.org

Wednesday's Child Benefit Corporation is the only organization that provides funds to fulfill the specific needs of North Texas foster children when no one else can or will so they are able to have as normal a childhood as possible.

As 1 out of every 207 children in North Texas is a foster child, the need for assistance is ever increasing. After being removed from their homes due to abuse and/or neglect, foster children often have to start their lives over in a new place at a young age.

Wednesday's Child Benefit Corporation steps in to help make their new life in foster care joyful and to ensure that their needs are met.