Irving Cares

A food drive with no shopping, no lines, no lifting!

admin — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:06:01 +0000

Irving Cares procures food items from the North Texas Food Bank by paying a shared maintenance fee of 28 cents per pound. You can participate in a virtual food drive that creates a credit on our food bank account, helping us feed more families cost-effectively.

Use these steps to feed hungry families: 1. Register your food drive: click here; 2. Include IRVING CARES in the name of your food drive; 3. After the event send a letter with the results to the North Texas Food Bank and to Irving Cares. Your letter ensures that you help close the gap on hunger with hassle free giving; no lifting required! Read all the details: Steps to Sign Up for a Virtual Food Drive

ExxonMobil Community Summer Jobs Program Internship Available

admin — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:30:55 +0000

Now interviewing college students for a paid summer internship in our Employment Services Program. Responsibilities include assessing employment and educational needs, referring to appropriate organizations for training/resources, conducting a Job Search Seminar, marketing the program in the community. This internship is made possible through a grant from the ExxonMobil Foundation, which provides full-time college students an eight-week paid internship for experience in nonprofit community organizations. Eligible students must be undergraduates returning as a full-time sophomore, junior or senior in the fall of 2012. Applicants should contact Mary Shelton at 972-721-9181, ext. 207 or email mshelton@irvingcares.org.

For details, please click here.

Free Tax Prep Available Now

admin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:41:43 +0000

Now open at Irving Cares - Earn It! Keep It! Save It! helps low-and moderate-income families get an average of $1,500 in tax returns. Families and individuals who earn $50,000 or less per year are eligible for help from trained, IRS-certified tax preparers. The sites is open now through April, Monday through Saturday. Learn more at http://UnitedWayDallas.org/EKS

ZestFest 2012

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:31:51 +0000

Whatcha gonna do this weekend? Donate canned goods, and you’ll receive $2 off admission to ZestFest. You can also buy a $1 tasting cup at the Celebrity Chef demonstrations. Visit www.zestfest2012.com for schedules. ZestFest Turns Up the Heat in Irving http://www.nbcdfw.com/

Free Tax Prep at Irving Cares

admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:29:58 +0000

Now open at Irving Cares – Earn It! Keep It! Save It! helps low-and moderate-income families get an average of $1,500 in tax returns.

If you or someone you know, wants free tax help from a trained, IRS-certified tax preparer, sites including are open now through April at convenient locations. Learn more at http://UnitedWayDallas.org/EKS

If you want a rewarding volunteer experience, United Way will provide all the training you need to serve as a tax preparer, Spanish translator or intake specialist. Learn more and register to volunteer at http://UnitedWayDallas.org/EKS.

Complete volunteer info available at: https://volunteer.truist.com/uwomd/images/cache/000/010/493/497/10493497655.pdf

Holiday Haven of Hope for 48 Families

admin — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:54:39 +0000

At Irving Cares, we’ve just finished paying a portion of December rent or utilities for 48 families. They attended a money management class to learn how to budget and save, so that next year they can provide for their own holiday. This thank you card is from one of those families. We’ve raised nearly $6,000 of the $18,000 we need to cover these expenses. Please consider a gift to the Holiday Assistance Program here.

Hunger doesn’t take a holiday

admin — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:40:22 +0000

Register your holiday food drive with the 2011 Holiday Food Drive Form, and see our Grocery Shopping List for the most needed items; or consider a financial donation. We can buy groceries for lower than retail cost and your donation can make a bigger impact. Your financial and food donations make a difference for hungry families.

Homeless Pets Help Homeless People Video

admin — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:10:51 +0000

Check out this video of the Homeless Pets Homeless People Donation Drive on October 22, featuring Irving Cares CEO, Teddie Story – http://irvingtx.swagit.com/player.php?refid=11102011-37. Thanks to ICTN for this footage.

The Fall newsletter is here

admin — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:38:34 +0000

Read all about it! Holiday food drives, The Great Harvest results, Facebook, audit results, success stories: click here!

Homeless Pets Help Homeless People Donation Drive

admin — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:01:48 +0000

Join us Saturday, October 22, at the donation drive finale – Irving Animal Care Campus, 4140 Valley View Lane – food, live music and blessing of the animals from 11 am to 3 pm (rain or shine). Bring your donation of items to help the homeless: non-perishable food, blankets, jackets, backpacks, sleeping bags. Donations benefit Irving Cares, Irving Poverty & Homeless Coalition and Hope Fellowship Outreach. For more info contact Animal Services at (972) 721-2256, or DFW Humane Society (972) 721-7788.