Catholic Charities Diocese of Fort Worth breaks ground on an exciting new future!

photoThanks to an outpouring of community support, we will soon double our capacity to serve Tarrant and surrounding counties. Our new, 83,000 square foot building will combine three existing Catholic Charities locations, making our organization more accessible and able to provide a greater depth of services to the community.

Over 200 donors contributed to our Building Hope campaign, including corporate sponsors such as Lockheed Martin, Hillwood; Frost Bank; Chesapeake Energy; XTO Energy; Thompson, Harveson, and Cole; Bell Helicopter, Wells Fargo; and TXU Energy. The campaign also benefited from the generosity of local foundations and philanthropists including the Fischer family of Fort Worth, the Amon G. Carter Foundation and the Mabee Foundation of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

In addition to the one million dollars to endow the new building, the Fort Worth Catholic Diocese generously donated four acres of land in southeast Fort Worth where the building will be located, and Catholic Charities staff members contributed over 20,000 to the campaign.

"We truly will be Building Hope in this community," says Catholic Charities CEO Heather Reynolds. "Hope for families in need, hope for children who are victims of violence or neglect, hope for the elderly, and hope for political refugees and immigrants. Because this community said yes when we asked for help - Catholic Charities will be able to answer the cries of those who need us most."

photoThe new Catholic Charities' facility was designed by the architectural firm of Hahnfeld Hoffer Stanford. The construction company chosen for the project is Steele & Freeman of Fort Worth.

Catholic Charities' new facility will be sited at 249 West Thornhill Drive in Fort Worth, across from La Gran Plaza & the Town Center shopping center, the move-in date is scheduled for March 25 & 26, 2010.



BUILDING HOPE FACTS


Building Hope
  • Over the past five years, Catholic Charities' services have increased by 130-percent, and current facilities can no longer meet the challenge.
  • Building Hope is a capital campaign to raise 13.6 million dollars by June 30th, for the construction and endowment of an exciting new Catholic Charities facility in Tarrant County.
  • This new 70-thousand square foot facility will combine the services of three separate Catholic Charities locations and more than double the organization's current capacity.
  • The new building will also provide easy access to public transportation and other important government services. It will allow Catholic Charities to save $1.3 million over 5 years by combining locations, it will allow the organization to be more accessible and accommodating to the community, and it will leave room to grow to meet future community needs.
  • The Fort Worth Catholic Diocese has generously donated four acres of land in southeast Fort Worth and donated one million dollars to the Building Hope campaign. With the help of the diocese and other generous donors, Catholic Charities has currently raised $9.3 million.
  • If Catholic Charities was able to raise an additional $4.3 million by the June 30th deadline. By doing so the Mabee Foundation of Tulsa contributed the final $1 million toward the total campaign goal of $13.6 million (Note: The Mabee Foundation pledge is considered part of the $9.3 million raised.)
  • The Catholic Charities vision is to be people of faith serving all people in need.
  • Catholic Charities is one of the largest social service agencies in Tarrant County. In 2007, the organization served the needs of 112,000 people in 28 area counties. In Tarrant County alone, Catholic Charities serves 1 in 16 residents.
  • Catholic Charities offers nearly 30 different community services, including:
    •      o Programs to reducing infant mortality
         o Work to prevent the spread of HIV to newborns
         o Assistance for families in obtaining healthcare for their children
         o Shelter for abused and neglected children
         o Parent education aimed at preventing abuse
         o Assistance for refugees fleeing political or religious persecution
         o Recruitment, training, licensing and support for foster families
         o Financial assistance for the working poor
         o Housing & pharmaceutical assistance for the elderly and disabled


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