Texanthropy Spotlight: Presbyterian Night Shelter
Earlier this week I had the pleasure of visiting Fort Worth and attending the grand opening and ribbon cutting for the Presbyterian Night Shelter’s new Morris Foundation Women and Children’s Center.
The Presbyterian Night Shelter is a nonprofit that was created in 1984 by three Presbyterian churches in Fort Worth to provide overnight shelter for homeless persons. The shelter served 4,335 homeless clients last year, and the addition of the new 30,000-square-foot Women and Children's Center will help them serve even more. It will provide 40 private housing units for homeless women and children, and is the only area shelter that allows families with older teenage boys to remain with their mothers, keeping the families together. It also provides a comprehensive children’s program, which includes playgrounds, on-site counseling and after-school tutoring.
During my visit I called on the Fort Worth community to consider the new Women and Children’s Center as a place to volunteer and give their time to those in the greatest need. The shelter and center rely on assistance from volunteers, donations of items and monetary contributions.
No mother or child should feel helpless, with no place and no one to turn to. Thank you to the Presbyterian Night Shelter for the work you are doing to help provide meals, shelter, safety, and a path to a brighter tomorrow for so many here in Fort Worth. As a recent editorial in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram put it: “Fort Worth is fortunate to have the new center and the donors and workers who made it possible.” I agree!
Congratulations on the amazing new Women and Children’s Center. I cannot wait to hear about all the ways Presbyterian Night Shelter is helping to transform lives and create a path to a brighter tomorrow for so many in Fort Worth.