We were fortunate to have two very special Mother's Day events over the weekend to celebrate all of the mothers at the Mission! Board Member, Mary Lou Ryan, along with Krissy Hulls hosted Flip Flops & Lemon Drops. Each mother was able to pick one pair of flip flops, a nail polish color and a [...]
Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant county is a great place for corporate groups to volunteer! There are plenty of diverse ways to help out and with our six-acre campus we can accommodate larger groups. We enjoy creating partnerships with local companies that do so much to give back to the community. We are happy to [...]
Each Easter, through amazing community support, our residents get to celebrate and enjoy the holiday just as it should be! This year was certainly no different. We had a number of groups donate Easter eggs, baskets and other goodies. We were able to use all of the donations in this year’s Easter Egg Hunt. The [...]
With all of the hustle and bustle in our lives, it's not always easy to stop and enjoy the simple things in life. Last week, a group of students from Watson Learning Center, an Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD school, visited the Mission and was reminded of that. Each year, the school is granted funds to contribute [...]
Every now and again, we have groups that come and host Service Days at the Mission. Essentially, they come and take over for a day! This usually includes, helping serve meals, leading chapels and hosting special events for the residents. Since this sort of day is a lot of work and requires a good deal [...]
Each year, the downtown Fort Worth Rotary Club partners with Riverside Middle School to teach the 8th graders the importance of giving back to the community through a program called STARS. STARS, “Service Through Active Rotarians and Students" combines community service with curriculum-based learning for middle school students. As part of this program, all students [...]
UGM-TC has a wide variety of ways to get involved as a volunteer. One of the needs we have come up every now and again is for our special events. For instance, just this week, we had a need pop up for some volunteer drivers to help drive moving trucks for our Warehouse Sale. And [...]
Sometimes a simple message of love is just what our residents need. That's exactly what the 7th & 8th graders at All Saints Episcopal School did this past Tuesday at the Mission! They hosted a valentine making party for our families. It was a really special event full of laughter, positivity and most of all [...]
The Reverend Vernon Williams is a volunteer Chapel Leader at UGM-TC. He began his ministry here back in 1998. He led two chapel services a month until his kidney’s failed him. For four years, Vernon waited and waited to receive a new kidney. Then there was dialysis three times a week. Vernon hoped and prayed [...]
Tarrant County businesses, churches & private citizens have an uncanny ability to spread their generosity throughout the community during the holidays and UGM-TC has certainly been the beneficiary of that kindness throughout the years. But, once the holidays are over, it can sometimes get a little quiet in the volunteer departments around the area. Fortunately, [...]