A Christian non-profit helping to bring hope and change lives.
Spring | Summer 2014
Christian Community Ac tion
The journey of
your donation
Follow a donated t-shirt from
drop-off to lives changed!
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CCA Volunteer Appreciation Banquet
CCA held its annual Volunteer Appreciation Banquet on Thursday, April 3, at the MCL Grand Theater in
Lewisville. Comedian Lyndy Phillips provided entertainment and dinner was catered and donated by
Morris Salerno, owner of Bistecca Restaurant. Volunteers were recognized in 23 categories for their outstanding and selfless service to CCA. Charlene Bell, CCA Volunteer Manager, summed up the event, “It
was an honor to spend an evening with 150 individuals who are committed to changing lives. We are grateful
for our volunteers. Without them, we simply cannot do all that we do to help so many in our communities.”
Annually, volunteers contribute more that 55,600 hours of service to CCA.
1. Volunteer of the Year
Dennis Song – Pictured: Mary Hunt
2. Morgan Moore Award
Diana Robinette
3. Administration
Anita Schiller
4. Adult Health Center
Kathryn Kremer
5. Donation and Processing Center
The Lubin Family
6. Facilities
Jimmy McAfee
7. Family Assistance
Don Hamilton
8. Pantry
Rita Hobson
9. Golden Angels
First Christian Church – Rev. Christal Fisher
10. Resale 121
Tracey Stanger
11. Spiritual Care
Ray Lowery
12. Vocational/Educational
Bonnie Flanagan
13. Church of the Year
Triestch Memorial United Methodist Church
14. Community Partner of the Year
George and Lorraine Nelle
15. Group of the Year
CCA Charity League
16. Medical Partner of the Year
Baylor Medical Center, Carrollton
17. School of the Year
North Central Texas College,
Flower Mound
18. Distinguished Leadership Award
Charles Emery
19. Special Appreciation
Bill Dandridge, Volunteer Interim President
1. Volunteer of the Year
7. Family Assistance
13. Church of the Year
2. Morgan Moore Award
8. Pantry
14. Community Partner of the Year
3. Administration
9. Golden Angels
15. Group of the Year
4. Adult Health Center
10. Resale 121
16. Medical Partner of the Year
5. Donation and Processing Center
11. Spiritual Care
17. School of the Year
19. Special Appreciation
6. Facilities
12. Vocational/Education
18. Distinguished Leadership Award
Lyndy Phillips – Entertainment
NOT PICTURED
Business of the Year
Bank of America
Civic Organization of the Year
National Charity League,
Cottonwood Chapter
Resale Carrollton
Sister Simpson and Sister Gavin
Resale The Colony
The Colony High School AVLS Class
Seasonal
Mary George
Free Tax Return Preparation
Helps More Than 400
Low Income Families
Since 2007, CCA has partnered with
the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
(VITA) program to provide free tax preparation for families whose household
income is less than 50,000 per year.
Trained volunteer tax preparers focus
on the Earned Income Tax Credits. In
2013, the program served 291 families in a
single month, returning $552,031 back to the
community.
This year, VITA served 428 families, a 47%
increase over last year. One particular case
involved a single mother who had not filed
her federal returns for the past three years.
Through CCA’s VITA program, she submitted
To learn more about CCA’s VITA program,
or how you can get involved, please call Yvonne Booker
at 972-219-4350, or email yvonne.booker@ccahelps.org.
her tax returns for all three years and actually
received a refund.
Connect to Success Academy – Transforming Poverty Through Education
In November 2011, CCA launched Connect to Success Academy in partnership with North Central Texas College,
Flower Mound campus. Designed to help high school youth and their parents develop and navigate post-high school
education and training, the Academy meets monthly on the campus of NCTC. Through Connect to Success Academy,
students and their parents are offered connections to outstanding community resources, including college recruiters,
employers, educators and human resources professionals, all communicating one central message: ‘you must have a
post-high-school plan.’
• Since 2011 – 221 high school youth and their parents served
• 2012-2013 students – 100% of the seniors are currently enrolled in college
• 2013-2014 students – 22 have been accepted into a college or university
In October 2013, a Connect to Success mom contacted CCA and was very
concerned that she had not begun any post-high-school planning for her
senior youth. “My child hasn’t taken any of the standardize exams (SAT,
ACT), and we haven’t even begun a college search process. To be honest,”
she shared, “I have no idea where to start.” Connect to Success Academy
instructors immediately helped this frantic mom schedule both the ACT and
SAT tests for her student and together they completed a college search. As
of March 2014, this high school student has been accepted into a 4-year
university and has qualified for several scholarships.
To learn more about how you can get involved with Connect to Success,
please call Yvonne Booker at 972-219-4350, or email yvonne.booker@ccahelps.org.
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How Your Donation Changes Lives! When you organize a closet, clean out
the garage, or clear some clutter from your home you most likely think of CCA
as the ‘go to’ place to donate your unneeded items. But, chances are, you really
don’t know how important your donation is to CCA. Those items that no longer
have value to you have great value to CCA and those in-need in our community.
We’ve taken this simple example of a donated t-shirt to illustrate how important your donation is and how this donated t-shirt actually changes lives.
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1 Donations received: residential pick-up or drop-off at
our Flower Mound Donation Center, Lewisville or Resale by
CCA locations.
2Processing: items that can be sold are identified and wellworn clothing and damaged goods are recycled.
3 Pricing and store distribution: processed and priced items are distributed to the Resale by CCA stores.
4 Resale by CCA: items are sold at the three stores and the
proceeds help fund CCA’s services and programs.
We don’t just accept clothing!
Donate your unneeded housewares and furniture and make a
difference in your community.
Call for pick-up: 972.219.4304
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Family Assistance meets the immediate, critical
needs of families or individuals during a crisis:
unemployment or under-employment, major illness,
lack of insurance, or any situation that limits access
to healthcare, food, clothing, shelter or the ability to
pay bills by providing emergency financial assistance,
child care opportunities, and program support.
10,689 individuals served *
Adult Health Center offers non-emergency
healthcare services to economically disadvantaged,
uninsured adults. Services include treatment
of acute non-emergency illnesses, chronic diseases,
heart disease and diabetes, high blood pressure,
and respiratory ailments. In addition, there is dental,
optometry, chiropractic, medication assistance
program/dispensary, well-woman exams,
and health and wellness education.
5,909 patients visits*
Food Pantry is a self-selection grocery store.
With more than 40% of food needs provided
by CCA, our clients are able to reserve their
household income for other essentials such as
rent, utilities, childcare, and healthcare.
22,000 family visits*
Vocational and Education Programs
provide the skills necessary for achieving economic
self-sufficiency. Classes and programs offered by CCA
provide the knowledge and training needed to help
a person in need move beyond their life situation.
Programs offered: GED Program, English as a Second
Language, Connect to Success Academy (high-school
college planning), Job Search Skills, Computer Skills,
Financial Management, Forklift Certification
9,500 hours of training provided *
Seasonal Programs address the changing needs
of a struggling family throughout the year as school
comes in and out of session, during the summer, and
at Christmas time. CCA offers programs designed to
support families, their children, and seniors through
these seasons. Programs include Back-to-School,
Christmas Toy Store, Senior Mondays,
and Summer Lunches.
50,000+ summer lunches served *
*Annual Statistics
Food Pantry Gets Healthier!
Limited resources and lack of access to nutritious food have a
significant impact on the health and well-being of families who live
While CCA’s Food Pantry is expanding its vision and
opportunity, we are always in need of a variety of items.
With more than 500 families shopping the pantry each week,
in poverty. To combat this issue, CCA’s Adult Health Center has
many staples are in great demand. You can help by organizing a food
partnered with the Food Pantry to help patients with high blood
drive this summer to provide fresh apples, oranges, watermelon, bell
pressure, diabetes, and high cholesterol manage their conditions
peppers, and so much more. Please contact Maureen Cummings at
and improve their health by providing nutritional education and
972-219-4344, for more information.
assistance.
Thank you to our partners who are providing access to healthy food
As part of this exciting new initiative, CCA has expanded our part-
options for local families in need. We are grateful for your support!
nership with the North Texas Food Bank to provide a wider variety
• Hoblitzelle Foundation
of fresh food choices, including fruits, vegetables, meat, cheese, and
• Hillcrest Foundation
milk. And to safely store and display all these fresh food choices,
• Flower Mound United Methodist Church
we are remodeling the Food Pantry with updated and enhanced
• CCA Individual Donors
refrigeration and shelving options.
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Advertise on one of our trucks
and be seen while helping!
CCA is offering advertising opportunities on our trucks.
Your ad will be seen all around town and the fee for the
ad will go toward funding CCA services and programs
that help so many in our communities.
CCA has three 18’ donation pick-up trucks on the roads
everyday picking up donated items. The trucks make
more than 6100 pickups annually averaging 2000 pickups per truck, about six trips per truck everyday, six days
a week. The trucks are seen throughout 42 local communities including Lewisville, Carrollton, Coppell, Flower
Mound, Highland Village, Lantana, Bartonville, Corinth,
and southern Denton County. The trucks are also used at
school, church, and neighborhood events.
Consider placing an ad on one of our donation pick-up
trucks. Your business will get great publicity while helping
to make a difference in our communities.
For more information contact:
Gary Daniels, CCA Director of Communications
gary.daniels@ccahelps.org | 972.219.4359
CCA needs your
clothing donations!
No matter what condition your clothing is in,
CCA needs your clothing donation. Gently used
clothing is processed and sold in our Resale by
CCA stores. Well worn clothing and rags can also
be used. These items are compressed into 1,000
pound bales and sold by the pound to recyclers. The proceeds from the sale and
recycling of your donated clothing helps to
fund our programs and services. So, clean
out a closet and donate
today!
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200 South Mill Street
Lewisville, Texas 75057
www.ccahelps.org
“...Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” Matthew 25:40
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resale
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Proceeds from Resale by CCA help
provide food, shelter, medical services,
education,training, and spiritual
guidance to families in need right
here in your community.
Upcoming events:
May 23-26 | Memorial Day Sale
June 9-14 | Father’s Day Sale
July 3-5 | July 4th Blowout
Unique items at each store.
Visit them all!
Lewisville
2202 South Highway 121 / 972.315.6544
Old Town Lewisville
(Closed for remodeling)
Carrollton
3050 Josey Lane / 972.394.9060
The Colony
5000 Main Street, Suite 270 / 972.625.6641
All stores open Monday-Saturday 10am – 8pm
Closed Sunday
NEW Discount Days:
Military Monday - 20% off
Teacher and Student Tuesday - 20% off
Senior Wednesday - 25% off
Social Media Thursday - 20% off
First Responder Friday - 20% off
Saturday – Manager’s Special
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