To kick off our 60th year of service with a bang, Irving Cares set out to raise $60,000. That goal was apparently not big enough to show the love and support of new friends and long-time supporters. Thank you to everyone who generously donated and helped us raise...
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$60 for 60 Years!
Help us Raise $60,000 to Celebrate 60 Years! We're more than halfway there, but we need your help! Now through Tuesday, May 9, at midnight, Help us meet our Birthday Goal by donating $60, or any $60 increment such as $120, $180, $240; If 600 people donate $60 by May...
Open House Thank You Celebration on May 2nd
Join us Tuesday, May 2, from 5-7 pm to celebrate! Sixty years ago, a group of citizens formed Irving Cares. Your support has allowed us to offer six decades of service. Now join us for an open house and let us thank you! Drinks and appetizers will be served. Please...
Irving Cares ExxonMobil Paid Summer Internship
Opportunity for College Student Through ExxonMobil Community Summer Jobs Program - Irving Cares is now interviewing full-time college students for a paid summer internship in our Employment Services Program. The intern’s responsibilities will include collecting job...
The Employment Services Program Changed Pat’s Life!
Our friend, Pat, wrote a review of Irving Cares, "This place is amazing! Mary Shelton helped me so much! I lost my job of 10+ years in 2015 due to downsizing because of the economy. I started a small cleaning company when I could not procure employment that would...
Valuable Volunteers and Donors
Our faithful volunteer, Chris Arrington, picks up donated bakery goods every weekend from long-time supporters, Tom Thumb. This weekend Chris had some help from a beautiful young lady, a student at The Hockaday School, and daughter of Carista Ragan Hill! Do you have...
The Baron and Blue Foundation Provides Funds to Irving Cares
Generous $10,000 support of operating expenses was received in December. The Baron and Blue Foundation, founded in 2002 by Lisa Blue and Fred Baron, strives to enhance the function of nonprofit organizations in the Dallas Community by assisting to maintain existing...
Generous Donor helps Cynthia #WeatherTheStorm
Cynthia is planning to return to work. But this year she's battling cancer, and living on income from disability payments. It's hard to make ends meet. When Kevin heard about #WeatherTheStorm, he made a donation that helped her avoid eviction this month. Case...
Last Christmas She Needed Help
An anonymous donor paid her rent, helping her #WeatherTheStorm, today she's making a donation saying, "This donation is inspired by the fact that Irving Cares was there for my daughter and me so that we were not homeless during the Christmas Holidays. May God bless my...
Weather the Storm this Holiday Season
The storm of a financial crisis can come in the form of an illness, car wreck, job layoff, divorce, or the death of a wage earner. Eviction can be what follows. Last year, Irving Cares helped 204 qualified families pay their rent or mortgage. Although that number is...