People’s Impact Network

Volunteering Event

Date: November & December, 2023

Location: Allen, TX

Partnering with People’s Impact Network (PIN) to support their sustainable fashion mission, Charities2Love collected 150+ ethnic clothes during their Diwali clothes donation drive. Donations streamed in through the American Airlines Indian Employee Resource Group (IEBRG) and from others who donated directly to us. The donated clothes will get rehomed by PIN on their platforms, and the money collected will be used to give grants back to the nonprofits in the community. Read more about this effort and what all we accomplished in our Fall Update!

Kid’s Matter

Volunteering Event

Date: November 4, 2023

Location: Southlake, TX

Partnering with Kid’s Matter to support their “Around the Block” program, volunteers from Charities2Love came together with dozens of other volunteers to shop with disadvantaged kids for school at the Kohl’s in Southlake, TX. Volunteers were paired up with kids and their families to shop with a $100 gift card, and then at the end of their shopping were able to choose shoes gifted by Twisted X and a book of their choice. We appreciate groups from The Food Lounge, the youth group from Akshaya Patra, and the Lamda Theta Phi DFW Chapter joining us, along with all of our amazing volunteers!

Texas Ramp Project Volunteering Event

Date: October 7, 2023

Location: Fort Worth, TX

Partnering with Texas Ramp Project, volunteers from Charities2Love came together with the Texas Ramp Parker County crew to build a handicap accessible ramp for an individual in Fort Worth, TX. He had become mostly homebound due to complications of Covid. In 3 1/2 hours, 12 volunteers built an ADA accessible ramp under the guidance of Richard Riehm and his team. It was an an extremely impactful and fun morning, and the recipient was tremendously grateful!

Hagar’s Heart Volunteering Event

Date: September 16, 2023

Location: Southlake, TX

Partnering with Hagar’s Heart, 50 volunteers of all ages from Charities2Love came together to make bracelets with empowering messages on them, heartfelt handwritten notes, and put together almost 200 “I See You” boxes for #women in domestic violence shelters. Thank you to Jennifer Jones (founder of Hagar’s Heart), CHETNA DFW, and The Food Lounge for coming and supporting!

TAFB Volunteering Event

Date: August 19, 2023

Location: Fort Worth, TX

Partnering with HungerMitao, 30+ adults & kids from Charities2Love came together to package over 4,000 5lb bags of potatoes, for a total of 21,000 pounds A total of 17,500 meals were prepared by the group in less than 3 hours to make a huge impact for their hungry neighbors. Tarrant Area Food Bank serves Tarrant County and 12 surrounding counties.

Inaugural Volunteering Event

Date: July 16, 2023

Location: Southlake, TX

Adults & kids came together to make 682 PBJ Sandwiches, decorate brown lunch bags and fill them with a sandwich, drink, and shelf-stable snacks. Christina Cheng-Patel, co-founder of Under My Umbrella presented to the group about her nonprofit and ways to help. 500+ sandwiches were delivered to Austin Street Center.

C2L Volunteering Event

Date: June 10, 2023

Location: Dallas, TX

Four Charities2Love Volunteers joined three advocates from The Human Impact for their Saturday Street Times Volunteering Event. We walked the streets of downtown Dallas, chatted with many friends that the The Human Impact knew well and made some new friends as well. An enlightening and eye-opening experience.