Highlights of Volunteering Events: 2023

Find Your Cause Volunteering Series

2023 Event Highlights

Cause: sustainability

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!



Cause: DISADVANTAGED KIDS

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!

30

C2L Volunteers

4

Volunteer Group Collaborations

5

Hours of Service

~450

Kids served



Cause: Health & wellness (Disability access)

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!

9

Volunteers from C2L

3

TX Ramp Crew

3 1/2

Hours of Service

1

ADA Compliant Ramp



Cause: Women

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!

50

Volunteers

193

“I SEE YOU” Boxes Made

55

Donors

3

Nonprofit Collaborations



Cause: hunger

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.

33

Volunteers and Donors

4,000

5 lb bags of potatoes

17,500

Meals Provided

450 oz

Peanut Butter Collected



Cause: homelessness

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.

38

Volunteers and Donors

100

Sack lunches made

1000

Donated Shelf-Stable Items

682

Sandwiches Made



Cause: homelessness

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.

Saturday Street Time Volunteering with The Human Impact

Team members from The Human Impact and Charities2Love
Charities2Love volunteer with advocates from The Human Impact

4

C2L Volunteers

3

Human Impact Advocates

2

Hours

10+

Friends on the Streets

Testimonials

We are honored to be featured on Charities2Love. CASA volunteer Maitry shares her passion for various charities and features CASA of Tarrant County in her blog post titled “Why You Should Consider Becoming a CASA Volunteer”. Check it out!

“We really enjoyed the “5 Mental Health Charities for the AAPI Community” article and shared it with our members. We also look forward to having a speaker recommended by Charities2Love at one of our events.”

MannMukti

The MLK Volunteering event in January was well-organized, a great concept, fun and enjoyable!

— A.A., volunteer

“It was easy to find organizations in one place at Charities2Love. Before going on their website, I didn’t know many of these organizations existed. Charities2Love researches and talks to people at these organizations, which makes it easier for us to find a cause that we would like to support.”

— Sonu S, volunteer

“Sending a huge THANK YOU to Charities2Love for featuring Austin Street Center on their website in addition to dropping off over 500 sandwiches to feed our clients at the shelter! We are so grateful for your support to #HelpThemHome. ❤️🏠

“Thank you Charities2Love for the valuable information in your “5 Mental Health Charities for the AAPI Community” blog post. I will share these resources with all of my Asian American patients who need them.”

— Smita S., physician