Fort Worth News
*** All volunteers MUST fill out the form below before they can attend a Chicktime Ft. Worth workshop ***
We desperately need your help keeping our shelves stocked with essentials for the families staying in our shelters.
You can find these items and more by shopping from our Amazon Wish List or drop off items at our Berry Good Buys location.
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2W4CqH1
(Please send to 1010 N. Center St. address)
Drop Off (Mark items as “Immediate Needs”):
Berry Good Buys
1701 W. Berry Street
Fort Worth, TX 76110
* Please practice social distancing while dropping off
Our Arlington Resource Center is still closed for drop-offs.
The coronavirus pandemic is affecting some of our most at-risk neighbors, and that’s why North Texas Giving Day has created #NorthTexasGivingTuesdayNOW! Today, May 5, you can make a gift and join countless other North Texans to provide support to those who need it most.
When you make a gift to SafeHaven, you’re providing a comfortable place to rest, regroup and gain life-saving resources for women and children fleeing violent homes.
Make A Gift: https://bit.ly/2KQQWvr
A message from SafeHaven….
I’m committed to being as honest and transparent as possible, so to be frank, I’m writing to you right now because SafeHaven is on its way to being in a financial pickle.
You may have heard in the news that domestic violence increases in times of crisis. That is an understatement.
As you can imagine, home is the most dangerous place on earth for domestic violence victims. Abusers like to isolate victims from their support system, and when the government and other leaders are encouraging us to isolate ourselves, victims spend even more time alone with their abusers.
Because of this, we have already seen an increase in hotline calls, and requests for lifesaving shelter at SafeHaven are through the roof.
We aren’t top of mind for many of our donors right now, and we’ve lost a significant amount of what was expected revenue because we had to cancel our only fundraising event this year. This is a bit of a scary time for those of us trying to keep women and children safe from abusive homes.
Our goal at this time is to serve every woman and child who needs lifesaving shelter, and what we desperately need is your financial support. Will you please make a monetary donation to protect your neighbors?
Make A Donation: interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/WebLink.aspx?name=E5919&id=6
I will certainly keep you updated on what’s happening at SafeHaven over the coming weeks and months. Please keep us and the families we serve in your thoughts.
Thank you for your unwavering support.
Yours,
Kathryn
Kathryn Jacob, LMSW
President & CEO
SafeHaven of Tarrant County
office 682.318.1830 | hotline 877.701.7233
1010 North Center Street
Arlington, Texas 76011
Chicktime Fort Worth will not be meeting in April, We will let you know as soon as we know if we can serve in May.
We are excited to serve SafeHaven at a different day and time! Come out and join us!
Spring Break Needs:
As of today, SafeHaven have 81 kiddos who will be spending Spring Break in their shelters.
Will you make sure they have a memorable and FUN week by picking up a few items off our Spring Break Needs list or sending items straight to us from our Amazon Wish List??
Amazon: https://amzn.to/394lXpw
Drop-off Locations (Please mark items as Spring Break Needs):
Berry Good Buys
1701 W. Berry Street
Fort Worth, TX 76110
Arlington Resource Center
401 W. Sanford, Suite 1400
Arlington, TX 76011
Chicktime Fort Worth at Camp Heart!
Chicktime Fort Worth devotes their time and shares their love every year at Camp Heart! Camp heart is a weekend camp that serves children who have experienced domestic violence. Typically they will have 20 children, ages 8-12. Volunteer hours are very flexible. You can spend the whole weekend, one night, or just during the day helping with activities. The kids participate in support groups as well as outdoor activities like fishing, canoeing, and cookouts. What a blessing Chicktime Fort Worth is for supporting such a wonderful ministry outside of their monthly workshops.
February Update:
Chicktime Volunteers are so special!
They prepare for craft time….
They role model….
They encourage…..
They love and are lovable…
They listen….
They help create and teach….
They share their gifts and resources….
They are what make Chicktime Workshops so special!!
Lovebirds project with the kids at SafeHaven of Tarrant County. All you need is love
January Update:
And we’re back…Our first SafeHaven of Tarrant County FUN group of 2019 led by Estelle.
She chose a dream catcher project for the children which was so fitting. Dream catchers are a Native American custom and are considered to be sacred charms that represent protection over children.
How appropriate as that is one of the Chicktime organizations’ tenets; to be protectors over children. The kids had a great time last night. Thank you Estelle for sharing this gift with the children.
@ Fort Worth, Texas #chicktime #chicktimentl #chicktimefortworth @ Fort Worth, Texas
Last F.U.N group of 2018. So much F.U.N!!!😊🎄 Happy Holidays Chicktime Fort Worth!!! Thank you to all of our phenomenal volunteers for another successful year blessing our community and our charity partner. 💜💜💜
Thank you for being my right and left hand and for having my front and back, depending on the task but no matter what the task. You absolutely Rock!!!
#chicktimefortworth #chicktime #chicktimeinc #onetiredelf #waterlessholidaysnowglobes
Tonights’ FUN group…Slime, Slime Everywhere.
Co-leader Nancy, led the kids in creating slime, playing bingo and I heard that there were grab bags for everyone at the end of the event.
It was a big hit!!! Excellent job Paul-Nancy Strickler and Thank you to all of the volunteers and co-leader Patricia for making this a FUN night for the children!!!
SafeHaven of Tarrant County #FUNGroup #slime #bingo#backtoschoolfun #wehavethebestvolunteers #chicktimeinc #chicktime#chicktimefortworth
Check out our newest immediate needs list and pick up a few items when you can~ 
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OR ship items straight to SafeHaven by ordering from our Amazon Wishlist: http://a.co/aCEPIm0
Drop-Off Locations:
Berry Good Buys
1701 W. Berry Street
Fort Worth, TX 76110
Arlington Resource Center
401 W. Sanford, Suite 1400
Arlington, TX 76011
Thank you~
Chicktime Fort Worth
We won’t be meeting this month, but would like to help SafeHaven fill some immediate needs!
Can You help us? Contact ftworth@chicktime.com and let us know how we can meet up with you to pick up any of these items!
Let’s bless them by overwhelming them with items on this list.
July Update
Tonights’ F.U.N group event is in the books.
Shout out to Monica and Nancy for coordinating a fun filled scavenger hunt. (We missed you Patricia
?) And a huge Thank you to all of our volunteers who came out tonight; we couldn’t have done it without all of you.
See you in September but in the interim, keep following our Chicktime Fort Worth/Chicktime Fort Worth page or http://www.chicktime.com/fort-worth/ chapter page for chapter news and additional opportunities to bless Safehaven until the next F.U.N group!!!
SafeHaven of Tarrant County #chicktime #chicktimefortworth #summer #summerfun #scavengerhunt #FUNgroup
June Update:
Soooooo, you know how we normally have a plethora of photos from our events, yeah, well, that didn’t happen tonight 
? I was leading a workshop and the other leaders were busy making sure the kiddos needs were addressed and putting the FUN in FUN group, that we didn’t get around to taking a lot of photos (that’s our story and we are sticking to it
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?) But as always, we had a blast with the kiddos
? Welcome to all of our new chapter members and Thank you to everyone that came out tonight and blessed this event. #apictureisworthathousandwordsbutnottonight #safehavenoftarrantcounty #chicktimefortworth #chicktimeinc #chicktime #chicktimentl
May Update:
Camp Heart Weekend May 2018 –
Art/Music painting with friends workshop, painting horses, confidence (high) obstacle course, fishing, basketball, nature hike, sand art, hayride, free time and award ceremony and S’mores by the fireside …. Wow!!
Can’t wait to do this all over again at Camp Heart Oct 2018!!! If you would like to be a blessing to the children who are impacted by domestic violence, please think about joining Chicktime at the fall 2018 Camp Heart event or at any of our monthly FUN group events with SafeHaven. Check out our events calendar at www.chicktime.com for more information and to sign up. #campheartmay2018 #chicktimefortworthrocks
April Update:
We just can’t help but smile when we are at Chicktime!!
Another fun evening of crafts …..
and play……
And just really spreading love and hope as best as can!!
Our April FUN group highlights are not unique to this month….We will be back at it next month at Camp Heart! Reach out to us and we can tell you more about it.
Blessings,
Chicktime Fort Worth
Sometimes it’s hard to know who has more fun….the kids we serve or the volunteers!!
We think it’s about even! Our time with them is so very precious and their time with us is life changing!
February FUN group with SafeHaven of Tarrant County!!! #chicktimeftworth#chicktime #valentinesday2018 #hearts
Join us at our next workshop! The movement is real!
November Update:
Chicktime Fort Worth knows how to party!!
Our holiday party with the kids at SafeHaven FUN group was jammed packed with crafts and more crafts.
We have the best volunteers and leaders and can’t wait until 2018!
Our calendar is set for the 2018 year and our leadership team is pumped for the fun we are going to have together!
Join us for the ride of your life!
The SafeHaven Housing group that Chicktime Fort Worth partners with hosted an evening of awareness at one of their local area shelters. We are so very blessed to be partnered with an awesome group of women at #SafeHavenofTarrantCounty. They work tirelessly to put an end to domestic violence!
The Essence of S.A.F.E Women’s Social focused on exploring what it means to be a SAFE partner within SafeHaven’s mission to end domestic violence. #DVAM17
The S.A.F.E acronym stands for:
S – Stronger than our circumstances
A – Aware of options and resources
F – Fearless about moving forward
E – Empowered by self worth
October Update:
Chicktime Fort Worth had such a great time at their October workshop. Workshop leaders Ashley and Nancy did an awesome job guiding the children through rock painting. The children love getting their hands messy with paint and creating their own masterpieces.
Our volunteers played games with the kids after all the painting was complete.
Each child was also given a goodie bag compliments of the Brand F/X team .
We are so blessed with the greatest volunteers ever!
Join at our next workshop! We would love to have you!
Chicktime August was simply….perfect! Our welcome table greeted our volunteers as a special way to help them connect with our chapter!!
And let me just say….we have the BEST volunteers in the world!!
They play and love on the babies…..
And they play Minute to Win it games with the older kids like….Panty hose bowling, Stacking game, breakfast cereal box puzzles, and cotton ball challenge ( Blindfold player who scoops cotton balls from table to bowl)!
And if this wasn’t enough to do in one evening….Co-leader Parricia Gonzalez-Grimaldos in addition to planning the games for the evening also had a canvas decorating table for the kids to paint. We plan to present the finished painting to the SafeHaven Housing Directors, who organize the F.U.N group gatherings later this year.
We will be back in October spreading HIS love through Chicktime. Join us! You will be hooked!
June F.U.N group event with SafeHaven of Tarrant County was blessed with lots of fun and love!!
Our leaders Nora, Robin, Lisa, Valerie,Monica and Heather guided the children through crafting a windsock with a patriotic theme and played games.
We are always so humbled by the “Chicks” who come out to use their talents to help break the cycle of abuse and provide these children with much needed attention and encouragement.
Please visit our calendar of events and join us next time. We would love to have you serve with us!! We are changing the world one workshop at a time!!!
April Update:
Chicktime April was simply…..Incredible!!!! There was JOY everywhere!!!
No Easter celebration would be complete with out games and an Easter Egg Hunt!!
FEMA Corp volunteers along with assistance from the Fort Worth Chicktime chapter organized and led all of the activities for this evenings’ event with SafeHaven. They are a remarkable group of young adults (18-24) who travel as a group to different project sites and serve to support FEMA in various capacities. We were truly blessed to have their group in the DFW area for the past few months to assist with the needs of SafeHaven. The children had a great deal of fun with the volunteers. Thank you FEMA Corp and our Chicktime members for helping to make these events successful.
Chicktime Ft. Worth will be right back at it on June 13th, 2017. Please join us!!
How we spent our Valentine’s Day evening…Spending time with my Chicktime chapter volunteering with SafeHaven of Tarrant County’s FUN Group event. We helped Ms. Sandra who led the activities with the children tonight. There were games, movies, prizes and grab bags for all of the children. So Thankful to the volunteers from FEMA corp, the 5 new Chicktime members and my co-leader Patricia Gonzalez-Grimaldos who took time out of their schedules to bless these children by just being there. We had a blast tonight. Just another example of LOVE!!!
Chicktime Ft. Worth will not meet in March but we will be back in April!!
July News
Mark your calendar now for our Chicktime Fort Worth event at SafeHaven of Tarrant County’s Orientation.
The Fort Worth Chapter is excited to announce that we have a new charity partner, Safe Haven of Tarrant County.
SafeHaven is the largest and most comprehensive agency in Tarrant County providing services at no cost to domestic violence victims. SafeHaven provides 24-hour care at two emergency shelters in Arlington and Fort Worth to families fleeing violent situations. The holistic shelters provide a comprehensive continuum of care for the women and children who would otherwise be forced to remain in dangerous situations.
At this time, SafeHaven is in need of volunteers to assist/facilitate activities at a monthly support group for women and children at their transitional housing program. The event occurs on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at Pantego Bible Church and we would be working with the children while the parents attend the group. The support group takes place from 6:00-8:00 pm and SafeHaven we could utilize roughly 5-8 volunteers each month.
For the safety of their clients, SafeHaven requires all volunteers to complete a volunteer application and a criminal background check, If you will are interested in attending the support group event at Pantego church, please sign up on the Fort Worth Events Calendar on the Chicktime website. I will forward you the application to fill out (if you have not already complete one) and then fax back to Safe Haven. I will forward additional information (directions, contact person, etc) about 5 days before the event.
To learn more about SafeHaven of Tarrant County, click the link: http://www.safehaventc.org/
If anyone has any questions feel free to contact Denise at denise.fwchicktime@gmail.com or fwchicktime@gmail.com.
We look forward to meeting and working with you!
Fort Worth Chapter Leader Denise Walker
June News
The Fort Worth Chapter is excited to announce that we have a new charity partner, Safe Haven of Tarrant County.
If you are not familiar with SafeHaven, SafeHaven is the largest and most comprehensive agency in Tarrant County providing services at no cost to domestic violence victims. SafeHaven provides 24-hour care at two emergency shelters in Arlington and Fort Worth to families fleeing violent situations. The holistic shelters provide a comprehensive continuum of care for the women and children who would otherwise be forced to remain in dangerous situations.
At this time, SafeHaven is in need of volunteers to assist/facilitate activities at a monthly support group for women and children at their transitional housing program. The event occurs on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at Pantego Bible Church and we would be working with the children while the parents attend the group. The support group takes place from 6:00-8:00 pm and SafeHaven we could utilize roughly 5-8 volunteers each month.
Patricia and I very excited about this opportunity and wanted to share the information with women of our chapter. Our goal is to begin working with the support group at their July meeting so in order be prepared, SafeHaven has asked our group to attend an orientation on June 18th from 9am to 12pm at their Fort Worth office. If you will be able to attend the June 18th orientation, please sign up on the Fort Worth Events Calendar on the Chicktime website by Jun 17th.
If you are unable to attend the June orientation, there will be another orientation in Mid-August if that works better for some of the group.
We hope that many of you will be able to attend so you can learn more about this wonderful organization and the various ways they are blessing our community.
Please stay tuned to email, the Chicktime Website and our Facebook page FortWorth Chicktime for updates on chapter news and events.
We cannot wait to see several of you again and to greet our new members at our next event.
Thank you so much for your support and dedication of being a blessing to others.
Co-Leader Denise Walker
Co-Leader Patricia Grimaldos
fwchicktime@gmail.com
denise.fwchicktime@gmail.com
The Fort Worth Chapter will not be meeting at the ACH House this month as previously announced.
We are in the midst of re-grouping and re-building the chapter leadership as our founding leader Sophie Duprat has decided to step down at this time. Although, we are sad to see Sophie leave us, we Thank her for her work with starting and maintaining the chapter for the last 3 years and we are excited for her new lifes’ journey and wish her every success in her endeavors. we are excited for her new lifes’ journey and wish her every success in her endeavors.
With this leadership change, we as a chapter are working with ACH Charities to reorganize our event schedule and introduce new opportunities of service for our chapter. During the months of March, and May, Patricia Grimaldos and I will be meeting with the director of Volunteer Services and with the leaders of 3 – 4 areas of service within the ACH Charities. We hope to bring to you a list of new opportunities where the Fort Worth Chicktime chapter will be able to assist the needs of this organization. We want to ensure that there are always opportunities for Chicktime volunteers.
We would also like to bring together the women of the Fort Worth Chicktime chapter, as I know for myself, I have not met several of the women that have signed up to be a part of this chapter so we are planning some sort of fellowship gathering in the next few weeks so we can meet or re-connect with everyone and answer any concerns/questions you have. We planned an event on April 16th but unfortunately, several of the volunteers were unavailable. We will plan for another meeting with everyone near the end of May or beginning of June 2016.
Please stay tuned to email, the Chicktime Website and our Facebook page FortWorth Chicktime for updates on chapter news and events.
In the interim, we ask for your patience and continued prayers for the remaining leaders, the Fort Worth Chapter and the entire Chicktime organization as a whole.
We cannot wait to see you at our next event.
Thank you so much for your support and dedication of being a blessing to others.
Co-Leader Denise Walker
Co-Leader Patricia Grimaldos
fwchicktime@gmail.com
denise.fwchicktime@gmail.com
April News
The Fort Worth Chapter will not be meeting at the ACH House this month as previously announced.
We are in the midst of re-grouping and re-building the chapter leadership as our founding leader Sophie Duprat has decided to step down at this time. Although, we are sad to see Sophie leave us, we Thank her for her work with starting and maintaining the chapter for the last 3 years and we are excited for her new lifes’ journey and wish her every success in her endeavors. we are excited for her new lifes’ journey and wish her every success in her endeavors.
With this leadership change, we as a chapter are working with ACH Charities to reorganize our event schedule and introduce new opportunities of service for our chapter. During the month of March and April, Patricia Grimaldos and I will be meeting with the director of Volunteer Services and with the leaders of 3 – 4 areas of service within the ACH Charities. We hope to bring to you a list of new opportunities where the Fort Worth Chicktime chapter will be able to assist the needs of this organization. We want to ensure that there are always opportunities for Chicktime volunteers.
We would also like to bring together the women of the Fort Worth Chicktime chapter, as I know for myself, I have not met several of the women that have signed up to be a part of this chapter so we are planning some sort of fellowship gathering in the next few weeks so we can meet or re-connect with everyone and answer any concerns/questions you have. The event is tentatively planned for April 16th with an alternate date of April 23rd. An email will sent out shortly with more information about this gathering.
Please stay tuned to email, the Chicktime Website and our Facebook page FortWorth Chicktime for updates on chapter news and events.
In the interim, we ask for your patience and continued prayers for the remaining leaders, the Fort Worth Chapter and the entire Chicktime organization as a whole.
We cannot wait to see you at our next event.
Thank you so much for your support and dedication of being a blessing to others.
Co-Leader Denise Walker
Co-Leader Patricia Grimaldos
fwchicktime@gmail.com
denise.fwchicktime@gmail.com
March News
Special Note for March
The Fort Worth Chapter will not be meeting at the ACH House in March as previously announced.
We are in the midst of re-grouping and re-building the chapter leadership as our founding leader Sophie Duprat has decided to step down at this time. Although, we are sad to see Sophie leave us, we Thank her for her work with starting and maintaining the chapter for the last 3 years and we are excited for her new lifes’ journey and wish her every success in her endeavors. we are excited for her new lifes’ journey and wish her every success in her endeavors.
With this leadership change, we as a chapter are working with ACH Charities to reorganize our event schedule and introduce new opportunities of service for our chapter. During the month of March, Patricia Grimaldos and I will be meeting with the director of Volunteer Services and with the leaders of 3 – 4 areas of service within the ACH Charities. We hope to bring to you a list of new opportunities where the Fort Worth Chicktime chapter will be able to assist the needs of this organization. We want to ensure that there are always opportunities for Chicktime volunteers.
We would also like to bring together the women of the Fort Worth Chicktime chapter, as I know for myself, I have not met several of the women that have signed up to be a part of this chapter so we are planning some sort of fellowship gathering in the next few weeks so we can meet or re-connect with everyone and answer any concerns/questions you have.
Please stay tuned to email, the Chicktime Website and our Facebook page FortWorth Chicktime for updates on chapter news and events.
In the interim, we ask for your patience and continued prayers for the remaining leaders, the Fort Worth Chapter and the entire Chicktime organization as a whole.
We cannot wait to see you at our next event.
Thank you so much for your support and dedication of being a blessing to others.
Co-Leader Denise Walker
Co-Leader Patricia Grimaldos
fwchicktime@gmail.com
denise.fwchicktime@gmail.com
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- Fort Worth Founding leader Sophie Duprat
