Central Texas Table of Grace continually provides updates on the progress of our mission to serve foster children and young adults aging out of foster care. We love when our community follows us on social media to stay up-to-date on whatās new, as well as provide support to the kiddos, employees and volunteers. Click below to go to one of our many social media channels. Thank you!
From Sheila's wishlist.
Sheila keeps a running list of what our foster youth need. This week: building and enrichment.
"Something to build that is theirs to keep."
A LEGO set is not just a toy. It is hours of focus, problem-solving, and pride in something you made with your own hands. For foster youth who have had to leave things behind, a finished build that belongs to them is worth more than most people realize.
For $16, you give a young person something to build and something to keep. Link in bio.
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Two months.
In October, we reach the deadline for the Mabee Foundation challenge grant. Every dollar your community has given to our capital campaign counts toward unlocking it.
The foundation of our work is the daily care we provide right now. Every meal, every birthday, every safe bed, every art supply on the shelf. That foundation is happening today because of supporters like you.
We are also building toward something bigger. A campus that lets us do this work for far more foster youth across Central Texas.
You do not have to choose between today and tomorrow. Give to general operations and keep the daily foundation strong. Give to the capital campaign and help us close the gap.
Visit the link in our bio.
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This is what a real summer looks like.
Our foster youth got on the water this summer. Not as a reward. Not as a one-time thing. As part of what enrichment looks like when a village makes it possible.
For most foster youth, outings like this do not happen. Transportation, supervision, gear, permission forms. The logistics alone can stop it before it starts. Here, the logistics get handled because the village handles them.
When foster youth have comprehensive support, they don't just survive. They thrive.
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Your gift counts twice.
Thanks to a generous anonymous donor, every gift you make to our capital campaign is being matched dollar for dollar, up to $50,000.
That means your $25 becomes $50. Your $100 becomes $200. Your $500 becomes $1,000.
This match will not last forever. The Mabee Foundation challenge grant deadline is in October.
Every matched dollar moves us closer to unlocking it.
If you have been thinking about giving, this is the moment. Your gift lands twice.
Visit the link in our bio to give to the capital campaign.
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Christmas in July launched the Foundation Box. August is when it proves itself.
The Foundation Box is a monthly recurring giving program designed to keep our shelves stocked all year long.
Neighbor, $25 a month. Friend, $50 a month. Advocate, $100 a month. Pillar, $250 a month.
Enrichment costs more than most people realize. Helmets, protective gear, games, outdoor equipment, activity kits. For a home with multiple young people at once, the list is long, and it rotates constantly.
Foundation Box supporters are the reason the shelves stay stocked between seasonal drives.
Set it and forget it. The village will not forget you.
Sign up today. Link in bio.
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What August looks like at twenty.
While the under-18 home is stocking shelves with outdoor gear and enrichment supplies, our SIL apartments are preparing young adults for something different. A new semester at community college. A second month at a new job. The slow work of building a life that holds.
Our SIL program serves young adults ages eighteen to twenty-one. Housing, case management, life skills programming, career development, and a team that does not disappear.
August is not just about the kids. It is about the young adults who are learning what it means to show up for themselves, with a village behind them.
When foster youth have comprehensive support, they don't just survive. They thrive.
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Right now, our under-18 home serves young people in a building we love but did not design for this purpose. Our SIL apartments support young adults across multiple locations. Our team operates out of every room we can find.
The campus changes all of that.
A permanent, trauma-informed campus purpose-built for foster youth in Central Texas.
Residential care, independent living, programming, staff offices, and community space, all on one site.
Designed for the work. Designed for the young people.
We are closer than most people realize. Circle of Grace Supporters and lead donors have brought us within reach of our goal. The Mabee Foundation challenge grant is on the table. The deadline is October.
This is the moment. Your gift to the capital campaign moves this forward. Visit the link in our bio to give.
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im 17 and interested in the apartment based housing
In April, we sent @paigesbakehouse an email. We asked if they would consider donating birthday cakes for the foster youth in our under-18 home.
They said yes. Then they said yes to celebration cakes. Then a school supply drive. Then they made Central Texas Table of Grace their featured nonprofit.
This is what one yes can become.
Paige's Bakehouse did not just donate a product. They opened their doors, their kitchen, and their community to our foster youth. Their customers showed up because they showed up first.
Visit paigesbakehouse.com to see what they are about. They will know what to do.
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From Sheila's wishlist.
Sheila keeps a running list of what our foster youth need. This week: outdoor safety.
"Gear that fits so they can ride with the other kids."
A helmet. Knee pads. Elbow pads. Wrist guards.
When the other kids grab their bikes or lace up their skates, a young person without gear sits it out.
Not because they do not want to go. Because nobody made sure the gear was there.
For $50, you outfit one young person for outdoor play. Helmet and protective gear, ready on the shelf. Link in bio.
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