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Just for a minute...
Pretend you are the child size paintbrush 6 year old Taylor uses at the Child & Family Guidance Center to paint her pain, confusion, and hurt of the abuse she has suffered in her young, innocent life. Taylor picks up the brush and focuses intently on the blank canvas while her therapist gently, patiently coaxes her to paint what "she feels." Taylor carefully chooses a soft yellow color and begins to paint a small fragile figure at the bottom left of the blank page. Next, she dips her brush in clean water and chooses the color black. Taylor's breathing becomes heavy and tears well up in her blue eyes as she paints wide black arches on top of the tiny, pale figure. She completes her art therapy by adding a bright yellow sun just above the dark, monstrous arches. As Taylor paints the last sun beam, she takes a deep breath, slowly lays the brush down, closes her eyes, and softly says, "I feel better now."
It will only take a minute...
To make a financial gift today in whatever amount you can to help us continue to change lives through the therapy process.
Clients are treated at CFGC regardless of their ability to pay...your gift is so important. Thank you.
The Child & Family Guidance Center of Texoma extends great appreciation to our community partners for their support and belief in the work we do. Together, we are changing lives.
Click here to see ourWish List.
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Give of Your Time & Talents |
v CFGC is always searching for caring hearts that will help us help those in need. There are many ways you can get involved and support the center. Please consider any of the following needs:
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Volunteer at the center
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Help administrative staff with daily duties such as filing, copies, mailings, etc. -
Help clinical staff keep the playrooms in great shape by replacing worn/old paint, toys, sanitize toys.
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Provide health snacks for our children. Individually wrapped snacks is greatly needed and appreciated. Each child receives a snack at the end of their session.
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Provide new school supplies that we can give to our clients when school is about to start.
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Purchase $25 Walmart or Target Gift Cards at Christmas time for our neediest children.
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Consider a leadership role of board governance. Please contact Brenda Hayward, executive director at bhayward@cfgcenter.org for more information.
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Contribute to our Wish List. Please scroll to bottom of page. -
Provide a Monetary DONATION. A one time or recurring gift is greatly appreciated and needed to provide ongoing funding for the center. You can give online with our secure credit card processing system. -
While our Changing Lives Capital Campaign is complete and we are moved into our new home, we are still accepting donations of $500 or more to use toward a long term building maintenance fun. A gift can be made online through our secure credit card processing system.
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Join us this year to support our Annual Changing Lives Harley Drawing & Party. We will be raffling off a Brand New Harley Davidson Motorcycle, seeking sponsorships for the event, and promoting the event with parties at Loose Wheels, T Bones Bar & Grill and Texas Road House. To learn more about the Harley Fundraiser click here. Tickets and sponsorships can be purchased online.
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We hope one of the above mentioned ways to help will be a match for you. If you would like to volunteer, please contact Jessica Hamilton, Office Manager at 903-893-7768, ext. 202
| Child & Family Guidance Center of Texoma Wish List |
 Please take a look at the many items that we use at the center daily to help children express their feelings through the play therapy process. While the items may seem simple, they are in fact, powerful tools children use to act out their feelings of pain, hurt, anger, frustration, triumph and joy.
Please deliver Wish list items to CFGC at 804 E. Pecan Grove Road, Sherman, TX during business hours. Thank you for your contribution.
v GAMES and PROGRAM SUPPLIES
Markers
Water Color Art Paint Sets and Paper
Pounding bench with hammer and pegs
Barrel of Monkeys
Checkers
Play Doh
Small Paint Brushes
Clean, Dress Up Costumes
Paper Towels
Kleenex
Clean empty egg cartons
Lysol Spray
Double A batteries
copies of Feeling Good by David Burns
Cash donations are welcomed to purchase therapeutic toys, anatomically correct dolls, etc.
Another wonderful opportunity to give would be to make a cash donation to support the Operation Warm Fuzzy program that provides a warm, soft blanket to each new client. The project was created in 2004 by a big hearted 16 year old teenager, Sarah Fallon, who wanted to give back to less fortunate children. Sarah has passed the torch to keep the program going each year to other caring senior students at Sherman High School. Donations go toward the cost of material. Click here if you wish to use your credit card to make a secure online donation.
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Child & Family Guidance Center of Texoma
804 E. Pecan Grove Road,
Sherman, TX 75090
Phone 903-893-7768
Fax 903-893-4979
Email: help@cfgcenter.org
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