How We Serve
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FAMILIES Served in 2021
Volunteers & Contributors
Who are the Under Served in our community?
Domestic Violence Victims: A pattern of behavior in any relationship that is used to gain or maintain power and control over an intimate partner. Abuse is action or threats of action that influence another person. The victim is the recipient of the abuse.
Homeless: An individual is without stable housing. Sheltered homeless can stay find temporary housing, whereas, the unsheltered homeless must live on the streets.
Foster Children: These are children that are being raised, or have been raised, by someone other than their natural or adoptive parents.
At-Risk Children: These are children affected by a negative environment that can cause unacceptable behavior in the home, school, or social environment. Typically this term is used to identify children who may be drawn into street gangs.
Senior / Elderly Citizens: These are typically adults above the age of 65, who have retired from their profession. The elderly are typical those above age of 80, living in an assisted care facility because of health issues.
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Our Hope Instruments
Through Hope Instruments
We are able to provide to our communities with what we call “Hope Instruments.” For us, these instruments are Volunteers, Donated Furniture, Donated Household Items, Artwork, Bicycles, Welcome Home Bags & Hygiene Kits, and more. Lastly, the most healing, and important hope instrument we provide is Time.
Our Safe Housing & Relocating
of Domestic Violence Victims: The Process
- Homeowners notify Sharefest-Texas that they have items that they wish to donate.
- The items are collected by a Sharefest-Texas team and stored in its storage locations.
- Women’s shelter vets the potential recipient family for us to serve.
- The recipient makes a list of essential furniture and household items needed.
- Welcome Home Bag items are assembled.
- On move day, designated items are packed into the distribution vehicle &
the volunteer team travels moves items into the house or apartment, assembling the furniture as necessary. - Motivational art and client-approved décor are installed.
A review of the event is done for purpose of continuous process improvement. See how you can get involved!
Assisted/Palliative Care Facility
We understand that moving a loved one to an assisted or palliative care facility can be an emotional and challenging time. To ease this transition, we offer a specialized service to help families manage their loved one’s furnishings efficiently and compassionately.
- Sharefest-Texas will arrive at the facility within 24 hours of your request to carefully and efficiently remove all furnishings.
- Sharefest-Texas handle everything from furniture to personal items, ensuring that the process is respectful and seamless.
- Once the furnishings are removed, Sharefest-Texas provide temporary storage options at trusted facilities like U-Haul or Public Storage.
- Your items will be securely stored in a climate-controlled environment, ensuring their protection.
- Sharefest-Texas recognize that families may wish to review their loved one’s items. Therefore, Sharefest-Texas offer discounted monthly rates for storage, allowing families to access their items for viewing and selection at their convenience.
- This ensures that families have the time they need to make thoughtful decisions about their loved one’s belongings.
- Families can schedule visits to the storage facility to view items, making it easier to decide what to keep, donate, or discard.
- Sharefest-Texas is here to provide support throughout the process.
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What are our Success Metrics?
- Volunteer community service hours
- Number of active volunteers
- Number and estimated value of donated items
- Financial donations received
- Number of families housed and assisted with home furnishings
- Number of bikes provided to the homeless
- Number of suitcases provided
- Number of households donating furniture and household goods
- Number of referrals
- Amount of funds raised by segment
How can you help improve our success, and help us provide to our community?
Recent Initiatives
Arlington Nonprofit Helps Transform Lives of Domestic Violence Survivors, Foster Kids and More
ShareFest-Texas makes the Headlines Again Thanks to our board, volunteers, donors, supporters
ShareFest-Texas received another exposure blessing in this weeks Fort Worth Report.
Such tributes go a long way in enabling our mission to be so very successful.
If you’d like to get in on the very fulling action, please go to our website www.ShareFest-Texas.org.
EXPLORE ARLINGTON PACKS UP AND DELIVERS FURNITURE WITH SHAREFEST TEXAS
On the next great adventure of Explore Arlington, Mayor Jim Ross joins John Thielman and the crew at ShareFest Texas to furnish homes for families of domestic violence, homelessness, foster children, at-risk children and senior citizens. ShareFest Texas has delivered...
ShareFest-Texas Combines “Safe Housing” and “Wheels In Motion” Initiatives for its October 19 Move
For the 106th time in 2024 we fully furnished another domestic violence victim mom and children apartment and we did so by providing furniture, household goods and “wheels” to loud screams of joy from everyone. Our great team worked in tandem quickly arranging...
