Dallas Trinity Rotary Club and A Taste For Dallas Sports 2008 Committee are proud to announce grants have been awarded to the following organizations.

Services Of Hope www.servicesofhope.org

· For Youth and Educational Services. The funds will be used to purchase Literacy computer software and computer equipment and program operations. The funding is for Services of Hope (“SOH”) Literacy/Character Academies, 2008-2009 school year

Project Tomorrow – Tyler Street Christian Academy www.tsca.org

· Created a scholarship for a local student to attend Tyler Street Christian Academy. TSCA accepts students for pre-school (three and four year olds) through grade 12. Tyler Street Christian Academy is located in North Oak Cliff, just minutes from the downtown business district. TSCA was founded in 1972 as a non-denominational Christian school to provide parents an option in education for their child.

Heifer International heifer.org

· Heifer International is a global nonprofit with a proven solution to ending hunger and poverty in a sustainable way. Heifer helps empower millions of families to lift them out of poverty and hunger to self-reliance through gifts of livestock, seeds and trees and extensive training, which provide a multiplying source of food and income. An animal was purchased with the grant.

Dallas CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) dallascasa.org

· On an average day in Dallas County, nearly 2,000 abused and neglected children live in foster care because they cannot live safely at home. These children need powerful voices to speak for them. Dallas CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) is a non-profit organization of volunteers who are voices for abused children in court. CASA volunteers are appointed by judges to advocate for the best interests of abused and neglected children in protective care.

New Day Services - newdayservices.org

· NewDay Services for Children and Families offers help and hope to the children and families it comes in contact with through the Tarrant County Family and Juvenile Court Systems. NewDay Services is creating services in Dallas County this year. Programs include: Kid’s Quest (4 hour activity based seminar for children of divorce 4-12 years old), FOCUS (Fathers Offering Children Unfailing Support) 10 weekly classes for custodial fathers who are behind in their child support payments; Access Without Conflict – 3 hour calls full of visitation tools, communications strategies, designed for divorced(ing) parents.

The ceremony to be held in April, 2010 at Infomart 7^th floor. Please visit our photos of the event.

The Taste for Dallas Sports would like to recognize our platinum sponsors for the 2009/2010 event, Keith Barfield PC and Southwestern Gage.