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Learn more about the 2008 exhibitors!

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AFIL Association for Independent Living
To maximize the independence of young adults with developmenal disabilities by providing independent and daily living skills, education and training in a supported residential environment.

 
AIDS Services of Dallas
To create and strengthen healthy communities through the delivery of quality, affordable, service-enriched housing for individuals and families living with HIV/AIDS.

 
Alley's House
Empowering teen mothers and their children to achieve independence through support services, education and mentoring.

 
ALS Association - North Texas Chapter
To lead the fight to cure and treat ALS through global, cutting-edge research, and to empower people with Lou Gehrig's diseases and their families to live fuller lives by providing them with care and support.

 
America SCORES Dallas
America SCORES Dallas empowers students in urban communities using soccer, writing, creative expression, and service-learning. With teamwork as the unifying value, America SCORES Dallas inspires youth to lead healthy lifestyles, be engaged students, and become agents of change in their communities.

 
American Lung Association of the Central States
To prevent lung disease and promote lung health.

 
Arthritis Foundation - North Texas
To improve lives through leadership in the prevention, control and cure of arthritis and related diseases.

 
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Best Buddies Texas
To enhance the lives of people with intellectual disabilities by providing opportunities for one-to-one friendship and integrated employment.

 
Bridge Breast Network, Inc.
The Bridge Breast Network saves lives by linking low-income, uninsured women to diagnostic and treatment services for breast cancer.

 
Bryan's House - Open Arms, Inc.
To respond to the needs of children and their families by providing medically-managed child care, respite care and community-based, family-centered support services.

 
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Camp Fire USA Lone Star Council
To build caring, confident youth and future leaders.

 
Camp Summit, Inc.
To provide barrier-free outdoor experiences that promote personal growth and foster independence for children and adults with disabilities.

 
Captain Hope's Kids
To meet the critical needs of homeless children.

 
Carolyn Hutchinson Ministries, Dba Healing Hands of Jesus
To provide physical, emotional, mental and spiritual healing and deliverance to hurting women.

 
Carrollton Farmers Branch ISD Educational Foundation
To enrich the educational opportunities in the schools of the Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD.

 
Center for Survivors of Torture
CST provides specialized psychological and rehabilitative services to international survivors of torture and other human rights abuses, traumatization, refugees and their families in order to promote emotional, physical and spiritual well-being and economic self-sufficiency.

 
Chamber Music International
The mission of Chamber Music International is to present chamber music concerts on the highest artistic level to a broad spectrum of audiences and to enhance the Greater Dallas area's reputation for musical excellence.

 
Children's Chorus of Greater Dallas
To provide young people the experience of musical artistry and excellence through choral singing in a group that reflects Dallas' diversity.

 
Community School of the Park Cities
Children learn most through exploration of their environment. A multi-sensory environment rich in sights, sounds and textures, both soothing and stimulating, nurtures a child’s creativity and sense of self worth. The Community School achieves this environment through a child and family centered approach to early learning.

 
Creative Visions Social Services
To engage youth by providing leadership skills & opportunities for self sufficiency.

 
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Dallas Arts District Alliance
To increase audiences in the Dallas Arts District by promoting and marketing the area as a cultural destination on a local, national and international level.

 
Dallas Contemporary
Dallas Contemporary incubates new artists and ideas, ignites thought and learning, and inspires the community.

 
Dallas Wind Symphony
To perform, promote, and preserve the music and traditions of the American concert band through concerts that stimulate and entertain; noteworthy recordings and broadcasts; commissions of new compositions and arrangements of standard repertoire that enhances the body of band music; music education and arts-in-education programs that benefit and prepare listeners of all ages; and projects that nurture the professional development of instrumentalists, composers and conductors.

 
Dress for Success Dallas
To promote the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing professional attire, a network of support and the career development tools to help women thrive in work and in life.

 
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Earth Rhythms
Presenting experiential events, preserving natural places and providing assistance to those in need in the North Texas region, including the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

 
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Families for the Rainforest
Families inspiring young people in taking a stand for the future of the rainforests - empowered by education and the support of science and community in causing global transformation.

 
Family Gateway, Inc.
To provide comprehensive services to children whose families are in crisis, including: counseling, temporary housing, job search and placement assistance, traditional living apartments and community transition services.

 
Family Outreach Dallas
Through the efforts of trained and committed volunteers, educates and strengthens families by providing tools to break the intergenerational cycle of child abuse and neglect.

 
Fine Arts Chamber Players
To enrich and enhance the quality of life for North Texas-area residents, especially families and children, through free concerts of classical music and educational performances.

 
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Girls In Motion
To empower young women to appreciate their own body.

 
Girls on the Run - DFW Metroplex
To educate and prepare girls for a lifetime of self respect and healthy living.

 
Groundwork Dallas
To accomplish and secure the sustained regeneration, improvement and management of the physical environment for the GREAT Trinity Forest and its gateway communities by organizing community-based partnerships to promote environmental, economic and social well-being.

 
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HOBY Texas North
HOBY Texas North provides lifelong leadership development opportunities for high school students that empower those individuals to achieve their highest potential. Our vision is to motivate and empower individuals to make a positive difference.

 
HomeAid/ Home Builders Care, Inc.
To build dignified housing where homeless families and individuals can rebuild their lives.

 
Hope International
Hope International’s mission is to unite orphaned children from around the world with loving adoptive families; to provide educational programs and continuing support services to these families; and to provide humanitarian aid to the children left behind in orphanages, foster care, and medical facilities.

 
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Keep Dallas Beautiful
To engage individuals to take greater responsibility for improving their community's environment.

 
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Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra
To enhance the quality of life in our growing and diverse community by inspiring, entertaining and involving citizens and organizations through music concerts of superior cultural and educational value.

 
Legal Hospice of Texas
To provide timely and compassionate legal services to low income persons diagnosed with a terminal illness or HIV disease.

 
Lutheran Social Services, Dallas
Lutheran Social Services provides help, healing and hope in the name of Jesus Christ.

 
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Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance
To end homelessness in Metropolitan Dallas through advocacy, planning, and education that creates and sustains needed change.

 
Mi Escuelita Preschool, Inc.
Mi Escuelita Preschool is an early childhood program dedicated to teaching English and developing early learning skills to at-risk children of all cultures for preparation toward a successful school experience.

 
Mothers Against Teen Violence
Cultivating and promoting resilient teens, empowered parents, and strong communities

 
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NAMI Dallas, Inc.
To relieve the effects of severe mental illness know as biological brain diseases on individuals, family members and society through support, education, advocacy and research.

 
National Floor Safety Institute
To aid in the prevention of slip-and-fall accidents through education, training and research.

 
National Kidney Foundation of North Texas
To prevent kidney and urinary tract diseases, improve the health and well-being of individuals and families affected by these diseases, and increase the availability of all organs for transplantation.

 
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Oak Lawn Library Friends
To support the Oak Lawn Branch Library through advocacy, financial support, volunteer aid and program sponsorship. OLLF also affirms this branch library as a basic government service, which provides access through resources and programs that educate, enrich, entertain and inform every member of our Oak Lawn community.

 
Open Doors Foundation, Inc.
To empower underserved youth to acheive significance in life.

 
Operation Care-Dallas, Inc.
To provide for the physical and spiritual needs of the homeless men, women and children of Dallas by failitating and sharing the hope of salvation through Jesus Christ.

 
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PediPlace, Inc.
To provide high quality health care for children in Denton County who have no access to such services due to economic, geographic and/or cultural barriers.

 
People Empowerment Project
To educate, promote, and demonstrate to school children and adults the importance of personal responsibility, community service, and good citizenship.

 
Plan Fund
To increase the entrepreneurial population of low to moderate income individuals, especially women, through micro-lending, business development and training services in the under-invested communities of Dallas County's lower income communities. We impact our entrepreneurs to achieve increased standards of living, job creation, financial asset building and self-sufficiency through small business ownership.

 
Preservation LINK, Inc.
To encourage an appreciation and an acknowledgment of community and culture through literacy, art, and technology education.

 
Prevent Blindness Texas
To prevent blindness and preserve sight and enhance and extend the quality of vision life for all residents of Texas.

 
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Rae's Hope, Inc.
Rae's Hope Inc. is dedicated to supporting and providing prevention programs for youth from diverse social economical backgrounds. We encourage youth to stay active through organized sports, educating them on issues of healthy living college and career preparation as well as giving back to their communities.

 
Rainbow Days, Inc.
To provide children living in high-risk situations with the skills they need to overcome adversity and stay drug free.

 
Reading and Radio Resource
Reading & Radio Resource will provide print materials, translated into audio form to any child or adult with a vision impairment or reading disability so they may more fully participate in the community.

 
ReadyStart, Inc.
ReadyStart supports through promotion, early identification and intervention, the healthy development and welfare of babies, young children and their families.

 
Resolana
To empower women to break the cycle of incarceration.

 
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Salvation Army
To preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.

 
Sequoia, Inc.
To provide community-based residential and supported home living programs to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families. Sequia's programs are designed to promote the dignity, personal development, independence and community integration of these individuals.

 
Shakespeare Dallas
To utilize the works of William Shakespeare as a catalyst for producing the performing arts throughout greater North Texas. The company serves an audience of adults and children of all ages through year-round staged productions, a unique touring education program and community outreach service. A guiding focus of Shakespeare Dallas and its flagship outdoor performances is to make the arts accessible to all. Through this commitment, Shakespeare Dallas is uniquely qualified to provide the community with a blend of artisitic purpose, creative energy and cultural richness.

 
Soroptimist International
To improve the lives of women and girls, in local communities and throughout the world.

 
SOTM, Inc. - Supporting Others Through Mentoring
We are a mentoring organization providing intellectual, emotional, spiritual and physical life skills coaching to individuals in the community.

 
Suicide and Crisis Center
Helping those in crisis, especially suicidal crisis, find hope for the future.

 
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Texas Central Hemophilia Association, Inc.
The Association was formed to promote opportunities for improving the quality of life for all affected by hemophilia and related bleeding disorders so that each can fulfill his or her individual potential. The ultimate aim is cure. Toward those ends, the Association is committed to provide and support programs of research; patient, public and professional education; and patient, family and community services.

 
Texas Discovery Gardens
To have a positive impact on the future of Texas by teaching people effective ways to restore, conserve and preserve nature in the urban environment through the use of native and adapted plants that illustrate the interrelationship of Butterflies, Bugs and Botany.

 
Texas Equal Access Fund
To promote reproductive justice for low-income and disadvantaged women and girls. The Texas Equal Access Fund provides financial, educational, and emotional resources to help make reproductive rights a reality for all women in North Texas.

 
Texas HIPPY Center, University of North Texas
The Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) program trains parents to prepare their children for school. Our parent focused program empowers parents by training them in teaching skills and providing them with the tools to work with their child. Our mission is for all children to enter school ready to succeed, and for parents to be involved and supportive of their child’s education.

 
The Faith & Philanthropy Institute
Faith and Philanthropy Institute strengthens leaders, churches, and faith-based organizations to transform communities through training, consulting, and resource information.

 
The Living Opera
To make opera accessible, affordable and appealing to a broader spectrum of the community by offering high-quality performances, providing education and outreach programs and promting the development of emerging artists and artisans.

 
The Rock Kingdom Capital Outreach, Inc.
To disciple, educate and provide resources to potential leaders in underdeveloped countries who wish to glorify Jesus by being faithful servants in their schools, businesses, careers, homes, churches and communities.

 
The Women’s Chorus of Dallas
To promote the strength, diversity and joy of women by performing high quality music to entertain, inspire and serve the community.

 
The Writer's Garret, Inc.
To foster the education and development of readers, writers and audiences by putting them in touch with quality literature, each other and the communities in which they live and write.

 
The Youth Village Foundation
To meet the needs of young men of the Dallas County Youth Village & Medlock Residential Treatment Center by providing resources that will aid them in finding strength and determination to succeed and lead a productive life.

 
Training for Excellence, Inc.
To enhance the lives of people using professional life skills and leadership development programs for successful transformation.

 
Trinity Strand Trail
To build a 9.6 mile, non-motorized hike/bike commuter and recreational trail, connecting the Katy Trail to the Trinity River; providing Dallas citizens access to the Southwestern Medical District, Dallas Market Center, Stemmons Corridor businesses and the Design District.

 
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United Cerebral Palsy of North Texas
To advance the independence, productivity and full citizenship of persons with cerebral palsy and other disabilities.

 
Uplift Education
To create and sustain schools of excellence that empower students to reach their highest potential and inspire a lifelong love of learning, achievement, service, and responsible citizenship.

 
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YMCA Metropolitan Dallas
To put Christian values into practise through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.

 
Youth First Texas
To provide group interaction and individual support for GLBTQ Youth by providing age appropriate activities, programs, and resources that facilitate empowerment and self-acceptance.