GraceToChange

Our staff at GraceToChange would like to thank our sponsors, attendees and board for helping us raise $75,000 at the annual Change a Life, Change a Community Gala this past Thursday. We are forever grateful! 🧡

With Halloween quickly approaching you know what time it is! Keep GraceToChange in mind if you have leftover candy, don’t want your kiddos to rot their teeth or even see it on clearance somewhere! We will take all we can get! Thanks in advance!!

A huge THANK YOU to all the sponsors of this years Change a Life, Change a Community gala this past Thursday. Our mission of breaking the cycle of addiction in adolescents and adults will continue on!

Day 3, for a total of 1700 9th graders at Lowery Freshman Center in Allen learned about the Fentanyl epidemic effecting our community. Thanks for the opportunity to educate the students.

It’s Gala Day!! Thank you to everyone who has sponsored, purchased tickets and donated auction items, we are super grateful. See you at 6:30! 🧡

Day 1 of 3 having the opportunity to speak to over 500 freshman at the Lowry Freshman Center in Allen. Had the honor of sharing the stage with Judge Gore and 2 passionate parents who lost their sons to fentanyl poisoning. Best thing we can do is educate our children of the dangers that our country is experiencing.

Who is ready for a some relaxing travel? Join us next Thursday, October 24 for our annual Change a Life, Change a Community gala. We are grateful for the 30 silent auction items donated including these 4 travel destinations. 🧡

Happy Boss Day to our founder Shannon White. Thank you for all you do for us as a staff 🧡 You are a true example of what means.

Tickets still available for our annual Change A Life, Change A Community Gala. This year the event will be held at the Sheraton McKinney on Thursday, October 24. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to the office at 972.542.2900. Ticket details are in the comments.

To date in Collin County there have been 51 overdoses reported from the Medical Examiners office. 60% of those were fentanyl deaths.

You read that correct, 22 high school teens die every week as result of Fentanyl poisoning. This new billboard can now be found at the corner of Hwy 75 and SMU Blvd, with faces of some of the local faces from our community who lives have been cut short due to fentanyl.

Who doesn't love an ice cream sundae!?!? The adolescent group was treated to a sundae making station by some loving supporters of GraceToChange. If you would like to spread a little love as the holidays are approaching, please feel free to reach out.

Come join local non profits for a networking meeting. Grab your brown bag lunch and come learn at Make a Difference Day. Remember any important dates or upcoming events for your organization to share with the group.

Fentanyl is Forever event hosted by Plano PD today at Chase Oaks Church. Speakers, CPR and Narcan training, lots of vendor booths and memorials to lives lost to Fentanyl poisoning. Keep educating the community, that’s the goal…to save lives!

Join GraceToChange today at Chase Oaks Church-Plano for a Fentanyl is Forever free community event. Stop by our table and grab a box of Narcan, it saves lives!

During adult group a few weeks back, our program director, Jennifer, did a self-care lesson that was very interactive. During the lesson, she gave random sealed cards to the clients that were positive self-reminders. She also wrote her own special note on the back and told them to open the card when they needed a positive boost. Fast forward a few weeks and she receives a message thanking her with a picture of the card, this person needed this exact reminder!

We are super grateful for the donations received on North Texas Giving Day. Each dollar goes to helping further our mission of breaking the cycle of addiction in adolescents and adults. Thank you for helping !

Supporting Breast Cancer Awareness Month and all the brave people who have fought this monster of a diagnosis. Our Executive Director, Shannon White, earlier this year was diagnosed and we are proud to say she is CANCER FREE!! Get checked please, it can save your life!

Reminder we do instant 14 panel drug testing at our office that include FENTANYL and alcohol for $30. These test show instant results. No appointment needed.

We love our community and the generous people who have helped provide for the adolescent group. The sign-up genius now has MORE slots to volunteer for through the end of the year and fun holiday treats. If you have a holiday idea, please let us know, traditions are something we like to introduce to these teens. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0949AEAE29A0FDC52-46022557-gracetochange

Want to help but don't know how?? Here are some simple ways that help make an impact, we appreciate every item donated. Below is our Amazon wish list: https://a.co/aIqrInr

Sadly, we are getting lots of requests for grief counselors. Please send us any names you have so we can compile a list for people who ask!

Mark your calendar for October 5th and join us for a free community event focused on the Fentanyl crisis in our community. There will be a panel discussion from local agencies for 11am-12n along with booths from both substance abuse and mental health facilities. There will also be Narcan training!! Come educate yourself.

We love it when a client decides this is their safe place for a long time to come after they graduate. There are clients that return for group sessions for years, then there are others that show up when they need support and then there are the ones that come back months or even years later to celebrate their sobriety with a new coin. As we say, "Keep coming back, it works if you work it".

Thanks for the donations of magazines (we are always collecting), they allowed our clients the opportunity to create vision boards for their goals as they move through learning to live a life in sobriety. Do you have a vision board?