NONPROFIT NOTES
Virtual event raises over $200K to support homeless families
Catholic Charities of the Arch diocese of Oklahoma City hosted a Facebook Live event March 6 in place of their annual gala, raising more than $215,000 for homeless women and children in Oklahoma City and Norman.
“The financial support raised through Green Tie Gatherings will provide t he hope and di gnit yaffirming essentials that Sanctuary clients need on their journey from homelessness to housing,” said Jessi Riesenberg, senior director of development and outreach at Catholic Charities of Oklahoma City.
For more information, goto green tie gatherings. org.
Foundation gives Calm Waters $20,000 grant
Calm Waters Center for Children and Families
has received a $20,000 grant from the Oklahoma City Community Foundation and its Access to HealthCare i Fund grant program. The grant will be used to provide scholarships for 150 hours of grief-focused counseling to 72 low-income children, individuals and families who have suffered a traumatic loss.
The grant will fund counseling scholarships for clients who have a need for therapeutic intervention and an inability to pay. Without scholarships, these clients would have no access to therapy.
For more information about Calm Waters go to calmwat ers. org or cal l 841- 4800. To learn more about the Oklahoma City Community Foundation, go to occf.org.
The Salvation Army offers emergency disaster training
The Salvation Army' s Emergency Disaster Services rely on trained volunteers to help serve and respond in times of need. The Salvation Army of Central Oklahoma serving Canadian, Cleveland and Oklahoma counties has a training course available to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 19.
Participants will learn how to prepare and equip themselves to help The Salvation Army serve their local communities in times of crisis.
For more information or to register for the training, contact Liz Banks at 246-1107 or liz.banks@uss.salvationarmy.org, or go to disaster.salvationarmyusa.org/training/? classes&state=OK.
Grant to serve older adults with creative arts programs
The Oklahoma Arts Council will soon be investing in arts programs tailored to meet specific needs of older adults after being awarded a $60,000 grant by the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies and Aroha Philanthropies.
Through the grant funding, the Oklahoma Arts Council will work with Lifetime Arts, a leading nonprofit organization that specializes in creative aging program development to provide a series of trainings across the state. Goals include a trained network of teaching artists and service providers committed to providing creative aging programs.
The Oklahoma Arts Council is one of 36 state and jurisdictional arts agencies nationwide receiving an award. For more information, go to arts.ok.gov.
Child advocacy center to host virtual fundraiser
The Care Center, Oklahoma County's child advocacy center, will host their fifth annual Brave Ball fundraiser virtually from 6 to 8 p.m. March 26.
Brave Ball is the largest annual fundraising event for The Care Center, which served more than 14,000 children in 2020 through its child abuse prevention and child advocacy services.
The free event will feature a weeklong silent auction, drawings and special prizes, and a program that includes the inspiring story of a young boy who survived child sexual abuse and received help from The Care Center. Event sponsors are still needed. For more information, registration and sponsorships, goto braveballokc.com or contact Camden Means at camden@carecenter-okc.org.