Texoma Community Foundation

? A New Chapter for the New Year! ? Texoma Health Foundation is now Texoma Community Foundation! While our name has changed, our dedication to supporting the well-being of Texoma is stronger than ever. Let’s make 2025 the year we build a healthier, more hopeful future—together. ???? #CommunityDrivenWellness #Texoma2025

“He just growls.” When a group of school kids came out to the Divine Equine Therapeutic Riding Center, their leaders explained how one twelve-year-old boy was nonverbal. Cynthia Nell Ward, executive director at Divine Equine, and her staff took the information in stride. In the arena, every time the boy pointed at the gate, they said, “Gate.” They repeated this several times. After 10 minutes of browsing around the horses and hay, they stopped in front of the gate again. The boy pointed and said, “Open gate." Read this and more incredible, yet everyday stories that come from the Divine Equine Therapeutic Riding Center: https://lnkd.in/gWMC3Ux7

Aside from their vibrant colors and elegant petal shape, tulips embrace two meanings shared by the Texoma Health Foundation and Reba’s Ranch House: perfect love; hope. This symbolism lives inside the Julia and Herman Ringler Reception Room of the Texoma Health Foundation (THF). Custom wallpaper created from a tulip photograph taken by Julia adorns one wall. Read about the tulip legacy at Texoma Health Foundation and how Julie and Herman display the meanings of love and hope: https://lnkd.in/gUcqtBFS

Trapped. Alone. That’s how many people are feeling when they reach out to the Fannin County Family Crisis Center. One of those clients was Lucy. Physical and emotional abuse left her in turmoil, and she felt she had nowhere to go and no support to leave her abuser. But at the Crisis Center, she discovered they had the resources she needed. Her advocate walked with her every step as she found her way out of the abuse and into a new life. Lucy is now working toward becoming a counselor in her church. She wants everyone to know that if they are having a hard time with their partner, there is always someone who can help them at the Crisis Center. Read about the vital work that happens at the Fannin County Crisis Center: https://lnkd.in/gWXZbsUg

?? Over 70% of U.S. industries rely on truckers, but many are carrying more than just cargo. The trucking sector in Texas now has one of the highest suicide rates per capita. Our “No Load Is Too Heavy to Share” campaign is here to provide vital support. Join us in spreading awareness and helping save lives—get your toolkit today by visiting: https://lnkd.in/g47svugM #SupportTruckers #MentalHealthMatters

The day Julie Rickey was able to buy orange juice for her kids, she knew she’d achieved something significant. As a single mom coming out of abuse and living in poverty, she wanted to take steps to get stable in her life. Buying orange juice was a milestone. “People that are in poverty never planned to be there, but another situation has trapped them into that,” Julie says. “I know the feelings of ‘how is this ever going to change?’ and the fears and depression that go along with that. For me to step out of that was a faith-based decision.” Read about the impact Julie and the Masterkeys Ministries has on individuals, families, and the next generation: https://lnkd.in/gUezuiJE

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“I know I need to get a job, but I don’t even know where I’m going to eat next and where I’ll sleep tonight.” These are the overriding burdens Mark Sanderson hears over and over when he speaks with someone looking to enter the Open Arms Shelter. The people coming in are dealing with physical and mental hardships, and have nowhere to land. The shelter lifts those two crushing burdens. Read how the Open Arms Shelter is helping people get underway to living quality lives:?https://lnkd.in/gPz7qVZb

Physical abuse, neglect, failed adoption attempts. This has left a child in the Fannin County Children’s Center Court Appointed Special Advocates care for 8 years. It’s been a bumpy ride, but there is light ahead, hope for this child who comes from hard places. Adoption proceedings are underway again and the child is thriving in school, doing all the normal kid stuff. They are transforming to reach a point where joy is starting to pour out. Read how Fannin County Children’s Center is helping kids from hard places find hope: https://lnkd.in/g-8PBbRE

Sometimes all it takes is a chocolate chip cookie. That, and a good listening ear. Those are things Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Grayson County volunteer Advocate Giles discovered with a teenager he has been advocating for since she was 11. She’s undergone eight placement changes, but Giles has been the one constant in her life. That, and the chocolate chip cookies he brings for their visits. Discover how the CASA volunteer Advocates are making a difference in the lives of families in Grayson County: https://lnkd.in/g9VSN9ZY