Here's To You: Isaac Zembrowksi

Isaac Zembrowski asked his family and friends for plush toys...but not for him. He wanted them for the kids helped by the Children's Advocacy Center of Collin County.

Here's To You: Flower Mound United Methodist Church

355 church members and partners gave almost 1200 hours of service in 7 days. To build beds, pack meals and donate money for people in need. They built 52 beds for the non-profit "Sleep in Heavenly Peace".

Here's To You: Sewing Day Ladies

A program at Texas A&M brought a small group of women together who are making a big difference. They call themselves the "sewing day ladies" and they met in the Texas A&M Agrilife extension service wellness volunteer program. They formed their group in February 2021 and meet once a month in each other's homes. Their mission is to make dresses from scratch for the organization "dress a girl around the world".

Here's To You: Wear It Forward

Two Frisco High School students created a way to make it easier for used clothes to have a new life. "Wear It Forward" is the idea of Eli Kim and Ah-Mit Jennings. The liberty high school students wanted an easy way for people to donate used clothes to people who need them

Here's To You: Dallas Symphony Orchestra Cares

Members of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra love sharing their music whether it?s on the stage of the Meyerson Symphony Center or the lobby of Methodist Dallas medical center for DSO Cares.

Here's To You: Hearts & Hammers

Dallas HomeVestors franchisees and the non-profit hearts & hammers renovated two homes near downtown Dallas. Up to 200 volunteers worked on the exterior, replacing rotted wood, scrapping, and painting siding and brick to give each home a facelift. Companies donated supplies and muscle power, and volunteer day t-shirts were worn with pride.

Here's To You: Bike Plano

In the spring of 2021 Bike Plano was created. Don Wendell was the director of the Plano Parks and Recreation Center and a long-time volunteer. Don's goal is to get more people in plano to ride bikes more often and ride safely. He teaches bicycling classes for older adults. Don's wife kay is also an avid cyclist and joins him in volunteer activities and events.

Here's To You: Cowboy Doctor cheers up child patient

Theo needed three open-heart surgeries. His T-shirt lists the names of the surgeries he had in 2020 and in July of this year. Warrior is on the t shirt because that's who Theo is. Look at his smile as he shows us all of the courage beads, he earned at children's health Dallas for the times he was in the hospital.

Here's To You: PMG Employees help Youth Support Center

PMG volunteered to spruce up the Youth Support Center in Juliette Fowler Communities. The Marketing & technology employees painted offices, organized the clothes closet & improved spaces where 10 to 24 year old's are helped w/academic & personal development from R3 Student Outreach

Here's To You: Library volunteer Barbara McCormick

SMART Summer is wrapping up Dallas public library & longtime volunteer at the Lochwood Branch Library helped launch it. She has fun while helping library guests & says service helps strengthen the community.

Here's To You: Postal Worker Appreciation Day

3- and 4-year-olds gave a shout out and more to the people who deliver the mail. The students of the Primrose School at Eagle Ranch and Castle Hills created works of art for their community heroes for National Postal Worker Appreciation Day. And they didn't stop there. Tiny postal costumes were worn as the kids delivered the mail to their school.

Here's To You: Plano hospital volunteer Ali Goodfellow

A young woman in plano is an enthusiastic volunteer at the hospital where she was once a patient. Ali Goodfellow had 4 open heart surgeries at children's medical center plano. She was 5 months old for her first surgery. 25 years old for her last.