Recently renovated Turner Courts Gym was filled with family, friends, laughter, and some joyful tears as BridgeBuilders hosted our annual Fall Dinner…

The Bonton Health Fair held at Turner Courts Gym November 14, 2018, launched BridgeBuilders long-term diabetes management program in conjunction with The Root Cause and Bonton Farms.

This past Saturday was I Got Your Back, our annual event providing much-needed school supplies both in Bonton. This event is impossible without the dozens of volunteers and friends like you providing the backpacks and supplies. On behalf of the 200 students and families who participate in BridgeBuilders Kids programming throughout the year...thank you!

WORK Class Graduation Ceremony. Friday, July 13 at 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM. GoodWork, 1808 S. Good Latimer, Dallas, TX 75226, Lunch provided. RSVP HERE.

Yesterday was a big day for Turner Courts Recreation Center, BridgeBuilders’ center of operation in Bonton. We had a blast dedicating the new court with our friends from the Mavs Foundation and Dallas Maverick’s player, Wesley Matthews.

Stephen Covey is famous for his book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. His second habit is a key one at this part of our study of the cure for poverty, begin with the end in mind. If we want to cure poverty according to the Bible we need to remember what the beginning looked like and then apply all of our energy towards recovering and pursuing God’s design for the world.

WORK Class Graduation Ceremony. Friday, June 15 at 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM. GoodWork, 1808 S. Good Latimer, Dallas, TX 75226, Lunch provided. RSVP HERE.

Gisela Romero was referred to our employment training class (Nov-Dec 2017) through one of our community partners, Dr. Parker at Soul Church.  She had two friends from the church who had also graduated from our program, so she knew what to expect and was very “motivated” towards accomplishing her goal of culinary school.  But first, Gisela had broken areas of her life that she needed to work through…

As we continue our journey of thinking through the cure for poverty, it would be good for us to stop down and point out the obvious. All that we have talked about so far has simply been the big story of the Bible.

We are excited to announce a new partnership that will bring the most comprehensive diabetes prevention and treatment program to the residents of Bonton to date.

Summers in Bonton is always exciting and fun for the kids in the community. Our KIDS team works hard every year to make Turner Courts the place to be during summer. This year is no different. Every Monday through Thursday, our team will be hosting actives in the gym ranging from science experiments to arts and craft to games.

n our first two posts, we have examined the nature of God's creation and how rebellion against God – sin – has shattered and broken what God intended to be good and flourish. Flourishing is God's design for humanity. We are meant to thrive in our relationship with God, self, our community, and creation. Yet, through the sin of Adam and Eve, and our own personal sin, we have removed ourselves from flourishing and entered into a state of brokenness that none of us can escape on our own.

One of the questions that we are constantly fielding is “I want to help make poverty history. How can I get involved?” We love that question, so we decided to write a short series of posts sharing the different ways that you can serve the poor in our city.

Our BridgeBuilders WORK team is participating in the first of a prestigious multi-year Working Families Success cohort with the Communities Foundation of Texas. BridgeBuilders, along with 8 other agencies from across North Texas, are working with the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Working Families Success model in order to bring integrated services more easily to families who are in critical need of support.

You might be asking yourself, “If this series is on a cure for poverty, then what is the cure?" If you are, don't worry, you are in good company. I can’t wait to get to the greatest news ever. However, like any disease, in order to cure it properly, we have to diagnose the problem accurately. That is why these first few entries are going to dance around the cure itself. I want to make sure that the root of the issue is clear before I explain how to tear it up. As the old maxim goes, “A problem well defined is half-solved.” So, let’s continue defining.

This morning, our BridgeBuilders work team hosted an open house for all of our partner agencies in our WORK program's new space. There was a wonderful turn out of many friends and partners, old and new. Breakfast tacos from Taqueria La Ventana and plentiful coffee greeted our guests as they came into our new offices.

For the second year in a row, BridgeBuilders has been awarded a $6000 grant from the State Fair of Texas. Each year the State Fair of Texas funds summer programs, granting thousands of dollars to the local South Dallas community. 

We are so excited to be spending our first week in our new location at Good Work in South Dallas. Good Work is an incredible new co-working space that will be hosting the BridgeBuilders WORK team and class, along with our support and executive staff. 

Michael Craven, president of BridgeBuilders, was invited to help graduate students, in Professor John Potter’s Advanced Mediation class at Southern Methodist University, better understand the culture of poverty.

The class was given a scenario in which they were called upon to mediate a conflict between…