Community Outreach
The Dallas Woman’s Forum’s members are women of all ages, races and religions who share a common goal: to work together to improve our local community socially, physically, culturally, and educationally.
Our initiatives reflect the dedication to these founding principles. We collect items and volunteer on an on-going basis to support our community outreach partners.
- Through the “Bring It, Don’t Fling It” program, members bring donations to each meeting to support various organizations
- Support the teachers, parent volunteers, and children of the Landauer ChildCareGroup
- Offer meeting space at the Alexander Mansion for local not-for-profits though the Community Share Program
Bring It, Don’t Fling It
2024-2025
| September | Canned goods for the Woodrow Wilson High School Food Bank. |
| November | Donations to provide pajamas for each child at the Landauer ChildCareGroup. |
| January | Stuffed animals for the Care Bears program for the Dallas Police and Fire Departments. |
| March | Snack items for the Landauer Easter Egg Hunt and for the teachers during standardized test week at the Birdie Alexander Elementary School. |
| May | Donations to provide books for each child at the Landauer ChildCareGroup who will be attending kindergarten in the fall. |
The Landauer ChildCareGroup Center
The Landauer ChildCareGroup Center, located next to The Dallas Woman’s Forum, serves three-to-five-year-olds from nearby families of limited income.
Since 1901, ChildCareGroup (Originally the Clara Chaison Free Kindergarten and Training School) has known that the first years of life are critical to human development. Children who don’t have a strong, early learning foundation begin school behind and often stay behind and lose precious opportunities for achieving their full potential.
The Landauer Center provides children with the foundation of skills and knowledge they need to be successful in school and life and fosters self-reliant families and communities. Located on Munger Street behind The Dallas Woman’s Forum the Landauer Center was licensed in 1986, and is now part of Head Start of Greater Dallas.
The Forum has partnered with Landauer to enrich their curricula by funding various activities for the children and their parents including a field trip to the Dallas World Aquarium. Forum volunteers have visited the classes to read aloud to provide reading enrichment. In the fall, the parking lot of the Alexander Mansion has provided the children from the Landauer and the neighborhood with a safe place to enjoy a fall festival.
During the December holiday season, the children are given new pajamas. The front lawn of The Dallas Woman’s Forum is filled with all the children and their parents in the springtime for an annual spring festival and egg hunt. From school supplies and books to toys and backpacks, the Forum continues to respond to specific requests from the Landauer ChildCareGroup Center as need arises.
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Community Share
The Dallas Woman’s Forum invites 501(c)(3) non-profit community organizations to use the Alexander Mansion at a reduced rate during the day, Monday-Friday, for small meetings or events that support their leadership and volunteers.
For more information or to schedule an event at the Alexander Mansion, please contact us:
214.823.4533, [email protected]