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DONATE: Individual Giving

As the rates of poverty, homelessness, and adolescent substance use continue to grow in the Dallas metroplex, Rainbow Days’ prevention programs and supportive services continue to meet a vital need for our community’s most vulnerable children.  According to 2007 Beyond ABC: Growing up in Dallas County Report, 24.9% of children in Dallas are growing up in poverty.  These impoverished children typically have multiple “risk factors” and fewer “protective factors” which puts them at the greatest risk for alcohol and other drug use, juvenile delinquency, parental neglect and abuse, and a host of other problems*.  The National Association of Children of Alcoholics reports that 1 in 4 children in our country are children of alcoholics or substance abusers.  The cycle of addiction is more likely to repeat itself with children of addicted parents. 

Your gift will help break this alarming cycle by providing the much needed funds to continue with our award-winning Family Connection Program, Community Connection, and the CBSG™ Program for Families.  

• $50 – Family Outing – will provide an opportunity for a homeless child along with his/her parents to have a healthy, educational and recreational outing away from the shelter
  
  
• $75 –Learning Tool Kit – will provide a homeless child with his/her own interactive learning kit that reinforces the basic “life skills” learned in Rainbow Days support groups
  
  
• $150 – Life Skills Training Class – will cover the expenses for one child to participate in an 8-week, classroom-based educational program where local elementary school children learn about the dangers of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use and how to resist peer pressure
  
  
• $250– Curriculum-Based Support Group – gives a child the opportunity to participate in a 10-week Curriculum-Based Support Group where he or she will learn how to resist negative peer pressure, cope with difficult situations, and make healthy choices
  
  
• $500 – Summer Day Camp – will provide an opportunity for a child to attend one of three special summer day camps, Kids’ University, Camp Broadway, or Outdoor Adventure Camp
  
  
• $1,000 – will purchase supplies for over 300 homeless children during our annual Family Outings