While the attention may have been on Dwell With Dignity’s month-long Thrift Studio back in April and May, the DWD team was busily working with Dallas Junior Forum, Comerica Bank and contractor David Oliver and Olicon to finish up a major project — The Ebby House at Dallas’ Juliette Fowler Communities in Lakewood.
No, it wasn’t a retirement home for residential Realtors. Don’t you know, Realtors never retire!
The Ebby House is “a new innovative transitional community for young women who have aged out of foster care. . . . The Ebby House program seeks to reverse negative trends and outcomes faced by these young women by offering them a home to live in and mentors to love them while learning to become self-reliant, entrepreneurial volunteers and mentors themselves, which is reflective of the values and life of Ebby Halliday Acers.”
According to Juliette Fowler Communities President/ CEO Sabrina R. Porter, “The Ebby House is a solution-based program that can serve up to 16 women at a time for a period of 12 to 24 months.”
And who better to cut the Wednesday, May 21st ribbon for the dedication of The Ebby House than Ebby, who turned 103 in March?
Bravo to all these organizations for coming together for young women, whose lives will be changed. That’s the beauty of the word collaboration.
Brava to Ebby for continuing to be a role model and Dallas treasure.
Others responsible for this remarkable home can be found after the jump.
* Photos provided by Ebby Halliday Realtors
Angiel Electrical Construction Corp., Arteriors, Article 24, Artisan Finishes, Edwin F. Burgard, Carbonated Solutions, Marti J. Carlin, Communities Foundation of Texas, Daum Plumbing Co., Environmental Techniques Corp., Fellowship of Professional Women Inc., Rev. Eddie Hill, Homeware, Innovations Wallpaper, I.O. Metro, Kellen Flooring Solutions Inc., Lacefield Designs, Lamps Plus, Leftbank Art, Loloi Rugs, Lubbockview Christian Church of Lubbock, TC. Lupton Jr. Family Foundation, Wayne and Joann Moore Charitable Foundation, ORIX Foundation, T. Boone Pickens, Republic Industries, Everett Turner, The Mix Showroom, Robert Turner & Associates and University Christian Church of Fort Worth