Repurposing Giving: The Greatest Gift Catalog Ever Supports Tarrant County Nonprofits

Arlington TX

16 December, 2021

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By Alexis Allison, Fort Worth Report December 15, 2021 When the winter storm pummeled Texas in February, no one could guarantee whether Barb the Bus would start in the cold. The repurposed school bus, painted like a kaleidoscope and named after the woman who helped fund Barb's purchase, typically brought recycled school supplies to teachers throughout Tarrant County. That day in February, brimming with jugs supplied by Vandervoort's milk company, the bus delivered clean water to people who couldn't access their own. "Barb got called into action," said Vanessa Barker, a co-founder of The Welman Project, the nonprofit for which Barb serves as an official vehicle. This sort of collaborative, creative reuse is the hallmark of both The Welman Project and the holiday catalog that recently added the nonprofit to its list of local charities. The Greatest Gift Catalog Ever's vision is, after all, to repurpose giving: from spending money on knickknacks to investing in nonprofits who serve Fort Worth. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.