Ferguson Road Initiative

Casa View Farmer’s Market
2016-06-11 09:00 - 14:00, 2016-07-09 09:00 - 14:00, 2016-08-13 09:00 - 14:00, 2016-09-10 09:00 - 14:00, 2016-10-08 09:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | Ridge Pointe Fellowship, 11440 Ferguson Road, Dallas, TX, United States
From now until October, on the second Saturday of the month, there will be a Marketplace held at Ridge Pointe Fellowship at 11440 Ferguson Road from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. The Marketplace will continue through October. For more information contact: The MarketplaceDFW.Com or contact Kirk at 469.275.9616.

Town Hall Meeting
2016-09-19 18:30 - 20:30 | White Rock Church of Christ, 9220 Ferguson Road, Dallas, TX, 75228, United States
Details coming…

North Texas Giving Day
2016-09-22 08:00 - 20:00 | McDonalds, 8117 RL Thornton Drive, Dallas, TX, 75288, United States
Give $50 or more to Ferguson Road Initiative via northtexasgivingday.org on September 22nd, between 6 a.m. and midnight, and your donation will be multiplied from a pool of $1.5M of bonus funds and prizes!
You can also give in person by going to the McDonalds at I-30 & Jim Miller from 8 am to 8 pm.

FRI Community Connection—Bring Far East Dallas Together
2016-10-01 10:00 - 14:00 | Ferguson Glen Shopping Center, 8786 Ferguson Road, Dallas, TX, 75228, United States
Date: October 1, 2016
Time: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Where: Ferguson Glen Shopping Center – 8786 Ferguson Road – Lakeland @ Ferguson
Purpose: A fun day to learn about our:

Neighborhoods
Local Businesses
Local Youth & Senior Services

And, support the Assist The Officer (ATO) Foundation and the Ferguson Road Initiative. The mission of the ATO Foundation is to provide financial assistance to officers who are facing the loss of income due to serious injury, life-threatening illness or other catastrophic events. ATO also provides immediate assistance to an officer’s family in the event of the death of an active officer.
In light of the July 7th tragedy which involved the killing of four DPD officers and one DART officer, FRI wants our Far East Dallas community to remember our Dallas Police Department and the sacrifices they make every day to keep our community safe.
Get your yard sign by purchasing one, joining FRI, or donating online.
Yard Signs supporting the Dallas Police Department and the Ferguson Road Initiative will be for sale to the community for $15. Proceeds from the sale of the Yard Signs will go to the ATO Foundation and FRI. If you join FRI as a member at the $50 level or higher, you will receive a free Yard Sign and FRI will donate to the ATO on your behalf. You can also make an on-line donation to the ATO Foundation at https://atodallas.org/support
Come join us on Saturday with family friendly activities, including face painting, snow cones, balloons, and more!L ages and MORE!

FRI Community Connection Town Hall
2017-02-06 18:30 - 19:30 | White Rock Church of Christ, 9220 Ferguson Road, Dallas, TX, 75228, United States
Our next FRI Community Connection Town Hall Meeting will be Monday, February 6, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at White Rock Church of Christ Fellowship Hall, 9220 Ferguson Road. Agenda includes meeting our new City Manager T. C. Broadnax. Come hear updates regarding the FRI community and the White Rock Hills Community Recreation Center.

Townhall Introducing Interim Deputy Chief of Police
2017-02-16 18:30 - 19:30 | White Rock Church of Christ, 9220 Ferguson Road, Dallas, TX, 75228, United States
Councilwoman Tiffinni Young, Dist. 7, has scheduled a town hall meeting on Thursday, February 16 at 6:30 p.m. at White Rock Church of Christ Fellowship Hall, 9220 Ferguson Road. She is introducing to the community our interim Deputy Chief of Police from the NorthEast Substation, Avery Moore.

Operation Beautification Litter Clean Up
2017-03-04 09:00 - 12:00 | Walgreens at Lakeland/Ferguson, 2301 Lakeland Dr, Dallas, TX, 75228, United States
Join Ferguson Road Initiative To Clean & Beautify Far East Dallas!
Gather your friends, neighbors, church, school and community groups to organize a beautification and/or clean-up project.
There are 35 FRI Neighborhoods eligible to register for trash collection assistance:

Target your neighborhood parks, streets, vacant lots and school grounds for a litter and debris abatement campaign.
Do you need help with graffiti removal?
Register early if you need supplies, details coming soon!
Call the FRI office at 214-324-5116 or
Email volunteer@fergusonroad.org

Plan to meet at Walgreens (2301 Lakeland @ Ferguson; SEE MAP BELOW). Refreshments, supplies, and good fellowship will be provided. Our key sponsor is Young Chevrolet.

Free Document Shredding Event
2017-06-10 09:00 | Resource One Credit Union, 7518 Ferguson Road, Dallas, TX, 75228, United States
Join us for a FREE document shredding event.
Bring all of your documents and watch them shred on the spot. This event is FREE and open to everyone!
Resource One will also be providing refreshments. Plus, you will have a chance to win prizes.
Only paper documents will be allowed. 15 box limit.
Credit Union Cares Donation:
Resource One Credit Union will be encouraging everyone participating in the shred events to donate a new stuffed animal which will support the CU Ride, a Credit Unions Care cause. All of the stuffed animal donations will be delivered to children at local hospitals during the annual CU Ride events.
Read More Here
Place: 8344 E R.L. Thornton Fwy #110 Dallas, TX 75228
Time: 9 AM – 1 PM
Date: 6/10/2017

North Texas Giving Day-SCHEDULED GIVING, Sept 7-13
2017-09-07 - 2017-09-13
Scheduled Giving Opens September 7 at 8am!
This year, donors can schedule gifts before North Texas Giving Day! Scheduled giving opens on September 7 at 8 am and goes through September 13 at midnight! Click on the red button below to go to FRI’s NTGD page.

Miss the scheduled giving? You can still make donations on the actual North Texas Giving Day. Click on the red button below to go to FRI’s NTGD page.

Give $50 or more to Ferguson Road Initiative via northtexasgivingday.org on September 14th, between 6 a.m. and midnight, and your donation will be multiplied from a pool of bonus funds and prizes! Help FRI make our goal of raising $15,000 to be matched by our good friends at McDonalds and others. That would be a total of $30,000 that we can use to support our good work through the end of this fiscal year.

You can also give in person by going to the McDonalds at I-30 & Jim Miller from 8 am to 8 pm. Great news: our friend Mel Renfro, will be joining us again on Sept 14 at our McDonalds donation station to sign autographs and his bio.

FRI Community Connection Town Hall Mtg & Volunteer Nonprofit Fair
2017-09-11 18:00 - 20:30 | White Rock Church of Christ, 9220 Ferguson Road, Dallas, 75228, United States
Our next FRI Community Connection Town Hall Meeting will be Monday, September 11, 6:00-8:30 p.m. at White Rock Church of Christ Fellowship Hall, 9220 Ferguson Road. Agenda is as follows:

North Texas Giving Day 2017
2017-09-14 06:00 - 23:59

White Rock Hills Library Chronic Disease Self-Management
2017-09-15 10:30 - 11:30 | White Rock Hills Branch Library, 9150 Ferguson Road, Dallas, TX, 75228, United States
White Rock Hills Library announces
Join us as trained lay leaders from Dallas Area on Aging teach Stanford University’s program on self-management. They will address topics such as developing communication skills, dealing with pain and fatigue, healthy eating, reading food labels, setting and maintaining weekly action plans, medication management, exercise, and more.
Location Detail: in the Classroom A & B

Dallas Emergency Preparedness Extravaganza-CANCELLED
2017-09-16 11:00 - 15:00 | Klyde Warren Park, 2012 Woodall Rodgers Fwy, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
City of Dallas Office of Emergency Management announces that
DUE TO ONGOING HURRICANE HARVEY SHELTER OPERATIONS, THE
4th Annual Preparedness Extravaganza
IS CANCELED!
Thank you to all our potential vendors and guests.

White Rock Hills Library Workforce Solutions
2017-09-18 14:00 - 17:00 | White Rock Hills Branch Library, Dallas, TX, United States
White Rock Hills Library announces:
Workforce Solutions of Greater Dallas will provide one-on-one job seeking assistance weekly. Services include resume writing, job coaching, job matching and interview training. Stop by between 2 pm and 5 pm on Mondays. No Registration necessary.

White Rock Hills Library Creature Scavenger Hunt
2017-10-01 | White Rock Hills Branch Library, 9150 Ferguson Road, Dallas, TX, 75228, United States
White Rock Hill Library announces the following event:
Magical Creatures have gotten loose in the White Rock Hills Library!
Come help us track them down and enter for a chance to win cool prizes at the end of the month!
Open to all ages.
Stop at the front desk for a tracking sheet.

DPD Northeast Patrol Division National Night Out
2017-10-03 18:00 - 20:00
National Night Out is less than a month away: October 3rd, 2017. To Schedule your Northeast community event with the Dallas Police Department, please contact Officer Kevin Kelley at Kevin.Kelley@dpd.ci.dallas.tx.us or call 214-670-7772. The earlier you let them know about the event the better!

Water-Wise Landscape Tour
2017-10-14 09:00 - 13:00
City of Dallas Water Utilities, City of Dallas Park & Recreation, and the Dallas County Master Gardeners announce the 2017 Water-Wise Landscape Tour (click here to learn more).

3G Intersection Public Meeting
2018-01-18 18:00 - 20:00 | Dallas Arboretum, Rosine Hall, 8525 Garland Road, Dallas, 75218, United States
Thursday, January 18, 2018, Dallas Arboretum, Rosine Hall, 8525 Garland Road, 6-8 p.m.
Representatives from TxDOT and project consultants will be available to answer questions about the proposed project improvements. As specified, the meeting will be open house format from 6:00p.m. to 8:00p.m. The purpose of this meeting is to present the proposed project and to receive public comments. The project location map, schematic design, tentative construction schedules, and other information regarding the project will be available for viewing at the public meeting, and are available for review at the following location: TxDOT Dallas District Office located at 4777 East Highway 80, Mesquite, Texas 75150 (8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday).

Community Connect Town Hall Meeting
2018-02-19 18:30 - 20:30 | White Rock Church of Christ, 9220 Ferguson Road, Dallas, 75228, United States
Our next FRI Community Connect Town Hall Meeting is set for Monday, February 19, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at White Rock Church of Christ, 9220 Ferguson Road.

FRI Annual Operation Beautification
2018-03-03 09:00 - 12:00
More information to come!

Free Document Shredding Event
2018-04-07 09:00 - 13:00 | Resource One Credit Union, 7518 Ferguson Road, Dallas, TX, 75228, United States
Join us for a FREE document shredding event.
Bring all of your documents and watch them shred on the spot. This event is FREE and open to everyone!
Only paper documents will be allowed. 10 box limit.
Read More Here
Place: 8344 E R.L. Thornton Fwy #110 Dallas, TX 75228
Time: 9 AM – 1 PM
Date: April 7, 2018

15th Annual Kids ’n Kites Festival
2018-04-07 10:00 - 12:00 | Roger Perry Athletic Complex, 7401 Ferguson Road, Dallas, TX, United States
15th Annual Kids’n Kites Festival, Saturday, April 7th from 10 am til noon at Lakehill Preparatory School’s Roger Perry Field @ 7401 Ferguson Road.

City-Wide Community Clean-up, May 19, 2018
2018-05-19
Join your neighbors for this Operation Beautification event.
To Register, Call 311 or email dallas311@dallascityhall.com
For more information, VISIT THE OFFICIAL SITE or click the image below

Mayor's Summer Reading Challenge
2018-06-02 12:30 - 13:30
Join the White Rock Hills Branch Library, 9150 Ferguson Road, on Saturday, June 2 at 12:30 p.m. for the Mayor’s Summer Reading Challenge Program. Come on, kids! Let’s kick off the summer with Slappy the Clown, face painting, and balloon artists as we celebrate your registration in the library’s summer reading program.

FRI to be Monster Yogurt Charity
2018-08-01 11:00 - 2018-09-09 01:00 | Monster Yogurt, 9540 Garland Rd Suite 394, Dallas, TX, 75228, United States
Beginning on August 1st through September 31st the Ferguson Road Initiative will be the Coffee Charity for Monster Yogurt. Take a moment to cool off with a frozen yogurt treat and enjoy a cup of coffee on-the-house with a contribution to FRI. Monster Yogurt is located at Casa Linda Shopping Center, near the Albertson’s Food Store.

Active Shooter Safety Presentation
2018-09-06 18:30 - 19:30 | White Rock Hills Branch Library Auditorium, 9150 Ferguson Road, Dallas, 75228, United States
On Thursday, September 6, 6:30-7:30 p.m., TRUETT AREA CRIME WATCH will host a special safety presentation “Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events/How to Protect Yourself” at White Rock Hills Library Auditorium, 9150 Ferguson Road. For more information, contact Desi Tanner, jazzydez@outlook.com
