20,000+Mattresses Distributed
1,750+Kids Need Beds
Beds for Kids
In the North Texas area, too many children lack proper beds for sleeping. Some are lucky enough to sleep on the family couch; others must sleep on the floor. To alleviate this problem, the S.M. Wright Foundation established the Beds for Kids Center in early 2010, and it is now a nonprofit bed distributor in North Texas. The center’s objective is to give disadvantaged children the opportunity to get a good night’s sleep by providing them with new twin or full bed sets.
Program Impact
South Dallas
Community Food Center
The South Dallas Community Food Center provides nutritional food on a weekly basis by distributing groceries, hot meals, bus passes, and gas cards to low-income families. Families must meet the current federal poverty guidelines to participate.
Program Impact
8,000,000+Pounds of Food Distributed
677,315 Families Served
South Dallas Community
Clothing and Resource Center
The South Dallas Clothing and Resource Center opened in 2005 to meet the growing demand from local low-income families for clothing, hygiene products, household items, appliances and furniture.
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Program Impact
325,000Families Received Clothes
North Texas
Furniture Bank
The North Texas Furniture Bank was created in 2009 as a natural outgrowth of the South Dallas Resource Center. The program aims to help families create a comfortable living environment by providing them with furniture and other household items. The foundation hopes that the ability to make their homes more appealing will encourage families to stay together and work to achieve a stable future.
Foundation
Business and Investment Series
The Foundation Business and Investment Series provides guidance and instruction on a wide range of practical financial topics, such as balancing a check book, starting a family savings plan, and understanding interest rates and inflation. Participants can also learn about the stock market and entrepreneurship.
S.M. Wright
Mattress Agency
The S.M. Wright Mattress Agency provides emergency assistance to families who lost possessions in a natural disaster, or home fire.
South Dallas was the birthplace for the Legendary Dallas Civic Leader The Late Dr. S. M. Wright Sr. The Wright Family for over 66 years continues the legacy by supporting families living in South Dallas. The S. M.