28-04-2025
GIVE donates $20,000 to Children's Advocacy Center of Smith County
TYLER, Texas (KETK) – Girls Invested In Volunteer Efforts, also known as GIVE, celebrated their tenth anniversary on Sunday by awarding their largest grant ever to the Children's Advocacy Center of Smith County.
East Texas Better Business Bureau shreds over 30,000 pounds of documents at Shred Day event
GIVE, a group of high school girls modeled off of the Women's Fund of Smith County, raised money for the $20,000 grant by selling handmade bracelets. The grant will help fund a new play therapist at the Children's Advocacy Center of Smith County.
'The Children's Advocacy Center is going to use the $20,000 to fund a play therapist for their initiatives that they do in Smith County,' GIVE chair Christi Khalaf said. 'So it's going to mean a lot to get someone that can work with the younger age group and to impact and children in that area.'
The CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Health System even chipped into the grant by matching the funds raised by GIVE. To learn more, visit GIVE online.
Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
