First Choice Social Services

08/26/2025

It is with great sadness that I report that we lost one of First Choice Social Services' biggest supporters, Comedian Edwin Douglas. Edwin was not only a supporter but a friend.

I met Edwin at the height of the pandemic in 2020. I was navigating how to host a fundraiser during a pandemic. I thought about a comedy show. I began speaking with comedians that I know when their schedule didn't work, then I went to Facebook. He was a friend of a friend on Facebook. I reached out to him and he replied within two days. He was excited about the work we did and knew how essential it was to the community. The ask was, Sir, I do not have a budget for this, and this will be a fundraising event. Will you donate your performance? Without hesitation, Comedian Edwin Douglas became the main act and one of the standing fundraising events for First Choice Social Services for the past four years.

I will miss my friend and First Choice Social Services' biggest supporter. Heaven will be a funnier place because you are in it.

Rest in Peace- my friend!

08/26/2025

North Texas Giving Day opens August 28th! Our goal this year is to raise $10,000 to support our Teen Homeless Outreach Programs. Thanks to the Communities Foundation of Texas, we were chosen to receive a match of $1,000. Be the first to give on that day!!

04/10/2025

1 in 4 girls and 1 in 13 boys in the US are estimated to experience child sexual abuse. CDC 2024

Child abuse is deadly.
In 2022, an estimated 1,990 children died from abuse and neglect in the United States, a number consistently on the rise over the previous five years.i Boys have a higher child fatality rate at 3.26 per 100,000 compared to girls at 2.25. African-American child fatalities (6.37 per 100,000) is over three times greater than that of white children (1.99), and nearly four times greater than Hispanic children (1.68).

Child abuse affects children from every background
The youngest children were most vulnerable

Stand with us as we end child abuse one child at a time.

Donate: www.firstchoicesocialservices.org

02/06/2025

Our new telephone number is:

214-377-9223

10/21/2024

Senior Tea 10-12-2024 Keynote Speaker-Adell Brown "Tea Lady".

10/21/2024

Our fundraising tea was a success. Thank you to all of our corporate donors - Honey Baked Ham in Wylie, Jimmy Johns in Wylie, and Sprouts in Mesquite and Dallas. Thank you to our Keynote Speaker- Adell Brown. Our Survivor of Domestic Violence Marlena Hicks and our wonderful volunteers.

09/25/2024

Thank you to all who donated to our organization during North Texas Giving Day. We raised more money than ever before.

If you were not able to make a donation on that day no problem we accept donations year-round at

03/13/2024

https://conta.cc/48SIFiT

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