Impact
Inspired kids become inspiring adults.
Most of what Lois and I support comes back to the same thing: making sure a child's circumstances do not decide what they get to become.
Board member — Director and Treasurer
My Future Story
My Future Story is a non-profit in Southlake, Texas, founded by Lois. I sit on the board as a director and treasurer.
The idea is simple. Most children pick a career from the small handful of jobs they have actually seen an adult do. My Future Story widens that view — helping them find a future in the things they already lose hours to, with enough realism to be useful and enough room left for dreaming.
It works through:
- Books for 8–12 year olds
- Career field trips, in groups or classrooms, for middle and high school
- Career presentations and Q&A for all ages
- Career fairs
It also helps companies understand the mechanics of building scholarships, internships, job shadowing and apprenticeships — the part most organisations want to do and do not know how to start.
Where else we give
Children and young people
Mission 44 · Scholarshot · Reading Partners · Boys and Girls Club · Girls Inc. · Prevent Child Abuse · THORN · Fort Worth — The Bridge Emergency Youth Services
Education, safety, and a route out. THORN builds technology to find children being exploited online, which is the closest thing on this list to the world Moral Code imagines.
Food security
North Texas Food Bank · Houston Food Bank · No Kid Hungry · Boys and Girls Club Food · GRACE — Grapevine Relief and Community Exchange · Irving Cares
Housing and homelessness
The Bridge, Dallas · Habitat for Humanity
The natural world
World Wildlife Fund — endangered species · Rainforest Trust — rainforest protection