Communities Foundation of Texas helps fund Boys & Girls Clubs Frisco Branch expansion

McKinney, Texas, January 31, 2008 - Communities Foundation of Texas (CFT) recently awarded a grant for $20,000 through the John A. & Katie Jackson Fund to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Collin County (BGCCC) to relocate and expand the BGCCC Frisco Branch and to increase the number of at-risk and disadvantaged youths served.

Funds from the grant will be used to perform general renovations and establish a commercial kitchen in the vacated Frisco Municipal Complex. The non-profit organization anticipates having room to serve an average of 275 children per day, including a hot meal to each child.

"In awarding this grant to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Collin County, Communities Foundation of Texas welcomes the opportunity to help serve the needs of Frisco," Brent Christopher, Communities Foundation of Texas president and CEO, said. "This community is growing so rapidly, and we all must join together to support our youth. Using the John & Katie Jackson Fund, CFT is proud to make this investment in the lives of 275 boys and girls each day through important after-school and summer programs."

"We are so excited and honored to receive this $20,000 grant from the John A. & Katie Jackson Fund through Communities Foundation of Texas," Angie Toles, BGCCC director of outreach, said. "This will help enable the BGCCC to serve more of the children of Frisco who really need us most."

About the BGCCC

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Collin County (BGCCC) actively influences the lives of more than 4,500 children each year, making the community a better, safer and more productive place for all citizens. Five locations in McKinney, Frisco and Plano provide a variety of programs designed to promote education, healthy lifestyles, career and social skills, improving the lives of thousands of local children and their families. The BGCCC provides daily mentorship from caring, qualified adults after school and during the summer. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, the BGCCC has changed the lives of children and teenagers of Collin County for the better since 1968.

About the Community Foundations of Texas

Communities Foundation of Texas, a public charity founded in 1953, works closely with donors, nonprofits and other funding organizations. CFT offers specialized philanthropic resources, responsible asset management and effective grant making. As the largest community foundation in Texas and one of the largest in the country, CFT professionally manages more than 800 component funds. The foundation has combined assets of more than $800 million, and it has distributed more than $850 million in charitable grants since its inception.