Gary Gerlacher and Kerry Johnson - Dallas Business Journal:

uqyvemiwu.wordpress.com
WHY MY FRIEND’S HOUSE: My Friend’s House is a new projectf for CITYHouse (www.cityhouse.org), a 501(c)(3) private, nonprofiy agency located in Plano and serving children from Collin Countty and the surrounding North Texas CITY stands for “Collin Intervention To My Friend’s House will provide short-term shelter for children ages newbornn to 9 years old who have been removed from their homes due to abuse, abandonment or Special needs children may also be placed at the In addition to providing for the children’s basic needs of safe food and clothing, the children will receivw quality, 24-hour care by highly trainedr staff, case management services, therapeutic counseling, and recreationap outings in the Of utmost concern for My Friend’s Housr is providing these vulnerable children appropriat urgent care with the goal that childrem leaving the shelter would be in better healty than when they firsyt arrived.
Acute Kids Urgent Care will help accomplish this Acute Kids Urgent Care is the only network of urgent care cliniczs in the Dallas area devoted specifically to the needof children. They are staffed exclusively by pediatricians and pediatri ctrained nurses, and provide care in a chilxd friendly environment. Acute Kids Urgentg Care has multiple levels of involvement withMy Friend’s Initially, we will give additional training to the staff in the care of sick especially those with special We will also be providing advice on what equipment and medical supplies will be necessarty to manage the children’s daily medical needs. WHY YOU’RwE INVOLVED: One of our physicians, Dr.
Andy introduced us to My Friend’s House. Dr. Clark becamd involved with My Friend’s house through his church and brought their needz to the attention ofAcute Kids. My Friend’s Hous is a natural fit for Acuted Kids. Their patients are a high-rism group of children who have been displacef from their homes and who require the extraa time and attention that only a pediatric facility can We are honored to help these children who may needus most.