Video: Union Gospel Mission: Getting involved

Don Shisler, President of Union Gospel Mission, talks about the need for volunteers.

Melissa Kinney, a resident at Union Gospel Mission tells us about her experiences while living at the mission.

The Program Director for Union Gospel Mission, Betty IcElroy, tells us how her background in social work helped her get such a rewarding job working for Union Gospel Mission.

Don Shisler, President of Union Gospel Mission, tells us how the mission is funded and how to help.

Betty McIlroy, Program Director for Union Gospel Mission, talks about what she does at union Gospel Mission.

A local resident of Union Gospel Mission, Melissa Kinney, tells us about her life and death situation when she found Union Gospel Mission.

An ombudsman is a specially trained and certified volunteer or professional who advocates for quality care in Texas' long-term care facilities. The North Central Texas Area Agency on Aging is always in need of caring volunteers to serve with its Ombudsman Programs. No prior experience is required.

Betty McIlroy, Program Director for Union Gospel Mission, talks about how they help people be self sufficent when they come to the mission for help.

We're CardioVascular Home Care, Inc., an RN-founded and owned home health care company providing a high level of technology-supported, consistent, quality nursing and ancillary services to patients with chronic heart and lung disease in the Greater Fort Worth metropolitan area since 1994. Our company is guided by a professional advisory board whose membership includes cardiologists, a cardiovascular clinical nurse specialist, social workers, and other health care professionals.

The North Central Texas Area Agency on Aging is a program of the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG). It plans, coordinates and delivers services to persons age 60 and over and their family caregivers who live in Collin, Denton, Ellis, Erath, Hood, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Navarro, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell and Wise counties.

WorkPaths was established by Central Dallas Ministries in 2006. Focusing on pre-employment education and training, programs are designed to provide a path for people and communities into rewarding careers and self-sufficiency. Through a partnership with OAI, Inc., a national workforce development agency, WorkPaths offers a12-week course to low-income workers ready to take the next step towards a career providing meaningful work and adequate income for sustaining families.