WATER FROM THE ROCK
Success Connection to Self Sufficiency
Success Connection to Self Sufficiency
Our mission is to empower individuals to break the cycle of poverty and illiteracy through educational and support services that will help them achieve self-sufficiency.
Mission
Mission
We envision a community where everyone has access to the tools and opportunities to achieve self-sufficiency.
Vision
Vision
Our faith based, non-profit organization provides services to low-and-moderate-income individuals in Arlington, Texas to enhance their ability to achieve self-sufficiency. Together, we can make a difference.
Services Offered
Services Offered
Our group of passionate staff, board, and volunteers are united in the mission to help us leave a legacy of hope.
Core Values
Core Values
Your Commitment Made This Happen:
Later in 2002, Pastor N.L. Robinson included WFTR as one of the outreach ministries of the Mount Olive Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas. Water From The Rock was incorporated in June 2002 as a faith-based, 501c(3), non-profit organization.
In 2005 WFTR moved to a 5,200 square feet facility at 1015 Gibbins Rd., Arlington, Texas. In June 2019, we moved to our present location, a 10,231 square feet facility at 402 N.L. Robinson Drive, Arlington, Texas. WFTR has evolved into a multi-service organization that assists men and women living in Central Arlington, Texas with free services to enhance their ability to become self-sufficient. WFTR has two paid staff and volunteers who assist with the provision of services to our clients.
Water From The Rock (WFTR) started from humble beginnings in November 1999 as a vision of Deborah Galloway, a Mount Olive Baptist Church member, and was operated out of her garage. The initial focus of the organization was to help low-income women make a successful transition into the workforce by providing them with clothing for job interviews. Ms. Galloway received a grant from United Way of Tarrant County and in January 2002 moved WFTR to a small office in the Arlington Human Services Center at 401 W Sanford Arington, Texas . The core program of the organization remained the same – providing clothing to women, (primarily from the Arlington Life Shelter and Safe Haven), who were trying to obtain employment.
History
History
Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Water From the Rock is governed by a ten-member Board of Directors. All of the governing body either reside, work, or volunteer in the geographic area of operation.
Our board members have a wealth of knowledge, skills, and experience that is merged to meet our mission and advance the work of our organization.
Our board members have a wealth of knowledge, skills, and experience that is merged to meet our mission and advance the work of our organization.
Barry Anderson
Barry Anderson
Glenn Lewis
Glenn Lewis
Kemp Louis
Kemp Louis
Kecia Mays
Kecia Mays
Vice Chairman
Vice Chairman
Member
Member
Secretary
Secretary
Member
Member
Treasurer
Treasurer
Member
Member
Weldon Washington
Weldon Washington
Gloria Peña
Gloria Peña
Herman Williams
Herman Williams
Hobert Hicks
Hobert Hicks
Michael Guyton
Michael Guyton
Greg Morse
Greg Morse
Member
Member
Member
Member
Chairman
Chairman
Member
Member
JoAnn Shankle
JoAnn Shankle
Executive Director
Executive Director
Administrative Assistant
Administrative Assistant
Sophia Pierce
Sophia Pierce
Staff
Staff