Crowdfunder: Tiffany Castillo of Pens for Pals Organization (PFPO) Campaign type: Rewards – backers receive rewards that have perceived value Campaign link: www.texascommunitycenter.org Twitter: @pensforpals Social Mission: Our 501(c)(3) nonprofit is called PFPO Pens for Pals Organization. We currently offer several programs to provide solutions to leading issues, such as disaster relief, rebuild, sustainability and, warehousing and distribution to any tragedy every day on a national level. Some of our other programs address suicide prevention, mental health, and one of our newest programs; The Suit Case. This particular program provides suits to men that are trying to become gainfully employed, and/or have recently been transitioned back into society after incarceration.We also provide training, education, ECL and a variety of other classes to help men become certified in a trade. We work with Dress for Success on a client referral level and The Suit Case follows their business model. We are partnered with the UT School of Law, Yellow Ribbon, and Christian Compassion Center (or C3). We will call our community centers BRIGHT Community Centers (BCC), and the first all inclusive campus will be named Texas Community Center, or TCC. Each campus will house hundreds of programs, or solutions to issues such as hunger, education, the organizations that we are already partnered or working with, an online educational system, a library, homelessness, disaster relief through a warehouse on the campus, and as many programs we can either incorporate, partner with, support, work together with, and any program or organization that would like to see their organization have national availability. We are all coming together as a team to build this and we will create any program or solution that there isn’t currently already a program for. If there is a program that works in one state, and we can prove that it will be a solution to an issue in another state, we will offer that program a suite at as many campuses as they would like to provide their services to in each community. As a team, working with so many other nonprofits, organizations, and businesses, we all share a common interest in designing the first ever all-in-one or one stop shop for all of a community’s needs. We will save money by utilizing our resources to build each campus and will partner and work closely with hundreds of businesses or organizations that would like to support us on a national level or provide products or services. This all-inclusive solution to the nations and each community greatest needs has never been done before. This is a solution to tens of thousands of needs that are not being met or addressed and we are united in building this and future campuses. They will expand often and we will stay focused on the most current or proven techniques, programs, and solutions. We want everyone to thrive and everyone to have an equal and fair opportunity to get the services they need and deserve without having to drive all over town. We want to connect each campus nationally and be the change that we want to see in the world, working with passionate organizations and businesses that want to help us provide the positive changes we need to deliver to families in every state. We will work tighter with every campus and achieve more nationally, rather then allowing this to become a franchise. We want to build a brighter future for everyone and for society and this is our solution to so many needs at one location, bringing the positive changes we need to each and every BRIGHT Community Center.