Goodfellow Fund now accepting applications for $50 gift cards for Tarrant County kids

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s charity the Goodfellow Fund began in 1912 by providing food and firewood to less fortunate families in Tarrant County.

It has now evolved into a program that provides new clothes to needy schoolchildren for the holiday season.

Applications are now available on the Goodfellow Fund website at goodfellowfundfw.com.

The qualifications for assistance can be found on the website.

This season the Goodfellow Fund will again provide a $50 gift card from Old Navy for shoes and clothing to every eligible child. The goal is to provide assistance to 16,000 schoolchildren in Tarrant County.

Some wrap the treasures and put them under trees so the kids have presents to open Christmas morning. Many others let the children wear their new clothes to school as soon as they’re purchased.

Qualifying interviews begin the last week of October.

This story was originally published September 11, 2022 at 5:00 AM.