The Volunteer Services Council of Texoma Community Center (formerly Mental Health Mental Retardation Services of Texoma) is holding its fourth annual fundraiser called Kids Entertaining Kids to be held on Saturday, July 28, Sherman Municipal Ballroom, 405 North Rusk, Sherman, 2:00-4:30 p.m.  The event is ready to create an afternoon of excitement and pleasure for kids of all ages and will benefit Early Childhood Intervention-Texoma (ECI). Tickets are on sale at the door on the day of the event for $1 for children 12 and under and $2 for adults. 

Performances at the event will include: Gracie Brown, Denison Family Karate, Musical Hands, Alex Massie, Rylee and Rachel Gentry, Cooke County 4-H Share the Fun, Rico the Clown, and more.  Karen Tooley will be Master of Ceremonies. Refreshments will be served.

Gracie Brown will perform at the 4th annual Kids Entertaining Kids Fund-raiser and Silent Auction to be held Saturday, July 28, Sherman Municipal Ballroom, 405 North Rusk, Sherman, 2:00-4:30 p.m.

Gracie Brown has been taking voice from Jill Brown Studio since she was 3 years old and is now 15. She would love to be a professional Christian singer.  Her parents are Johnny Brown and Melanie Luker.  She has been voted "Female Vocalist 16 and under twice at the Main Street Showcase" In Denison, Texas.  She also has performed in Branson, Missouri many times and has several CDs available.

Jill Brown states, “Gracie is one of the most talented children that I have ever worked with.  She works very hard and is always so willing to provide excellent talent in our community in regard to fundraisers and benefit concerts, etc.”

“A silent auction will be held during the event," states Linda Horton, ECI Program Manager.  "So many businesses, individuals, and organizations have contributed to make the silent auction pretty spectacular.  We have donations from the Dallas Stars, Dallas Cowboys, Dallsas Mavricks, Rough Riders, restaurants, and much more.  The event is sponsored by the Trinity River Chapter of Thrivent Financial Services for Lutherans, and many area businesses and individuals. We will use the funds from this event to provide maintenance of effort to support our services and help the families we serve with needs that cannot be found in other community services.”

ECI serves infants and children from birth to three years of age with developmental delays in Grayson, Cooke, Fannin, Delta, Lamar, and Hopkins counties.  ECI is funded through the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) and hosted by Texoma Community Center.  For more information on services or referrals, call:  903-957-4810. 

ECI’s mission is to support families of children zero to thirty-six months of age with developmental needs by providing or helping access services that support family choice and promote independence within the context of the family’s natural environment and daily routines.   The program is designed to encourage and assist parents with an infant or a child who appears to be slow in development or who has organic deficiency and/or medical conditions that usually result in developmental delay.  Early Intervention is the most effective strategy to enable the child to live as a functional adult and is the most cost-effective time.  This intervention helps avoid more extensive and expensive intervention as the child progresses through the school system and later in life.