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A Fan-Operated Science Fiction and Fantasy Literary and Filk Convention in the
Dallas/Fort Worth Area
FenCon Charity Efforts
We love to give: Thanks to all the fen who, over the years, have helped us
give more than $15,000 to several worthy causes. Our annual charity efforts, born out of necessity in
the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, now seek to help a North Texas organization that can
effect positive change in our community. Our designated charity for FenCon IX is
Literacy Instruction for Texas.
Founded in 1961 by the local chapter of the National
Council of Jewish Women, LIFT is now one of the most widely respected adult literacy education
programs in the United States. In the past year alone, LIFT has served more than 8,000 adult learners.
The purpose of LIFT is simple: to teach illiterate and low literate adults to read English. It does
not matter why they cannot read; LIFT's mission is "to enhance lives and strengthen communities by
raising the adult literacy rate in Texas". |
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Our 2012 charity efforts will include a limited edition signed and numbered art print
by our Artist Guest of Honor, Donato Giancola. Ninth in the highly collectable FenCon charity print
series, the printing costs of these works of art are paid by FenCon so your entire $10 donation
for each print goes directly to the charity. We'll also have our annual charity auction on Saturday
night, in conjunction with our art auction, plus a donation jar so you can give directly to this worthy
cause.
FenCon Designated Charity Results:
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2011: Our designated charity for
FenCon VIII / DeepSouthCon 49 was Habitat for Humanity
of South Collin County, Texas. This nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry seeks to
"eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world, and to make decent shelter a matter of
conscience and action". Our charity auction and the limited-edition Vincent Di Fate cover print
raised $2500 for this worthy cause. |
2010: Our designated charity for
FenCon VII was Carter
BloodCare. Our charity auction and the limited-edition John Picacio cover
print raised more than $1230 for this worthy cause. The blood drive also
collected 40 units of blood Carter BloodCare is a not-for-profit organization that operates on
behalf of patients and their loved ones in 56 Texas counties. Carter BloodCare is
Texas' largest blood center, providing more than 330,000 units of lifesaving blood
components for patients annually. |
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2009: Our designated charity for
FenCon VI was the Genesis
Women's Shelter. Our charity auction and the limited-edition Kurt Miller cover
print raised more than $2500 for this worthy cause. Genesis Women's Shelter
exists to provide quality safety and shelter to battered women and their children
through crisis intervention and short term crisis therapeutics and to reduce the
occurrence of violence against women and children in the greater Dallas area. |
2008: Our designated charity for
FenCon V was Reading & Radio Resource.
Our charity auction and the limited-edition Real Musgrave cover print raised a total
of $2130 for this worthy cause. Reading & Radio Resource is a non-profit
501(c)(3) volunteer agency, dedicated since 1969 to providing alternatives to reading
for those who are visually or physically disabled and/or learning differenced. |
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2007: Our designated charity for
FenCon IV was the North Texas Food Bank. Our
charity auction and the limited-edition David Mattingly cover print raised a total
of $2000 for this worthy cause. The North Texas Food Bank passionately pursues a
hunger-free community. In 2006, the NTFB distributed 32 million pounds of food to 764
feeding and education programs in 13 North Texas counties, including after-school
programs, residential treatment programs, food pantries, emergency shelters, soup
kitchens, senior citizen centers and low-income daycare centers. |
2006: Our designated charity for
FenCon III was the American Diabetes
Association. The total raised by our charity auction and our 2006 limited-edition
Darrell K. Sweet cover art print was over $1400! Thank you for helping us honor
the memory of Judith Ward with your generous support of this worthy cause. |
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2005: In the wake of Hurricane
Katrina we announced that the designated charity of FenCon II would be the
Salvation Army to aid their disaster
relief efforts. The FenCon Charity Auction raised over $2800. Signed, limited-edition
prints of our first two program book covers by Cat Conrad and Larry Dixon plus some
cash donations raised nearly $700. That's a grand total of $3500! Wow. Thanks
to all the fen for their generosity. |
FenCon Charity Cover Art Prints:
FenCon I
art by Cat Conrad |
FenCon II
art by Larry Dixon |
FenCon III
art by Darrell K. Sweet |
FenCon IV
art by David Mattingly |
FenCon V
art by Real Musgrave |
FenCon VI
art by Kurt Miller |
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FenCon VII
art by John Picacio |
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FenCon VIII
art by Vincent Di Fate |
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Last updated 16 September 2012
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