Love, made practical.
How To Love exists to provide impoverished communities with essential information, valuable resources, and multifaceted programs that contribute to sustainable, stable lives—consistently and without conditions.
We believe that once a person's survival is in order, they can live fully and be civil with their neighbors. Every program we run starts with that belief: care becomes real when love becomes practical.
From a yard sale to a movement
HTL began in 2026 with a couple of folding tables and the inventory from a former gift shop. What started as a single neighborhood event grew into a nonprofit built on listening first and acting second.
The spark
Kieth and LaTrina Quigley closed their gift shop and turned its inventory into HTL's first community yard sale. That sale became our first event and seeded our first program for impoverished residents.
Three programs take root
Impoverished Community Relief, Peer Mentorship, and The Power of Awareness were shaped by months of kitchen-table conversations with neighbors about what they actually needed.
A growing movement
HTL now serves blocks across Fort Worth with relief distribution, one-on-one mentorship, and awareness events—always led by the members it exists to support.
The values that guide us
Listen first
We never arrive with a plan. Every program begins with months of kitchen-table conversations with the neighbors it is meant to serve.
Dignity always
No means testing, no lines, no proving your need. Support offered with conditions attached isn't support — it's leverage.
Neighbors, not clients
The person receiving help this month often leads the work next month. Everyone here is both giver and receiver.
Stay close
We grow by depth, not headcount. If we can't remember your name, we've grown in the wrong direction.
The people leading it
HTL is guided by founders and team members who live in the communities we serve.
Kieth and LaTrina Quigley
FOUNDERS & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
HTL started with a couple of folding tables and the inventory from their former gift shop. While running their gift shop, they were reminded of the struggles of the people in the community and decided to launch a helpful, healing organization for those people and many others.
Stephanie Marshall
Director of Community Programs
Former substance abuse counselor who built the Peer Mentorship curriculum and trains every new mentor personally.
Patricia Jones
ADMINISTRATIVE ADVISOR
Advise the board of directors and knows every grocer within two miles by first name.
Whitney Griffin
Volunteer & Partnerships Coordinator
Matches hundreds of volunteers each year to the work that actually fits their life and their hours.
Serve on the HTL board
We are looking for members who believe in practical love and want to help shape the future of HTL. Board members advise on strategy, support fundraising, and champion our programs in the community.
Questions? Email us
Come be a member.
Whether you volunteer, mentor, donate, or simply show up, you help make love practical in Fort Worth.