North Texas Giving Day Booster: Celebrate Forever Families
According to Celebrate Forever Families volunteer Shelby Fry, Melanie Shackelford* “Celebrate Forever Families (aka Forever Families) is a non-profit non-denominational ministry that provides a no cost...
View ArticleNorth Texas Giving Day Booster: After8toEducate
Ara Grimaldo Saintus* According After8toEducate Executive Director Ara Grimaldo Saintus, “It has often been noted that collaboration is key to the success of any organization, and this has been the...
View ArticleNorth Texas Giving Day Booster: Our Friends Place
Sue Thiers Hesseltine* According to Our Friends Place Executive Director Sue Thiers Hesseltine, “Surviving on the street is not a life skill young women should have to learn. “Our Friends Place...
View ArticleNorth Texas Giving Day Booster: Hope Restored Missions
Dian Jackson, Kathy Smith, Mary Lincoln Neely and Shirley Wilson at April Showers Outreach Team in the Park* According to Hope Restored Missions Board Member and volunteer Kathy Smith, “Hope Restored...
View ArticleNorth Texas Giving Day Booster: For The Love Of Sunshine
Akeisha Shipman* According to For The Love Of Sunshine Founder Akeisha Shipman, “When you get sick what do you do? You probably make an appointment with your doctor, hop in your car, and try to arrive...
View ArticleMySweetToyDrive: Family Gateway
According to Family Gateway Community Engagement Director Kathy Kidwell, Family Gateway * “Our mission is to provide stability and life-changing supportive services to families with children...
View ArticleThe Stewpot Alliance’s Soup’s On! Is Totally On With FitMenCook Founder Kevin...
Soup’s On! 2022* After this past weekend, the outdoor sniff of roasting pinon wood and the aroma of soup on the stove are better than Lalique’s “Seduction.” And as if perfectly timed, The Stewpot...
View ArticleMySweetToyDrive: Vogel Alcove
Joyce Morrison* According to Vogel Alcove supporter Joyce Morrison, “I am honored to be a donor and supporter of Vogel Alcove (www.vogelalcove.org), a Dallas-based 501c3 nonprofit organization that has...
View ArticleMySweetWishList: Texas Health Resources Foundation’s Health To Home
Laura McWhorter* According to Texas Health Resources Foundation President Laura McWhorter, “I’ve worked for Texas Health Resources Foundation for many years. I’ve seen a lot of wonderful projects that...
View ArticleJUST IN: NorthPark’s 2022 Ambassadors Are Revealed To Raise Awareness And Funds
Leading up to the new year, NorthPark Center’s Ambassador Class of 2022 has just been announced. Representing 12 non-profits, the 2022 Ambassadors include four women (Susan Farris, Nancy Gopez, Kris...
View ArticleFamily Gateway Adds Five New Members To Its Board Of Directors
Family Gateway President/CEO Ellen Magnis has just reported that the organization has added five new members to its board of directors. Family Gateway * Kim Benton* Sheri Crosby Wheeler* Matt Gerkens*...
View ArticleClint Black And Lisa Hartman Black To Perform At Gilley’s Celebrating Vogel...
30th Annual Arts Performance Event Co-Chairs Stephanie and Andrew Lauck and Celina and Cary Mailandt have just announced plans for the Vogel Alcove fundraiser. Taking place on Saturday, April 30, at...
View ArticleJUST IN: Thursday’s Inaugural Non-Profit And Faith-Based Roundtable Regroups...
With evening weathercasters looking at their radar and looking sorta nervous about the next 48 hours of a frigid blast, word has just arrived from Texas Charitable Foundation Credit Union Executive...
View ArticleJUST IN: SAWA’s 2022 Fashion Show And Luncheon Has Added More Shopping For...
Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary Fashion Show And Luncheon Chair Nikki Webb’s cup runneth over. Or, perhaps in her case it should be, her closet is jammed to the max. With the loads of outfits and...
View Article2022 Soup’s On! Luncheon’s Secret Ingredient Was “Peanut Butter” Thanks To A...
Carolyn Jefferson and Thella Bowens* Leave it to those charging-ahead sisters Thella Bowens and Carolyn Jefferson to turn out people with zeal for The Stewpot Alliance‘s “Soup’s On!” fundraiser on...
View ArticleWith Drumming And Art, Soup’s On! Patron Party Guests Celebrated A Successful...
As the streets leading out of downtown Dallas were clogged with traffic, and the Uptown bars and restaurants filled with maskless patrons celebrating that the worst of the pandemic was done, a lucky...
View ArticleJUST IN: Family Gateway To Host “The Pursuit Of Happyness'” Chris Gardner At...
It was two years ago that Family Gateway was scheduled to have author/philanthropist/entrepreneur Chris Gardner at its annual Gateway to Opportunity Luncheon at the Omni Dallas Hotel. But like so may...
View ArticleVogel Alcove Board’s New Chair Ann Marie Painter And Four New Members Start...
Ann Marie Painter* Starting Friday, July 1, the Vogel Alcove board of directors will have a new chair and members to support “its therapeutic early childhood services, school-age programs and family...
View ArticleSalvation Army Women’s Auxiliary’s Fashion Show Filled The Meyerson With...
After a two-year hiatus, the Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary Dallas Fashion Show And Luncheon‘s Chic Boutique should have been brimming with a double dose of fashions at the Meyerson on Tuesday, May...
View ArticleCitySquare’s Block Party To Celebrate What Started Only As A Vision To...
It appears that Saturday, October 1, is going to be a very busy night. The black-tie crowd will be fundraising at the Meyerson for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra Gala and the Hyatt Regency Downtown...
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