With all the luncheon fundraisings taking place in North Texas, it’s a wonder how they all have such different names — A Chance to Soar, Meal for the Minds, First Sight, Celebrating Women, Cherish the Children, etc. So, when Goodwill Industries of Dallas decided to hold its first noontime event, they came up with a novel name — The Lunch. How simple, how to the point, how come it hadn’t been used before? Well, nobody was asking, but somebody was smart enough to get it trademarked (™).
But even a trademarked name wasn’t going to be enough to draw attention to the Tuesday, September 15th event at the Omni Hotel’s Trinity Ballroom. So, they arranged to have The David B. Miller Family Foundation as the presenting sponsor, Maryann and Frank Mihalopoulos as the honorary co-chairs and Kristina and John Hallam head up the planning committee made up of Suzanne and Lance Charriere, Kelly Compton, Liz Minyard-Lokey and Paul Lokey, Pat and Charles McEvoy, Carolyn and David Miller, Jeanne L. Phillips, Diane and John Scovell and Lynne and Roy Sheldon.
Still more was needed to draw attention to Goodwill’s mission for more than 90 years — to provide job training and employment to persons with disabilities and disadvantages to help transform their lives through the power of jobs.
According to Goodwill Industries of Dallas Inc. President/CEO Rodney K. Ginther, “Every organizational accomplishment of Goodwill Dallas is achieved through a collaborative effort by the many community leaders, donors, educators, shoppers and volunteers who choose to support us through great gifts of time, financial contribution and commitment. This inaugural event is our opportunity to thank those who make this possible, because together we create jobs and help put more people in our community to work.”
Just to put the final push for specialness, there will a keynote guest in attendance at the luncheon — former President George W. Bush.
Sponsorship and table sales are available now. As for individual tickets, better call 214.638.2800 now, because they’re extremely limited.