• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Contact
  • FAQ
  • Advertising

My Sweet Charity

An Ongoing Conversation For the Good Of Dallas

  • Home
  • Photo Gallery
  • Event Calendar
  • Fundraisers
  • Health
  • Heroes
  • Contact

NorthPark Ambassadors’ Dinner At The Mansion Kicked Off A Year Of Non-Profit Activities

May 9, 2022 9:30 AM by Jeanne Prejean Leave a Comment

For some arriving at the Mansion restaurant lobby on Monday, April 11, it was disappointing to see a sign in the doorway reporting the venue was closed for a private event.

But not for others. After taking a hiatus last year, Nancy Nasher and David Haemisegger were kicking off NorthPark Center‘s 2022 Ambassadors program with a cocktail reception in the Mansion dining room and a seated dinner along the enclosed veranda overlooking the hotel’s grounds. This evening would officially mark a year in which NorthPark and its merchants would hold opportunities for the Ambassadors’ non-profits to benefit.

John and Susan Farris, Jennifer Dix and Nancy Gopez
Gunjan Jain
Nimesh Patel
Babe Laufenberg, Jennifer Arthur and Michelle and Jason Witten
Quincy Roberts
Kimberly Schlegel Whitman

Before the guests arrived, guitarist Kirk Thurmond seemed to dominate the room of staffers preparing for the night. But he was soon tempered as the crowd of Ambassadors (Jennifer Dix representing Dallas CASA, Nancy Gopez and Kris Johnson representing Cattle Baron’s Ball, Susan Farris representing Crystal Charity Ball, Gunjan and Anurag Jain representing North Texas Food Bank, Babe Laufenberg representing the Luke Laufenberg’s “Fight” Scholarship Fund at the University of Texas El Paso, Nimesh Patel subbing in for his out-of-town wife Bina Palnitkar Patel representing  Methodist Health System Foundation, Janelle Pinnell representing Vogel Alcove, Quincy Roberts representing Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Kimberly Schlegel Whitman representing Children’s Health, Jan Showers representing Dwell with Dignity, Amanda Shufeldt representing Children’s Cancer Fund and Michelle and Jason Witten representing The Salvation Army) and non-profit representatives including Jennifer Arthur, Brent Christopher, Calvert Collins-Bratton, Trisha Cunningham, Kathleen LaValle, Kim Noltemy and Ashley Sharp, began to gather.

Calvert Collins-Bratton
Brent Christopher
Trisha Cunningham, Nancy Nasher and Kathleen LaValle
Kristen Gibbins and Ashley Sharp
Kim Noltemy

The occasion was a rare opportunity for North Texas non-profits to compare notes and to place faces with organizations. However, it wasn’t all philanthropic topics, thanks to spouses and NorthPark notables like First Couple Nancy in Dolce & Gabanna and David, Kristen Gibbins, Kristin Casner, Meredith Hays, Shelby Foster and Paula Acosta, plus Dolce & Gabbana VP Sanjay Hathiramani, who had been part of the 2022 Crystal Charity Ball’s Ten Best Dressed Women of Dallas announcement the week before.

Sanjay Hathiramani and Meredith Hays
John Farris

Susan reported that husband John Farris had made it back from their East Texas ranch after supervising three downed trees from recent storms.

In the doorway, 6’3” Babe seemed to tower in the entrance — until the arrival of 6’6” Jason, with diminutive Michelle.

Evening host David admitted that the pandemic had not created a lull in his life. Instead of attending meetings in-person, he was Zooming throughout the day, in meetings regarding business and boards.

When someone mentioned the recent explosion of activities like Wrestlemania, Kimberly reported that husband Justin Whitman and son J.R. had attended the events with the (Gene and Jerry) Jones gents. That ignited memories of some Dallas old-timers, who recalled the Sportatorium and when the Fritz Von Eric family were the area’s Kardashians of wrestling. One guest sadly admitted that the family’s story didn’t end happily due to suicide and their use of drugs.

Jan Showers and Justin Whitman
Jim Showers

As Jan chatted with guests, husband Jim Showers settled back in a nearby chair, saying, “It’s been a long day.” That feeling of returning to the hustle and bustle ran throughout the crowd. While all were glad to be in-person, they were feeling a bit out of shape after two years of stay-in-place work.

At 7 the group adjourned to their assigned seats for dinner and a year of extra fundraising activities for their respective non-profits, thanks to NorthPark and its merchants.

For looks of the evening, check out MySweetCharity Photo Gallery.

Filed Under: Beneficiaries, By invitation only, Cocktail reception, Dinner, Events, FYI, In-person, Philanthropy Tagged With: Anurag Jain, Ashley Sharp, Babe Laufenberg, Bina Palnitkar Patel, Brent Christopher, Calvert Collins-Bratton, David Haemisegger, Gunjan Jain, Jan Showers, Jason Witten, Jennifer Arthur, Jennifer Dix, Jim Showers, John Farris, Justin Whitman, Kathleen LaValle, Kim Noltemy, Kimberly Schlegel Whitman, Kristen Gibbins, Kristin Casner, Meredith Hays, Michelle Witten, Nancy Gopez, Nancy Nasher, Nimesh Patel, NorthPark Ambassador Program, NorthPark Center, Quincy Roberts, Sanjay Hathiramani, Shelby Foster, Susan Farris, Trisha Cunningham

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

We cover the people, organizations and activities that make the North Texas area unique thanks to philanthropic and nonprofit endeavors. We limit our coverage to only news that directly impacts and benefits the area, but we do it with an "honest but friendly" hand.

MySweetCharity does not cover activities or news of a controversial nature.

Materials on this site are © copyrighted. Images contained on this website are not within the public domain. To republish, please send request to [email protected] for permission.

Disclaimer: We are provided gratis invitations from organizations without any expectations on their part of any coverage.

Subscribe for Email Updates

Search

Follow MyTweetCharity on Twitter
Follow MySweetCharity on Facebook

MySweetCharity

Resources

  • After-School All-Stars North Texas
  • Baylor Scott & White Health
  • Callier Center
  • Children's Health
  • Community Partners of Dallas
  • Dallas CASA
  • Dallas Film Society
  • Dallas Symphony Orchestra
  • Equest
  • Family Gateway
  • Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas
  • Goodwill Industries of Dallas
  • Housing Crisis Center
  • Leukemia Texas
  • North Texas Giving Day
  • Southwest Transplant Alliance
  • Suicide and Crisis Center of North Texas
  • Texas Women's Foundation
  • The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture
  • The Dallas Opera
  • The Family Place
  • The Magdalen House
  • Trinity Park Conservancy

Categories

Archives

MySweetCharity sponsorships

  • Callier Cares Luncheon
  • Cattle Baron's Ball
  • Celebrating Women
  • Community Partners of Dallas
  • Crystal Charity Ball
  • Day At The Races
  • Equest
  • Healing Hands Luncheon
  • KidneyTexas
  • Mad Hatter's Tea
  • North Texas Giving Day
  • Parade of Playhouses
  • Texas Women's Foundation Annual Luncheon
  • Women's Auxiliary of The Salvation Army Dallas Fashion Show And Luncheon
Copyright © 2010-2021 My Sweet Charity · Website Design by Shauna Callaghan
Posting....