As more cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus showed up locally, Dallas County late Thursday declared a state of emergency and put the kibosh on big public gatherings in the county starting Friday. As of 11 a.m. Friday, the county is nixing all public gatherings of 500 or more people for seven days. It's also "discouraging" gatherings of 250 people or more. Dallas County … [Read more...] about JUST IN: Fearing COVID-19, Dallas County Bans Gatherings Of 500 People Or More Starting Friday
Turtle Creek Sponsor Party Boosts Resource Center’s Sequins & Saddles Fundraiser
A real leather saddle was displayed on a stand. A sequin-studded cowboy hat sat atop a piano. Young women with crowns on their heads, like Miss Carrollton Natalie Merrell, sold raffle tickets. And Steve Kemble — dressed in a man-in-black outfit Johnny Cash might have envied — was working the room. The setting was the Resource Center's Toast to Life Sponsor Appreciation Party at … [Read more...] about Turtle Creek Sponsor Party Boosts Resource Center’s Sequins & Saddles Fundraiser
Equest’s 2020 Gala Kickoff Brought A Bit Of “Old Hollywood” To Stanley Korshak
Equest CEO Lili Kellogg welcomed everyone to Stanley Korshak on Wednesday, February 12, by saying, "Outside it's a little grey, but in here, spirits are high!" The occasion was to kick off the big 2020 Equest Gala fundraiser benefiting the equine-assisted-therapy nonprofit. Here's a report from the field: Two miniature horses, an oversized Oscar award, and more than 100 … [Read more...] about Equest’s 2020 Gala Kickoff Brought A Bit Of “Old Hollywood” To Stanley Korshak
JUST IN: Texas Women’s Foundation Moves All Its Assets From U.S. Trust To ‘Gendered Impact’ Portfolio
The Texas Women's Foundation is putting its money where its mouth is, transferring all its financial assets to a 100 percent "gendered impact" portfolio that focuses on social benefits to women and girls. Gender lens investing, or GLI, is a growing trend in wealth management that allocates capital in order to achieve gender-equitable social change. The foundation said it … [Read more...] about JUST IN: Texas Women’s Foundation Moves All Its Assets From U.S. Trust To ‘Gendered Impact’ Portfolio
Dwell With Dignity Kicks Off Its 2020 Thrift Studio Season With A Bash At Cantoni Trade
On Thursday, February 6, Dwell with Dignity launched this year's Thrift Studio season with the first of two kickoff parties at Cantoni Trade in the Dallas Design District. Here's a report from the field: 2020 Thrift Studio Honorary Chair Shay Geyer added “jet-setter” to her résumé as she raced back to Dallas on a private jet, hoping to attend the Thrift Studio Designer … [Read more...] about Dwell With Dignity Kicks Off Its 2020 Thrift Studio Season With A Bash At Cantoni Trade
Junior Achievement’s Dallas Business Hall Of Fame Reception Features A Roomful Of Laureates
For more than two decades, Junior Achievement of Dallas' Dallas Business Hall of Fame has been honoring local business and civic leaders who've inspire greatness in the next generation. The collective impact of those honorees — or Laureates, as they're called — was on fully display on Thursday, January 30, when Junior Achievement President Jan Murfield hosted the 2020 JA Hall … [Read more...] about Junior Achievement’s Dallas Business Hall Of Fame Reception Features A Roomful Of Laureates
2020 Cattle Baronesses Celebrated The Holidays Before Saddling Up For Fundraising
The Yule spirit was everywhere on the evening of Thursday, December 12, 2019, when the organizers of the 2020 Cattle Baron's Ball presented their Holiday Party. The big annual bash was held at the magnificent Beverly Drive home of Bina and Dr. Nimesh Patel. Heat lamps were arrayed around the backyard pool. And not one but two Christmas trees -- along with some upbeat, … [Read more...] about 2020 Cattle Baronesses Celebrated The Holidays Before Saddling Up For Fundraising
Dallas CASA’s 2019 Champions Of Children Award Dinner Raises ‘Money For The Honeys’
"What are we doing tonight, Cynt?" Greg May, co-chair of Dallas CASA's 2019 Champion of Children Award Dinner along with Hannah May, Janice and Richard Davis and Virginia and Edward Schaefer, shouted the question out from the lectern to Cynt Marshall, a Dallas CASA board member. Shot back Cynt from the audience at the Omni Dallas Hotel: "We're raisin' money for … [Read more...] about Dallas CASA’s 2019 Champions Of Children Award Dinner Raises ‘Money For The Honeys’
The ‘Sisters’ Had It All Together At Texas Women’s Foundation Annual Luncheon At The Anatole
The annual luncheon of the Texas Women's Foundation is always an inspiring, high-energy affair, and the 34th edition on Thursday, November 14, at the Hilton Anatole proved the rule. How could it have been otherwise, with TWF board member Cynt Marshall — renowned for her energetic onstage dance moves — and featured speaker Elaine Welteroth, a pioneering journalist, editor and … [Read more...] about The ‘Sisters’ Had It All Together At Texas Women’s Foundation Annual Luncheon At The Anatole
Mike Rawlings Is The Man Of The Hour At The 36th Annual H. Neil Mallon Award Dinner
Tom Dunning seemed amazed. The longtime civic leader was looking on as a 17-piece mariachi band performed in the lobby of the Hilton Anatole, part of the entertainment for the 36th Annual H. Neil Mallon Award Dinner on Friday, November 1. "I've never seen a mariachi band that big!" Tom marveled, smiling slightly. While the group, called Mariachi Sol Azteca, was indeed large, … [Read more...] about Mike Rawlings Is The Man Of The Hour At The 36th Annual H. Neil Mallon Award Dinner
The Female Force In Philanthropy Was A Very “Town And Country” Affair At Dallas’ Hotel Crescent Court
There's an expression associated with the venerable Town & Country magazine that sums up its qualities of civility, sophistication and informality: "very Town & Country." The editor-in-chief of the 173-year-old publication seemed to have that in mind on Tuesday, October 29, when she welcomed guests to the magazine's Philanthropy Series event at Dallas' Hotel Crescent … [Read more...] about The Female Force In Philanthropy Was A Very “Town And Country” Affair At Dallas’ Hotel Crescent Court