Children's Health has had more fantastic superheroes/heroines than a convention of Marvel Comic characters lately. Just last month the Children's Dream Team (Troy Aikman, Clayton Kershaw, Dirk Nowitzki and Jordan Spieth) joined forces to promote the Children's story. And last Thursday, a heap of Super Heroes in red capes were floating around Children’s Health’s Plano and Dallas … [Read more...] about Children’s Super Heroes And Dream Team Are Joined By ER Reimagination Campaign Champs
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Join The Red Balloon League To Support Children’s Health’s Cape Day
Super Heroes aren’t just in comic books and on movie screens. There are a whole passel of ‘em over at Children’s Health. But unlike their fictional counterparts, these good guys and gals aren’t battling The Joker, Lex Luthor or Black Widow. They're duking it out with childhood illnesses. To help these young patients and their adult supporters, Children’s is honoring them … [Read more...] about Join The Red Balloon League To Support Children’s Health’s Cape Day
Grovel Alert: Children’s Medical Center Foundation Women’s Auxiliary Deck The Halls Wreaths
For 41 years the Children’s Medical Center Dallas Foundation Women’s Auxiliary has been celebrating the holidays with its Deck the Halls program at Children's Medical Center Dallas. For a $50 donation people and companies “receive a wreath, tagged with their name, to decorate. There are decoration guidelines including that all ornaments must be fire resistant, non-toxic, … [Read more...] about Grovel Alert: Children’s Medical Center Foundation Women’s Auxiliary Deck The Halls Wreaths
Tricks To Make Halloween Night A Treat
While it may be hard to get revved up for trick or treating Halloween night with so many homes looking pretty scary from the October 20 slam, the little ones will still be haunting neighborhoods in search of candy. According to weather-guessers, the temperatures will be in the nippy 40s and sunset will be taking place at 6:37 p.m. That means, the bundled up … [Read more...] about Tricks To Make Halloween Night A Treat
4th Annual Voices For A Cause Sounded The Need For Dallas CASA Volunteers With Rich Girls And Vinyl Countdown
Dallas CASA Young Professionals had fun with 80's icons like a DeLorean, huge Rubik Cubes and recycled vinyl records at The Rustic on Thursday, September 26, for its annual Voices for A Cause. And what would any fundraiser at The Rustic be without music? But Co-Chairs Bela Cooley, Elise Nichols and Megan Sterquell weren't going to have just one band on stage. They had both The … [Read more...] about 4th Annual Voices For A Cause Sounded The Need For Dallas CASA Volunteers With Rich Girls And Vinyl Countdown
Community Partners Of Dallas Receives Vizient Inc.’s Norman Borlaug Humanitarian Award
If you’ve never heard of Norman Borlaug, Community Partners of Dallas CEO Paige McDaniel will set you straight. The late agronomist “was known as the man who saved a billion lives for his revolutionary approach to plant breeding that resulted in a wheat variety that exponentially increase yields while actively resisting drought and disease. His green revolution breakthrough … [Read more...] about Community Partners Of Dallas Receives Vizient Inc.’s Norman Borlaug Humanitarian Award
It Was All Hands On Deck For Hyundai’s Hope On Wheels At Children’s Medical Center Dallas
It was a coming together of the ages on Monday, September 23, in the Butterfly Atrium of Children’s Medical Center Dallas. There were nine-year-old Bennett Williams with his mom Kirsa Williams on the front row. A couple of rows back was a bewhiskered Brad Collins. The Williamses and Brad were total strangers. For more than 42 years Brad had worked at the Freeman … [Read more...] about It Was All Hands On Deck For Hyundai’s Hope On Wheels At Children’s Medical Center Dallas
Nothing Could Stop The 2019 Blue Jean Ball From Raising Funds For Luke’s FastBreaks
Poor Olivia and Jeff Kearney. The Fort Worth couple had the best of intentions to head east to Dallas in time for Luke’s FastBreaks’ (LFB) 2019 Blue Jean Ball on the evening of Saturday, September 21. But first, they were waylaid by SMU fans leaving Fort Worth following the Ponies' win over TCU at Cowtown's Amon G. Carter Stadium. Then, after overcoming that slo-mo traffic … [Read more...] about Nothing Could Stop The 2019 Blue Jean Ball From Raising Funds For Luke’s FastBreaks
A Gentle Reminder: 2020 Crystal Charity Ball Applications Are Due At High Noon On October 18
Time is winding down for any Dallas County children’s nonprofit that had hopes of being a 2020 Crystal Charity Ball beneficiary. Applications for the selection process must be in the office (3838 Oak Lawn) on Friday, October 18, by noon. And that doesn’t mean that it must be postmarked on that date. It has to be physically in the office on that day no later than 12 p.m. Emails … [Read more...] about A Gentle Reminder: 2020 Crystal Charity Ball Applications Are Due At High Noon On October 18
7th Concert For A Cure For An Eyeful Of The Green Factor For Leukemia Texas
Sure North Texas Giving Day seemed to suck all the fundraising air out of the area on Thursday, September 19, but North Texas proved that there was still room for more nonprofit activities. While the CMA was making big CW news in Preston Hollow, Leukemia Texas' 7th Annual Concert for a Cure was literally getting a eyeful of Texas country musician Pat Green on stage at The Eye. … [Read more...] about 7th Concert For A Cure For An Eyeful Of The Green Factor For Leukemia Texas
Amy Warren Opened The Family Estate For Gateway To Opportunity Luncheon Patrons
Looking over the back-yard garden of the Amy and Kelcy Warren estate in Preston Hollow, Amy apologized to Gateway To Opportunity patrons on Tuesday, September 17. Due to the summer heat still grilling North Texas, she was disappointed that the expansive English-style garden, complete with a British street clock surrounded by flower beds, wasn’t at its very best. Ah, in typical … [Read more...] about Amy Warren Opened The Family Estate For Gateway To Opportunity Luncheon Patrons