More than 1,000 "hearty" types converged on the Omni Dallas Hotel for the 2019 Cotes du Coeur on Saturday, May 4. Some just loved the taste of the grape and others like heart transplant recipient Tim Gallagher loved the work of the American Heart Association Dallas Chapter.While the area’s top chefs wo/manned stations around the ballroom and bottles of vino were … [Read more...] about MySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert: 2019 Cotes Du Coeur
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Tony Award Winner Kristin Chenoweth To Be 20th Annual Celebrating Women Luncheon Speaker
Kristin Chenoweth is more than the adorable, Tony Award-winning sweetheart of Broadway. She’s also an upfront-type gal from Oklahoma with a wicked sense of humor. For instance, in her book “A Little Bit Wicked,” she recalled when meeting NBC chief Jeff Zucker, who axed her show after a few episodes, she tells him: ‘Hey! Thanks for canceling my show, you party-pooper.’”But … [Read more...] about Tony Award Winner Kristin Chenoweth To Be 20th Annual Celebrating Women Luncheon Speaker
The Wilkinson Center’s 6th Annual Spirit Of Taos Is Boot Scootin’ Over To The Hall On Dragon
When the Friends of The Wilkinson Center first held The Spirit of Taos fundraiser at an outdoor venue across the way from White Rock, it seemed like the man in the moon was the guest of honor. This year, Mr. Moon is going to have to wave as guests arrive at The Hall on Dragon in the Design District on Saturday, September 14.Event Chair Ellen Estee, along with … [Read more...] about The Wilkinson Center’s 6th Annual Spirit Of Taos Is Boot Scootin’ Over To The Hall On Dragon
JUST IN: 13th Annual Change Is Good Is Changing Locations This Year
Change is definitely good when the occasion demands it. That’s why this year’s annual Community Partners of Dallas’ “Change Is Good” is not going to return to Brook Hollow. The reason? The club’s grounds are going through a major refreshing, and the family-oriented fundraiser needs the great outdoors for bounce houses and bungee jumping.Luckily, Event Co-Chairs Emily … [Read more...] about JUST IN: 13th Annual Change Is Good Is Changing Locations This Year
Our Friends Place’s Gala, Auction And Casino Presented The Ebby Award And Raised Funds To Support Young Women
Thanks to Our Friend's Place, the legacy of the late Ebby Halliday Acers lives on. At the OFP's Gala, Auction and Casino fundraiser at the Renaissance on Saturday, April 27, the 15th annual Ebby Award was presented to Terry Goltz Greenberg and Southwest Airlines. Ebby would have loved the fact that proceeds of the event will support the organizations mission to help young … [Read more...] about Our Friends Place’s Gala, Auction And Casino Presented The Ebby Award And Raised Funds To Support Young Women
Aware Affair Was Brimming With Purple Jackets, The Six Million Dollar Man And Those Touched By Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer's has become the 21st century's most stealthy disease. It doesn't happen suddenly with a rash or an ache. Initially it might be written off as just normal forgetfulness. But then it transcends to less and less brain awareness.And it effects are not limited to just the patient. It touches their family and friends, both emotionally and financially.Lee "The Six … [Read more...] about Aware Affair Was Brimming With Purple Jackets, The Six Million Dollar Man And Those Touched By Alzheimer’s
MySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert: 2019 Sweetheart Ball
Once again it was the winner’s circle for the Triple Crown-winning Troutt family, with matriarch Lisa Troutt transforming Brook Hollow Golf Club into a grand Kentucky estate for the 2019 Sweetheart Ball on Saturday, April 6. Even longtime club members were amazed how the clubhouse had been reconfigured from stem to stern.It can safely be said that no other North … [Read more...] about MySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert: 2019 Sweetheart Ball
JUST IN: Trace Adkins To Perform At The Blue Jean Ball
Last year’s inaugural Blue Jean Ball benefiting Luke’s Fastbreaks was such a great hit that it’s returning to Eddie Deen’s on Saturday, September 21.Country western fans/Co-Chairs Gina and Ken Betts and Lisa and Clay Cooley are bringing multi-award winner Trace Adkins. Having sold 11M albums and generated more that 1B spins on Pandora, he loves being on the road. As Trace … [Read more...] about JUST IN: Trace Adkins To Perform At The Blue Jean Ball
2018 Crystal Charity Ball Beneficiaries Receive Big Checks Amounting To $6,501,105
It was an event that every Crystal Chair Ball chair lives for and dreads. For 2018 CCB Chair Claire Emanuelson, it was the evening of Wednesday, March 27.In the Hall Arts Residence Showroom, the New Orleans transplant admitted that the past year had flown by. Now, the “fruits” of her and her committee’s labor were benefiting eight Dallas children’s nonprofits … [Read more...] about 2018 Crystal Charity Ball Beneficiaries Receive Big Checks Amounting To $6,501,105
2019 Recess Was Big-Kid Fun And Games And Fundraising For Dallas After School
While the seated dinner crowd was being wined and dine at the Dallas Arboretum's A Tasteful Place for the 2019 Food and Wine Festival, Dallas After School's Recess guests were channeling their inner child on Friday, March 22.It was hard to imagine that it had been less than eight years since Recess had started at the late Faye Briggs' estate, with the main focus on the … [Read more...] about 2019 Recess Was Big-Kid Fun And Games And Fundraising For Dallas After School
Comerica Bank’s Prom Drive Found 750 Gowns New Homes
What a simply great way to start the month! Thanks to the Comerica Prom Dress Drive and the generosity of hundreds of strangers, 750 young women at Dallas CASA and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas have been able to pick, choose and take home new or gently-used, formal dresses as well as accessories for their proms.According to Dallas CASA Children’s Council … [Read more...] about Comerica Bank’s Prom Drive Found 750 Gowns New Homes