• 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

Business

Samsung Comes Through With A $250K Check Help North Texas Food Bank Deal With Snovid 21 Recovery

Mar 5, 2021 1:30 PM by Jeanne Prejean Leave a Comment

As if the pandemic hadn’t challenged the North Texas Food Bank to the max, three weeks ago Mother Nature’s Winter Storm Uri only presented a whole new set of problems. Grocery store shelves were bare and thanks to the electrical outages refrigerators had run out of juice to keep food safe. Most organizations would have been punch-drunk by all these developments. But NTFB had … [Read more...] about Samsung Comes Through With A $250K Check Help North Texas Food Bank Deal With Snovid 21 Recovery

2021 Crystal Charity Ball Is In Fundraising Mode With New Committee And Advisory Board Members Plus Beneficiary Videos

Mar 4, 2021 9:30 AM by Jeanne Prejean Leave a Comment

Despite COVID-19 and Winter Storm Uri, 2021 Crystal Charity Ball Chair Leslie Diers isn’t letting anything hold her back from raising the $5,391,091 for the 2021 CCB beneficiaries (Baylor Scott And White Dallas Foundation, Cafe Momentum, Dallas CASA, Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center, Dallas Symphony Association Inc., Network of Community Ministries, Phoenix House of Texas Inc. … [Read more...] about 2021 Crystal Charity Ball Is In Fundraising Mode With New Committee And Advisory Board Members Plus Beneficiary Videos

Karla Stack Becomes Catch Up and Read’s Executive Director To Help Expand Its Programs

Feb 15, 2021 11:30 AM by Jeanne Prejean Leave a Comment

Catch Up and Read (CAR) Founder/CEO Catherine LeBlanc had a stellar 2020 raising more than $1.5M “to help the organization expand its literacy programs into more Dallas ISD and Richardson ISD elementary schools.” During that time period, CAR received the gifts from the following: Crystal Charity Ball – $951,434 Cotton Bowl and College Football Play Off Foundation – … [Read more...] about Karla Stack Becomes Catch Up and Read’s Executive Director To Help Expand Its Programs

Mark Cuban, Valerie Freeman and Roland Parrish To Be 2021 JAD Business Hall Of Fame Honorees

Jan 29, 2021 11:30 AM by Jeanne Prejean

Like so many the Junior Achievement of Dallas team has had to “re-imagine” its annual Dallas Business Hall of Fame from in-person pressing the flesh with area leaders to virtually getting together at a distance. As always the big draw besides raising funds for JAD is the newest class members of the Hall of Fame’s laureates. And even a nasty old thing like COVID-19 couldn’t … [Read more...] about Mark Cuban, Valerie Freeman and Roland Parrish To Be 2021 JAD Business Hall Of Fame Honorees

JUST IN: Gathering Place’s Tony Moore Named Trinity Park Conservancy President/CEO

Jan 26, 2021 1:30 PM by Jeanne Prejean

Last March when the world was just beginning its upside-down normal thanks to COVID-19, the Trinity Park Conservancy (TPC) was also going through some major changes. The good news was that it had reached the $100M fundraising mark for the Harold Simmons Park’s $200M capital campaign and was entering the next phase of developing the 200-acre park and raising the rest of the … [Read more...] about JUST IN: Gathering Place’s Tony Moore Named Trinity Park Conservancy President/CEO

The Family Place Adds A Dozen New Members To Its Board Of Directors

Jan 20, 2021 9:30 AM by Jeanne Prejean

The Family Place has 12 new people on its board of directors. The group that ranges from community volunteers to business executives includes the following: Laurie Berger of West Plano Pediatrics; community volunteer Nancy Bierman, Nicole Collins of American First Finance, Theresa Flores of Mary Kay Inc., community volunteer Michelle Goolsby, Tasha Grinnell of The Neiman Marcus … [Read more...] about The Family Place Adds A Dozen New Members To Its Board Of Directors

JUST IN: Crystal Charity Ball’s Six New Members Announced For 2021

Jan 14, 2021 5:30 PM by Jeanne Prejean

2021 Crystal Charity Ball Chair Leslie Diers just revealed the organization's new members that include Kristi Francis, Melinda Knowles, Lisa Shirley, Candace Swango, Charmaine Tang and Kay Weeks. Heading up the CCB Membership Committee was 2016 CCB Chair Christie Carter, who was joined by committee members/former CCB chairs Claire Emanuelson (2018), … [Read more...] about JUST IN: Crystal Charity Ball’s Six New Members Announced For 2021

JUST IN: City Of Dallas Executive Officer Michael A. Mendoza Named Cristo Rey Dallas’ New President

Jan 12, 2021 11:30 AM by Jeanne Prejean

It was just about a year ago in February that Kelby Woodard announced that he had accepted the position of headmaster of St. Thomas Academy in Minnesota. For Kelby it was returning to familiar grounds, having been a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2011-2014. What brought him to Dallas had been the establishing of Cristo Rey Dallas College Prep in 2014. It … [Read more...] about JUST IN: City Of Dallas Executive Officer Michael A. Mendoza Named Cristo Rey Dallas’ New President

PNC Bank Comes On Board To Sponsor Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s Next Stage Digital Concert Series

Jan 8, 2021 11:30 AM by Jeanne Prejean

The first bravo of 2021 goes to PNC Bank. Thanks to its support of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra (DSO), PNC will be the presenting sponsor of the DSO’s Next Stage Digital Concert Series for 2020- 2021. And why not? Such a program. After the COVID-19 life sunk in, the DSO launched the Series in September producing ten concert videos that were available to music lovers … [Read more...] about PNC Bank Comes On Board To Sponsor Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s Next Stage Digital Concert Series

JUST IN: Bianca Jackson Named New Friends New Life CEO Replacing Kim Robinson

Jan 6, 2021 12:30 PM by Jeanne Prejean

It was back in February 2018 that Kim Robinson came on board as CEO of New Friends New Life (NFNL). Later that year, in August, Kim managed to bring Bianca Jackson on board as chief development officer. Bianca had previously been the Genesis Women’s Shelter’s go-getter director of development for seven years. This past August "Kim resigned from the organization," and Bianca … [Read more...] about JUST IN: Bianca Jackson Named New Friends New Life CEO Replacing Kim Robinson

JUST IN: CitySquare CEO Larry James Transitions To CEO Emeritus With COO/President John Siburt Becoming CEO

Jan 1, 2021 1:30 PM by Jeanne Prejean

Today is not only a new day in a new year, it’s also the first day of CitySquare’s change of leadership. Longtime leader/CEO Larry James has a new role as CEO Emeritus. Taking over the position of CitySquare’s CEO is COO/President John Siburt, who joined CitySquare in 2012. According to John, “I know that I have some mighty big shoes to fill, but Larry has been an incredible … [Read more...] about JUST IN: CitySquare CEO Larry James Transitions To CEO Emeritus With COO/President John Siburt Becoming CEO

Next Page »

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
  • American Heart Association – Dallas
  • Baylor Scott & White Health
  • Callier Center
  • Cattle Baron's Ball
  • 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
  • Trinity Park Conservancy

Categories

Archives

MySweetCharity sponsorships

  • Art Ball
  • Callier Cares Luncheon
  • Callier Center
  • Cattle Baron's Ball
  • Celebrating Women
  • Community Partners of Dallas
  • Concert For A Cure
  • Cotes Du Coeur
  • Crystal Charity Ball
  • Dallas Symphony Orchestra Gala
  • Dallas Women's Foundation Annual Luncheon
  • Equest
  • Gateway To Opportunity Luncheon
  • KidneyTexas
  • Mad Hatter's Tea
  • North Texas Giving Day
  • ReuNight
  • Rising Stars
  • St. Valentine's Day Luncheon And Fashion Show
  • Texas Trailblazer Award Luncheon
  • Texas Women's Foundation
  • The Salvation Army's Women's Auxiliary Fashion Show
  • Triumph Over Alzheimer's
  • Women of Distinction Luncheon
Copyright © 2010-2021 My Sweet Charity · Website Design by Shauna Callaghan