The Crystal Charity Ball is emerging from months of pandemic postponement/cancellation hibernation with marching orders to provide $5,391,091 for eight Dallas County children’s non-profits*. And what marching orders they are! First off the block was the announcement of the people and plans for the annual Crystal Charity Fashion Show featuring the 10 best dressed women and … [Read more...] about JUST IN: Crystal Charity Ball’s 10 Best Dressed Fashion Show Plans Revealed With Interesting Changes In Place
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MySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert!: 2021 Change Is Good Drive-Thru
As much fun as the annual Change Is Good’s main event is, the pick-up of materials beforehand is a drive-thru blast. With kids, parents and pooches arriving in SUVs, sedans and pick-ups at Highland Park United Methodist Church on Sunday, March 7, at noon for the 2021 Community Partners of Dallas fundraiser, it set the mood for the sold-out virtual event to … [Read more...] about MySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert!: 2021 Change Is Good Drive-Thru
2021 Great Adventure Hunt Will Be A Virtual Night At The Movies For ChildCareGroup
Last year’s Great Adventure Hunt’s going virtual was such a hit, 2021 Great Adventure Hunt Co-Chairs Helen and Brendan McGuire and Amber and John Scanlan decided to play it safe with an encore of the ChildCareGroup fundraiser on Friday, April 16. Their goal is to raise more than last year’s $250,000. As for the virtual game playing, teams of six Hunters (aka guests) will … [Read more...] about 2021 Great Adventure Hunt Will Be A Virtual Night At The Movies For ChildCareGroup
Downtown Dallas Will Go True Blue Friday Night To Promote Child Abuse Prevention Month
Dallas CASA with its volunteer advocates has always been on the forefront of protecting abused children. So April is especially important to the organization since it is Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Month. It's a very unfortunate fact that "on any given day, more than 2,000 Dallas County children live in the protective care of the state due to abuse and severe … [Read more...] about Downtown Dallas Will Go True Blue Friday Night To Promote Child Abuse Prevention Month
Son Of A Third Grade Dropout Rick Rigsby To Keynote Just Say YES’ Hybrid 11th Annual Celebration
You might have seen Rick Rigsby around town. Perhaps at the grocery? Or, perhaps at a country music concert? Or maybe on social media? In a crowd he seems like just any other fellow, but his life story is one that separates him from the others. Rick was born in San Francisco, the son of a cook-father who'd dropped out of school in the third grade to work on the family farm. … [Read more...] about Son Of A Third Grade Dropout Rick Rigsby To Keynote Just Say YES’ Hybrid 11th Annual Celebration
The Women’s Center Of Tarrant County Is Turning April Into A Teal Fundraising Experience
When folks think of April, they consider it to be a breath of fresh air with the cold days of winter officially in the rearview mirror and fields of bluebonnets sprouting everywhere. But what most don’t realize that it’s also Sexual Assault Awareness Month and National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Usually it's the time when The Women's Center of Tarrant County held its … [Read more...] about The Women’s Center Of Tarrant County Is Turning April Into A Teal Fundraising Experience
UPDATE March 17: Cancellations
While the leprechauns have been partying today in honor of St. Patrick’s Day, the spring fundraisers are pretty much staying virtual. However, like flowers starting to sprout, a few in-person events — like Golf 4 Vision (Monday, April 12), Wings of Spring (Thursday, April 8), Mad Hatter’s Tea (Thursday, April 15), Stars In Recovery (Thursday, April 15), AWARE Affair (April 16), … [Read more...] about UPDATE March 17: Cancellations
Hop On Board The Easter Basket Drive For Dallas County Abused And Neglected Children
Just got an SOS from the Easter Bunny. It seems that due to all those pesky COVID-19 restrictions, the fuzzy little lepus has been hamstrung in putting together Easter baskets for Dallas County abused and neglected children. To help the cottontail brighten the lives of children who have been through so much, Community Partners of Dallas and Child Protective Services (CPS) … [Read more...] about Hop On Board The Easter Basket Drive For Dallas County Abused And Neglected Children
9th Annual Legacy of Love To Fashionably Fundraise On The Catwalk With Safety In Mind
Despite the mask mandate being lifted today, North Texas fundraisers are still proceeding cautiously. That is especially true with the events benefiting healthcare services and programs. For instance, the Women’s Auxiliary to Children’s Medical Center Plano will hold its Legacy of Love Benefit and Fashion Show on Thursday, April 8, at 6:30 p.m. But it will be presented … [Read more...] about 9th Annual Legacy of Love To Fashionably Fundraise On The Catwalk With Safety In Mind
JUST IN: 2021 Cherish The Children Virtual Luncheon Honorees And Keynote Speaker Revealed
Leave it to Dallas CASA to be timely in recognizing people and causes. It has just been revealed that the annual Caroline Rose Hunt Cherish the Children Award will be presented to the North Texas Cares Funders Collaborative. It you’ll recall when the pandemic started, it was pretty harum-scarum. Nonprofits were seeing their fundraising efforts being canceled and the … [Read more...] about JUST IN: 2021 Cherish The Children Virtual Luncheon Honorees And Keynote Speaker Revealed
CPD’s 2021 Change Is Good Top Coin Collectors And Winning T-Shirt Designers Revealed
With Community Partners of Dallas’ 2021 Change Is Good going virtual yesterday, on monitors and TV screens, the top teams of coin collectors and T-shirt designers were officially announced. However, the coin-collecting winners were surprised the week before just like the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes, when CPD President/CEO Paige McDaniel and CPD Development and … [Read more...] about CPD’s 2021 Change Is Good Top Coin Collectors And Winning T-Shirt Designers Revealed