The Genesis 25th Annual Luncheon on Friday, May 11, at the Hilton Anatole was the perfect kick-off to the Mother’s Day weekend. Among the estimated 1,600 in attendance, mothers and their offspring like Gail Turner with daughter Jessica Turner-Waugh and Ashlee Kleinert doing double duty as mother of Connie Kleinert Bbikan and daughter of Nancy Ann Hunt were spotted throughout … [Read more...] about Genesis 25th Annual Luncheon Kicked Off Mother’s Day Weekend With Academy Award Winner/ Loving Daughter Hilary Swank
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Community Partners Of Dallas’ Chick Lit Lunch Played It Safe With Keynoter Katie Holmes
The original premise of Community Partners of Dallas’ Chick Lit Luncheon was based on an author as the keynote speaker whose work was a chick magnet. It scored high in getting gals buying the speaker’s books and reading up on her life adventures and views. For the first ten years, it was held at Brook Hollow grand ballroom and became so popular that it overflowed into the … [Read more...] about Community Partners Of Dallas’ Chick Lit Lunch Played It Safe With Keynoter Katie Holmes
Grovel Alert: Wednesday’s Rising Stars Luncheon With Astros Wunderkind José Altuve Is Heading For A Home Run
If you've locked down your seats for Wednesday's Rising Stars Luncheon at Northwood Country Club, you're going to be lunching with a gazillionaire. Houston Astros second baseman/2017 AL MVP José Altuve's John Hancock batted in $163.5M last week when he signed a seven-year deal with the team. Like last year's luncheon featuring Dak Prescott, this one has all the … [Read more...] about Grovel Alert: Wednesday’s Rising Stars Luncheon With Astros Wunderkind José Altuve Is Heading For A Home Run
JUST IN: Jeannette “The Glass Castle” Walls To Keynote Jonathan’s Place’s 7th Annual “A Chance To Soar Luncheon”
After last year’s gangbuster fundraiser featuring Olympian Simone Biles on stage and Dirk Nowitzki in the audience, Jonathan Place’s 7th Annual A Chance To Soar Luncheon organizers decided they needed bigger digs for the event on Tuesday, April 3. According to Jonathan’s Place CEO Allicia Graham Frye, “We’ve already sold so many tables that we had to move to a larger venue … [Read more...] about JUST IN: Jeannette “The Glass Castle” Walls To Keynote Jonathan’s Place’s 7th Annual “A Chance To Soar Luncheon”
1,300 People Had A “Hinge” Experience By “Connecting” With New BFF Jamie Lee Curtis At The Celebrating Women Luncheon
Editor's warning: This post is a very long one, but it's worth the read. So, settle back to find out why the 2017 Celebrating Women Luncheon was one of the most memorable get togethers of the year. It depended on your age when it came to Jamie Lee Curtis. Those with decades on their meters remembered her as the darling daughter of Hollywood’s golden age couple of Janet Leigh … [Read more...] about 1,300 People Had A “Hinge” Experience By “Connecting” With New BFF Jamie Lee Curtis At The Celebrating Women Luncheon
MySweetCharity Photo Gallery: 2017 Celebrating Women Luncheon
Guests at Baylor Health Care System Foundation’s Celebrating Women Luncheon on Thursday, October 26, at the Hilton Anatole had more to celebrate than raising mega funds for breast cancer. They discovered a new BFF — guest speaker Jamie Lee Curtis. While some admitted that they had had no preconceived ideas about the day’s program chaired by Tucker Enthoven, they left … [Read more...] about MySweetCharity Photo Gallery: 2017 Celebrating Women Luncheon
Despite Ma Nature’s Threatening With Weather Woes, Cattle Baron’s Ball “Shot For The Stars” With Paddles Waving And Guests Partying
Las Vegas oddsmakers thought they had all their bets covered on Saturday, October 21. The Astros were facing off against the Yankees in the 2017 American League playoffs, and the 2017 Cattle Baron’s Ball was facing incredible odds to raise bunches of money for cancer research. While the Astros won the pennant in Houston and prepared to meet the L.A .Dodgers in the … [Read more...] about Despite Ma Nature’s Threatening With Weather Woes, Cattle Baron’s Ball “Shot For The Stars” With Paddles Waving And Guests Partying
Houston Texans Quarterback Deshaun Watson Stars At Dallas Habitat For Humanity’s Inaugural Dream Builders Dinner
When 400 people turned up for Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity's inaugural Dream Builders Dinner at Belo Mansion on Thursday, October 19, Mary Martha Pickens and her husband, John Pickens, were among them. Longtime active Habitat supporters, the Pickenses brought a whole table-full of their Bible-study pals from Highland Park United Methodist Church with them. Which made … [Read more...] about Houston Texans Quarterback Deshaun Watson Stars At Dallas Habitat For Humanity’s Inaugural Dream Builders Dinner
Texas Trailblazer Keynote Speaker Gretchen Carlson Connects The Dots Between Domestic Violence And Sexual Harassment In The Workplace
Since being a little girl in Minnesota with a love of playing the violin, Gretchen Carlson has made the rounds. From being embarrassed ... no, make that humiliated ... when a sales clerk announced, “We need the biggest little girl bra for the chubby girl,” to taking on one of the country’s mega-media powerhouses, she’s not only rounded the track, she’s landed in the winner’s … [Read more...] about Texas Trailblazer Keynote Speaker Gretchen Carlson Connects The Dots Between Domestic Violence And Sexual Harassment In The Workplace
Susan G. Komen’s 35th Anniversary Luncheon Celebrated The Lives Saved Thanks To A Deathbed Promise
In 1977 33-year-old Suzy Goodman Komen learned she had breast cancer. At that time those two words were verboten in polite company. Too often patients diagnosed with the disease shared the news, their fears and their struggle with the immediate family and perhaps extremely close friends. It was almost treated like a scandal. Susie undertook the treatments with her kid sister … [Read more...] about Susan G. Komen’s 35th Anniversary Luncheon Celebrated The Lives Saved Thanks To A Deathbed Promise
Dirk Receives Some Ribbing—And The H. Neil Mallon Award—At World Affairs Council Dinner
The H. Neil Mallon Award, the signature annual honor bestowed by the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth, has had some pretty impressive recipients over the years, from Vice President Richard Cheney and President George H.W. Bush to Ray Hunt, Randall Stephenson and Rex Tillerson. But it's safe to say it's never had a taller—or a more gracious—recipient than it did … [Read more...] about Dirk Receives Some Ribbing—And The H. Neil Mallon Award—At World Affairs Council Dinner