After years of dreaming, collaborating and fundraising, the six-acre Kaleidoscope Park is just a month away from becoming a treasured reality in Frisco. With the park officially opening with a weekend of activities on Saturday, October 5, the Kaleidoscope Park Foundation is hosting a sneak preview on the night before (aka Friday, October 4). This Sunset Soirée: A Walk in the … [Read more...] about Sunset Soirée To Provide A Sneak Peak Of Frisco’s Kaleidoscope Park On The Eve Of Its Grand Opening
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Operation Kindness’ Lifesaving Partnership Hub Is A Collaborative Oasis For Animal Rescue Groups
There is a remarkable brilliance that takes place as a result of a collaboration. So after days of rain, thunder, lightning and wind knocking trees topsy-turvy, the results of such collaboration took place on Thursday, June 6. As the North Texas sun shone a spotlight on the corner of 1771 Terre Colony and I-30's frontage road — between Dallas Animal … [Read more...] about Operation Kindness’ Lifesaving Partnership Hub Is A Collaborative Oasis For Animal Rescue Groups
Tweety Bird Got Upstaged By 10-Year-Old R.H. Barnett At 56th Annual Family Night At Six Flags
While I-30 backed up nearly to the outskirts of West Dallas and East Fort Worth for fans heading to Globe Life Field for the game between the Rangers and Astros on the evening of Friday, April 5, a family that hardly anyone knew was driving to Six Flags Over Texas for the 56th Annual Family Night at Six Flags Over Texas hosted by the Women's Auxiliary to Children's Medical … [Read more...] about Tweety Bird Got Upstaged By 10-Year-Old R.H. Barnett At 56th Annual Family Night At Six Flags
JUST IN: A Four-Month-Old Slept Thru CeCe’s Place’s Ribbon-Cutting, To The Delight Of The Organizers
This afternoon, the lobby of Hope Cottage was filled with people — including HHM Health President/CEO Brian Hawkins, HHM's Chief Development Officer Jean Buys and The George and Fay Young Foundation Executive Director Lauren Haskins — for the ribbon-cutting of CeCe's Place, Hope Cottage's new maternal medical clinic with HHM Health. In the clinic's waiting alcove, a … [Read more...] about JUST IN: A Four-Month-Old Slept Thru CeCe’s Place’s Ribbon-Cutting, To The Delight Of The Organizers
JUST IN: Liberty Street Garden Has Taken Root Thanks To The Meadows Foundation, Bonton And NFNL
It was almost two years ago today that The Meadows Foundation President/CEO Peter Miller and Bonton Farms CEO Daron Babcock took a walk on an acre of land in the Wilson Historic District. The lot was a grassy lawn surrounded by houses that had become homes for area non-profits, thanks to The Meadows Foundation. But on that day ... July 1, 2021, to be exact ... Peter and … [Read more...] about JUST IN: Liberty Street Garden Has Taken Root Thanks To The Meadows Foundation, Bonton And NFNL
Operation Kindness Was Treated To A Raising Cane’s $28,885.45 Check And A PetSmart Ribbon Cutting
It’s always great to start the week with a check presentation. And thanks to Raising Cane’s DFW-area Limited-Edition National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation Plush Puppy sales, they were able to hand over a $28,885.45 check to Operation Kindness CEO Ed Jamison and his team of humans and critters. This support of an animal rescue group aligns with the very founding of … [Read more...] about Operation Kindness Was Treated To A Raising Cane’s $28,885.45 Check And A PetSmart Ribbon Cutting
Children’s Family Night At Six Flags Filled The Park To Fundraiser For The Health Of Youngsters
On the evening of Friday, April 1, North Texas was awash with everything from face-painted munchkins, chic philanthropists and burly wrestling aficionados. While hundreds of thousands filled downtown Dallas in T-shirts boasting their favorite WrestleMania athletes and clogged traffic along highways, the generous donors who had made the cut for Saturday’s Sweetheart Ball … [Read more...] about Children’s Family Night At Six Flags Filled The Park To Fundraiser For The Health Of Youngsters
Genesis’ New South Dallas Outreach Center And Thrift Store Ribbon-Cutting Proved To Be Timely
Just as the ribbon-cutting for Genesis Women's Shelter's new Outreach Center And Benefit Thrift Store on South Lancaster was taking place last Friday, an Amber Alert was issued on newscasts. A toddler had been kidnapped by her non-custodial father, who had a history of domestic violence allegations. It seems that the day before Lancelot Dawkins had been released from jail on … [Read more...] about Genesis’ New South Dallas Outreach Center And Thrift Store Ribbon-Cutting Proved To Be Timely
The Family Place’s Sally’s House Is Rededicated To Help The Healing For Domestic Violence Victims
Five months ago Valentine’s Day was a real downer for The Family Place. In addition to struggling through a year of challenges presented by the pandemic, Winter Storm Uri had not just give an frigid cold shoulder to North Texas, it had sent TFP’s Sally’s House reeling. The 21-year-old Safe Campus where 52 women and 71 children had sought shelter from domestic abuse had itself … [Read more...] about The Family Place’s Sally’s House Is Rededicated To Help The Healing For Domestic Violence Victims
The Magdalen House Officially Put Out The Welcome Mat Thursday At Maggie’s House
Built in 1910, the two-story, red-brick house at 4513 Gaston had been built during the turn-of-the-century glory days of East Dallas when Swiss Avenue was the showplace boulevard just blocks away. Over the years, both the house and the neighborhood had their ups and downs. Like other family homes in the area, 4513 evolved into a boarding house that was in need of some love and … [Read more...] about The Magdalen House Officially Put Out The Welcome Mat Thursday At Maggie’s House
Downtown Dallas Has A New Park In The West End That’s Both Smart And Square
Back in the early 1980s, the West End was Dallas’ party room with Planet Hollywood, The Palm, On The Border, the Boiler Room and Froggy Bottoms at Dallas Alley, Restaurant Silvano, The West End Marketplace, Ferrari’s and The Old Spaghetti Warehouse. Set against a concrete landscape, the neighborhood was filled to the max with neon signs boasting venues, valet parkers in heavy … [Read more...] about Downtown Dallas Has A New Park In The West End That’s Both Smart And Square