Before New Friends New Life’s 20th Anniversary Luncheon keynote speaker Uma Thurman entered the Omni’s Fair Park Room, the near capacity crowd was happily just chatting and sipping coffee on Friday, November 9.But the moment the willowy blonde in black entered a side door, the meet-and-greet lined up on both sides of the sponsor backdrop. The VIP types like Honorary … [Read more...] about New Friends New Life’s 20th Anniversary Luncheon Celebrated The Progress Made In Battling The Sex Trade
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MySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert!: New Friends New Life 20th Anniversary Luncheon
When three moms Nancy Ann Hunt, Pat Schenkel and Gail Turner took up the battle against sex trafficking 20 years ago, the issue was a dark secret that few wanted to tackle. Realizing that this problem was greater and growing faster than they imagined, they created New Friends New Life. On Friday, November 9, their efforts were not only applauded at the NFNL 20th Anniversary … [Read more...] about MySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert!: New Friends New Life 20th Anniversary Luncheon
North Texas Food Bank’s 20th Annual Empty Bowls Is Headed North For Evening Souping
The North Texas Food Bank is shaking things up a bit for its 20th annual Empty Bowls fundraiser. For ages it was held at the Meyerson around the lunchtime hour, attracting legions of downtown Dallas office workers. No matter how cold or wet it was, the guests bundled up to check out the dozens of soup stations set up by area restaurants and chefs, the silent auction and pop-up … [Read more...] about North Texas Food Bank’s 20th Annual Empty Bowls Is Headed North For Evening Souping
JUST IN: New Crystal Charity Ball Members Announced
Word just arrived about Crystal Charity Ball’s newest members. 2019 CCB Chair Pat McEvoy revealed that the seven newbies are Julie Bagley, Christy Berry, Kim Hext, Nancy Scripps, Sunie Solomon, Molly Thomas and Merry Wyatt.The ladies will join the 93 other committee members on Thursday, February 7, for the selection of the 2019 beneficiaries.The mega … [Read more...] about JUST IN: New Crystal Charity Ball Members Announced
ReuNight Gunned Its Fundraising Motors Over At Haas Moto Museum For The Family Place
One poor soul who either didn’t know better or was just plain not housebroken wandered into the Haas Motor Museum asking the question of the evening of Thursday, November 8 — “Did you see Mark Lamaster’s review in the Morning News today?”Like Diogenes searching for an honest person, s/he was left in the dark. It seems that none of the people queried at The Family Place’s … [Read more...] about ReuNight Gunned Its Fundraising Motors Over At Haas Moto Museum For The Family Place
MySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert: 2018 ReuNight
For the past couple years, The Family Place fundraiser has staked claims on some of the newest spots in North Texas for its annual ReuNight — Forty Five Ten with Donna Karan in 2016 and The Statler with a photogenic llama in 2017. This year ReuNight Event Co-Chairs Joyce Goss and Kenny Goss revved up their engines and parked the dinner and live auction at Bobby Haas’ newly … [Read more...] about MySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert: 2018 ReuNight
JUST IN: The Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition And Festival Is Coming To Dallas And Tickets Just Went On Sale
At noon today NorthPark Center’s NorthCourt was filled with beautiful music and news. The occasion was the official kick-off of the second Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition and Festival.The Cliburn President/CEO Jacques Marquis told the crowd that for the first time, the event would be held in Dallas from Friday, May 31, to Saturday, June 8. During that … [Read more...] about JUST IN: The Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition And Festival Is Coming To Dallas And Tickets Just Went On Sale
Dallas Women’s Foundation Unveils A New Name And A Record Haul At Its 33rd Annual Luncheon
What do you get when you put together Roslyn Dawson Thompson, president and CEO of the Dallas Women's Foundation; Co-chairs Lael Brodsky and Tricia Miller and Honorary Co-chairs Matrice Ellis-Kirk and Ambassador Ron Kirk; and top sponsors like Presenting Sponsor Toyota, Target, Lyda Hill and Nancy C. Rogers? You get the foundation's 33rd Annual Luncheon on Wednesday, November … [Read more...] about Dallas Women’s Foundation Unveils A New Name And A Record Haul At Its 33rd Annual Luncheon
JUST IN: Big Thought Is Thinking Big For Its 30th Anniversary Celebration
Back in 1989, two births were taking place. The first commercial internet service providers were popping. On the local scene Mitch Jericho and Edith O’Donnell founded Big Thought to “cultivate creativity and imagination in the lives of young people throughout Dallas.” Both bouncing babies have grown in importance and reach over the past 30 years.To celebrate Big Thought’s … [Read more...] about JUST IN: Big Thought Is Thinking Big For Its 30th Anniversary Celebration
A Simple Thank You To … North Texas Giving Day
From Dallas United Crew Board Member Lisa Miller,“Our vision is now a reality. After years of loading and unloading boats from trailers in a bumpy gravel parking lot, we now have a roof over our boats and a fully-paved, ADA-compliant concrete parking lot to serve the community with rowing and dragon boating programs for people of all ages and abilities.“North Texas … [Read more...] about A Simple Thank You To … North Texas Giving Day
It’s Time To Cookie Up For Girl Scouts Of Northeast Texas
Dump the plans to diet. Sure, the holidays may have inched up the waistlines, but there are always Spanx to save those sugary sins.Prepare yourselves for chomping down cookies in honor of the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas. On Friday, January 11, the annual Girl Scout cookie sell-ethon will be underway until Sunday, February 24.And while there will be the … [Read more...] about It’s Time To Cookie Up For Girl Scouts Of Northeast Texas