The 2020 Crystal Charity Ball bus tour of beneficiaries didn’t start off on a high note. While the clouds covered the area and the temperatures felt like the 30s had taken over, Craig Vogel's Savvy Transportation Services bus sought a place to park at Turtle Creek Village on the morning of Thursday, February 20. The usual spot was already filled with cars. While 53 had … [Read more...] about Crystal Charity Ball Bus Tour Got A Firsthand Look At Its 2020 Beneficiaries
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MySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert: 2020 Crystal Charity Ball Bus Tour
The day may have started off cold and cloudy on Thursday, February 20, for the Crystal Charity Ball bus tour of its 2020 beneficiaries, but it ended with the sun shining and committee members revved up to provide the needed $7,870,000. While the eight beneficiaries (Ability Connection, Catch Up and Read, Center for Vision Health, Children's Medical … [Read more...] about MySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert: 2020 Crystal Charity Ball Bus Tour
Visionary Luncheon To Score With Saints Quarterback Drew Brees Onstage For Retina Foundation
Dallas native son Drew Brees is a guy every mother would love to have her kid bring home for supper. Instead, the Retina Foundation of the Southwest is bringing the New Orleans Saints Super Bowl-winning quarterback to lunch on Wednesday, March 4, for the 2020 Visionary Luncheon fundraiser. Set to settle down with Shelley Slater for a chat onstage at the Omni Dallas … [Read more...] about Visionary Luncheon To Score With Saints Quarterback Drew Brees Onstage For Retina Foundation
JUST IN: Texas Son/Saints QB Drew Brees Is Throwing A TD For 3rd Annual Visionary Luncheon
Even the most diehard Dallas Cowboys’ fan has a soft spot in her/his heart for New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees. In addition to being Texas-born, Drew’s been a squeaky clean kind of guy. Why, he even joined the Saints for reasons that might have stymied his agent. After seeing the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, he and his wife Brittany Brees knew that they had found … [Read more...] about JUST IN: Texas Son/Saints QB Drew Brees Is Throwing A TD For 3rd Annual Visionary Luncheon
Ret. Admiral William McRaven Was Large And In Charge At 2019 Visionary Luncheon
While adorable little girls in sparkly cheerleader outfits with moms and backpacks filled the Dallas Omni Hotel lobby and the surrounding area on Friday, March 1, for the NCA All-Star Nationals, the escalators were taking the men in business suits and well coiffed ladies to the Trinity Ballroom. They were there not just to rally funds for the Retina Foundation of the Southwest, … [Read more...] about Ret. Admiral William McRaven Was Large And In Charge At 2019 Visionary Luncheon
Dr. Karl Csaky Recalled Herbert Hunt’s Past Advice At Visionary Luncheon Patron Party
As the more than 50 guests attended the 2019 Visionary Luncheon patron party on Wednesday, February 6, the late Caroline Rose Hunt’s and Herbert Hunt’s children were carrying on the family support of the Retina Foundation’s mission to “prevent vision loss and resotring sight through innovative research and treatment.” Caroline’s son Patrick Sands and his wife Kristy … [Read more...] about Dr. Karl Csaky Recalled Herbert Hunt’s Past Advice At Visionary Luncheon Patron Party
Three Area Non-Profits Are Lunchtime TGIF Fundraising This Week
The area restaurant business may be a wee bit off this Friday around noontime. The reason is there are three big fundraiser luncheons. Each of them is boasting some well knowns on the roster. Across town at St. Philip’s School and Community Center’s Snyder Activity Center, Alex “A-Rod” Rodriguez will be chatting on stage with former National Baseball Hall of Fame … [Read more...] about Three Area Non-Profits Are Lunchtime TGIF Fundraising This Week
The Rosewood Foundation And Retina Foundation Of The Southwest Partner Up Again For “Keeping An Eye On Innovation” Series
While baby boomers may complain about the type on menus getting smaller, they’re actually just graduating to the world of “readers.” But some folks are facing far more drastic issues involving vision — pediatric eye conditions, inherited eye diseases and age-related macular degeneration. To provide the public with the newest cutting-edge research in the world of eye care by … [Read more...] about The Rosewood Foundation And Retina Foundation Of The Southwest Partner Up Again For “Keeping An Eye On Innovation” Series
JUST IN: National Eye Institute Awards $2.7M+ For The Retina Foundation Of The Southwest’s Eileen Birch’s Work In Amblyopia
The Retina Foundation of the Southwest is probably being overloaded with notes of congratulations. Thanks to the efforts of Crystal Charity Ball Pediatric Vision Laboratory Scientific Director Eileen Birch, the National Eye Institute has awarded a five-year grant of $2,751,645 “for her cutting-edge research projects aimed at helping infants and children with lazy eye … [Read more...] about JUST IN: National Eye Institute Awards $2.7M+ For The Retina Foundation Of The Southwest’s Eileen Birch’s Work In Amblyopia
2015 Crystal Charity Ball Committee Distributed Record-Breaking $6.5M To 11 Dallas Children’s Non-Profits
There are hundreds of children…no, make that thousands of children...who went to sleep on Tuesday, April 12, never having heard of a gal from Andrews, Texas, by the name of Michal Powell or an organization called Crystal Charity Ball. That’s just peachy keen for the 2015 CCB Chair Michal and her gall-gal committee of 99. For a little over a year, they made calls, hand … [Read more...] about 2015 Crystal Charity Ball Committee Distributed Record-Breaking $6.5M To 11 Dallas Children’s Non-Profits
Hugh McElroy To Head Up Dallas Lighthouse For The Blind
In the past couple of weeks the leaves have been turning from green to the most astonishing fall colors. In the weeks ahead there’s just a chance that a winter wonderland of snow-covered neighborhoods will be topped with wispy smoke coming out of chimneys. Inside there will be colorful gifts under Christmas trees and equally bright stockings hung on the mantle. All those … [Read more...] about Hugh McElroy To Head Up Dallas Lighthouse For The Blind