While the Katy Trail has been the spot for walking, running and cycling for years, the arrival of COVID-19 since March has turned it into the most popular place to shake off the anxieties of the day. Even before the virus changed our way of life, the Trail was having more than 1M users annually. Since March that usage has increased 20%. Luckily, the Friends of the Katy … [Read more...] about The Katy Trail’s Capital Campaign Enters Its Public Phase To Cross Its $8M Finish Line
Philanthropy
Thanks To Exceeding 2019 Tablescapes Goals, Kappa Kappa Gammas Honor The Memory Of Maria Villanueva
Since the Kappa Kappa Gammas Dallas Alumnae launched their annual Tablescapes fundraiser 25 years ago, a constant has been the support and involvement by The Garden Gate’s Maria and Junior Villanueva. Each year their presentation dazzled guests, committee members, featured speakers and even other designers. Following Maria's death in January following years of battling … [Read more...] about Thanks To Exceeding 2019 Tablescapes Goals, Kappa Kappa Gammas Honor The Memory Of Maria Villanueva
JUST IN: Aware Dallas’ Regrouping Following Aware Affair Cancellation Nets $315,000
For some nonprofits, COVID-19 put all their spring fundraising efforts behind the eight ball, literally. Still others scrambled to regroup and make the best of it. Such was the case of Aware Dallas, when its Aware Affair had to be canceled. Aware Dallas President Jolie Humphrey and Event Co-Chairs Kersten Rettig and Clark Knippers looked at what they could offer to help … [Read more...] about JUST IN: Aware Dallas’ Regrouping Following Aware Affair Cancellation Nets $315,000
MySweetKindness: Lisa Cooley
According to Foundation for the Callier Center and Communication Disorders Board Member Lisa Cooley, A good or benevolent person, someone who has a helpful nature, describes a person that is kind. I can’t think of a better word to describe the people at the Callier Center for Communication Disorders. As a trustee on the Callier foundation board, I have learned about the … [Read more...] about MySweetKindness: Lisa Cooley
JUST IN: 2020 Moody Scholars Recognized In Parking Lot Presentations At James Madison And Lincoln High Schools
Parking lots are becoming the special places of interest nowadays thanks to the world created by COVID-19. For instance, the parking lots of James Madison High School and Lincoln High School were the scenes of a presentation of laptops to the 15 students, who were named Moody Scholars as part of the Moody Foundation's Moody Scholars program. According to Moody Foundation … [Read more...] about JUST IN: 2020 Moody Scholars Recognized In Parking Lot Presentations At James Madison And Lincoln High Schools
Texas Women’s Foundation’s Resilience Fund Provides $320K+ For Low-Income/Marginalized Women, Girls And Families
Despite its victimizing everyone from schoolchildren to major corporations, COVID-19 also continues to bring out the best in North Texas support. This past April the Texas Women’s Foundation’s Resilience Fund provided $320,768 for organizations benefiting low-income and marginalized women, girls and families in the community. The nonprofits receiving the April Resilience … [Read more...] about Texas Women’s Foundation’s Resilience Fund Provides $320K+ For Low-Income/Marginalized Women, Girls And Families
A Couple Of $100K Sweethearts Kick Off This Week’s North Texas Generosity
The generosity of North Texans seems to never cease to amaze the rest of the world. A couple of examples deal with area healthcare groups. One is on the giving end and the other on the receiving side. First, the giving was thanks to Medical City Healthcare donating $100,000 to the North Texas Food Bank and Tarrant Area Food Bank. According to Medical City … [Read more...] about A Couple Of $100K Sweethearts Kick Off This Week’s North Texas Generosity
UPDATE: North Texas Giving Tuesday Now Breaks $20.7M For Area Nonprofits
Thanks to 89,963 generous donors, North Texas Giving Tuesday Now collected more than $20.7M for 2,572 area nonprofits fighting and having been victimized by COVID-19. It also provided nearly 300,000 volunteer hours that will help the nonprofits in future days. Give your credit cards the day off to recover from a terrific workout. * Graphic courtesy of North Texas Giving … [Read more...] about UPDATE: North Texas Giving Tuesday Now Breaks $20.7M For Area Nonprofits
UPDATE: North Texas Giving Tuesday Now Has Just Six More Hours To Help Area Nonprofits
The final push is on for today's North Texas Giving Tuesday Now with just six hours to go. Yipes! Having raised $13.5M for area nonprofits, this first ever and very needed 18-hour marathon is for organizations that have been victims of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as those on the frontline battling the virus. The North Texas Food Bank that has been put to the test in the … [Read more...] about UPDATE: North Texas Giving Tuesday Now Has Just Six More Hours To Help Area Nonprofits
JUST IN: Moody Foundation Once Again Steps Up Providing $675,000 For COVID-19 Relief Efforts
What’s proving to be more contagious than COVID-19? Generosity. While the North Texas Giving Tuesday Now tally board is rising, the Moody Foundation once again stepped up and added to its March million-dollar grants to “support both immediate basic needs and first responder assistance” in North Texas. They have just sent word that a total of $675,000 will be distributed to … [Read more...] about JUST IN: Moody Foundation Once Again Steps Up Providing $675,000 For COVID-19 Relief Efforts
UPDATE: North Texas Giving Tuesday Now Rolls Closer to Eight-Figure Mark
Less than six hours into the fundraising push for North Texas Giving Tuesday Now, the tally board is flying faster than tomorrow's Blue Angels over North Texas skies. If all goes to plan, they should be breaking the $10M point and headed higher totals. At 11:30 a.m., North Texas Food Bank is continuing to top the leader board and even broke that $1M mark with 3,166 … [Read more...] about UPDATE: North Texas Giving Tuesday Now Rolls Closer to Eight-Figure Mark