The house was packed on the evening of Wednesday, May 22, for the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas Host Committee Reception. Event Co-Chairs/sisters-in-law Bela Cooley and Ciara Cooley had arranged for the gathering to take place at the contemporary Bluffview home of Dianne and Mark LaRoe. And it's fitting that the crowd was large, because Venise Stuart and Candace Winslow had … [Read more...] about ESPN Host Victoria Arlen To Headline Girl Scouts Of Northeast Texas’ 15th Annual Women Of Distinction Luncheon
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31st Annual Children’s Cancer Fund Gala Was A True Family Affair
When Kimberly Schlegel Whitman chairs an event, she is known to bring all the right folks together. On Friday, April 26, she pulled out the big guns for the Children's Cancer Fund Annual Gala at the Hilton Anatole benefiting pediatric cancer research and treatment programs at Children's Health and UT Southwestern. Not only did Kim have Troy Aikman and Roger Staubach return as … [Read more...] about 31st Annual Children’s Cancer Fund Gala Was A True Family Affair
A ‘Lighthouse’ Named Caroline Rose Hunt Is Honored At Dallas CASA’s Cherish The Children Luncheon
More than 400 guests filed into the Omni Dallas Hotel's Trinity Ballroom on Friday, April 5 for the annual Cherish the Children Luncheon benefiting Dallas CASA. Under Dallas CASA President and CEO Kathleen LaValle, attendees including Terry Goods, Evelyn Henry Miller, Jamal Carty, Susan Flanagan, Rob Swartz, Jada Mowles, Megan Sterquell, Leigh Danley, Erin Jesberger, Karen … [Read more...] about A ‘Lighthouse’ Named Caroline Rose Hunt Is Honored At Dallas CASA’s Cherish The Children Luncheon
Despite A Pausing Bus, 2019 Crystal Charity Ball Ten Best Dressed Announcement Rolled Along
The timeline for the annual presentation of the Crystal Charity Ball Ten Best Dressed on Wednesday, March 20, at Neiman Marcus Downtown was a little different. For a project-yet-to-be disclosed, the Ten Best Dressed (Delilah Boyd, Lisa Cooley, Tiffany Divis, Jennifer Dix, Cate Ford, Cara French, Amy Hegi, Karla McKinley, Amy Prestidge and Kimberly Schlegel Whitman), 2019 Hall … [Read more...] about Despite A Pausing Bus, 2019 Crystal Charity Ball Ten Best Dressed Announcement Rolled Along
Improving Your ‘Health Literacy’ Is Stressed At Go Red For Women 2019 Dallas Luncheon
No doubt, the American Heart Association's annual Go Red For Women Dallas Luncheon is one of the season's most important fundraisers. One big reason: all the information that's imparted there about heart disease, the leading cause of death among women. It was at the 2012 luncheon, for example, that Nancy Gopez learned how to recognize the signs of a heart attack. That knowledge … [Read more...] about Improving Your ‘Health Literacy’ Is Stressed At Go Red For Women 2019 Dallas Luncheon
St. Valentine’s Day Fundraiser Filled NorthPark’s Tented Ballroom Despite Ma Nature’s Pulling A Fast (And Cold) One
As 2019 St. Valentine’s Day Luncheon and Fashion Show emcee Clarice Tinsley pointed out on Thursday, February 7, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of North Texas’ fundraiser has had been held in all types of weather. As she spoke those words, vets chuckled and recalled those days of torrential rain and ice storms. And they figured the 2019 event would probably go down in the … [Read more...] about St. Valentine’s Day Fundraiser Filled NorthPark’s Tented Ballroom Despite Ma Nature’s Pulling A Fast (And Cold) One
2018 Crystal Charity Ball’s “A Celebration In Nouvelle-Orleans” Was Bonheur De L’Amour
For 2018 Crystal Charity Ball Chair Claire Emanuelson, the mega-fundraiser for Dallas County children, was a love letter to her hometown, 300-year-old New Orleans, as well as a loving tribute to her late mother. Working with Event Producer Tom Addis and her CCB posse of 99 women plus some sidekicks like Niven Morgan and Shelby Wagner, the Hilton Anatole’s Chantilly Ballroom and … [Read more...] about 2018 Crystal Charity Ball’s “A Celebration In Nouvelle-Orleans” Was Bonheur De L’Amour
Dallas CASA’s Champions Of Children Award Dinner Was Highlighted By A Shipp, A Rose And The Meadows
The annual Champions of Children Award Dinner hauled in a tidy sum of $360,000 for Dallas CASA. Held at the Fairmont on Thursday, November 15, Co-Chairs Regina Montoya Coggins and Paul Coggins, Bela and Chase Cooley and Jan Miller and Jeff Rich arranged for a stellar lineup of honorary co-chairs Jan and Trevor Rees-Jones, honoree The Meadows Foundation plus speaker Josh Shipp. … [Read more...] about Dallas CASA’s Champions Of Children Award Dinner Was Highlighted By A Shipp, A Rose And The Meadows
Champions Of Children Patrons Had A Colorful Background To Celebrate Dallas CASA Fundraiser
On Wednesday, November 7, Champions of Children Awards Dinner Co-Chairs Jan Miller and Jeff Rich got together with fellow Co-Chairs Regina Montoya Coggins and Paul Coggins for a patron party at the Miller-Rich palazzo.And what better place in North for a photo than Jan's and Jeff's redder-than-red library. According to Jan, it's not just lacquered in red, "It's Ferrari … [Read more...] about Champions Of Children Patrons Had A Colorful Background To Celebrate Dallas CASA Fundraiser
Zac Brown And Charlie Daniels Help The 2018 Cattle Baron’s Ball Rake In A Record $4.8M For The American Cancer Society
Inside a private meeting room at Gilley's Dallas, country music legend Charlie Daniels was sipping coffee from an orange Tennessee Volunteers cup and cutting up with guests at the 2018 Cattle Baron's Ball's VIP meet-and-greet.When a group including Andrea Nayfa, Joanna Clarke, Nancy Gopez, Dawn Greiner, Meghann O'Leary, Julianna LeBlanc, Rachel Michell and Taryn … [Read more...] about Zac Brown And Charlie Daniels Help The 2018 Cattle Baron’s Ball Rake In A Record $4.8M For The American Cancer Society
The Dallas Opera’s 2018 First Sight Had All The Flourish That Carmen Would Have Died For
Thursday, September 11, was one of those rare North Texas days when it wasn’t too hot, wasn’t too cold, wasn’t too bright and shiny, wasn’t too cloudy and gloomy. It was absolutely perfect and the ladies who lunch fashionably and love opera took full advantage of it at The Dallas Opera’s First Sight at the Winspear Opera House.Before adjourning to the … [Read more...] about The Dallas Opera’s 2018 First Sight Had All The Flourish That Carmen Would Have Died For