Celebrating the 26th anniversary of Literacy Achieves, Wings Of Spring Co-Chairs Melissa and Wilson Aurbach have announced that former WFAA investigative reporter Byron Harris will be honored with the 2023 Marnie Wildenthal Literacy Legacy Award at the organization's annual fundraiser on Thursday, March 30. According to Literacy Achieves CEO Dionne Kirby, "Naming all the … [Read more...] about Award-Winning Journalist Byron Harris To Be Honored At Literacy Achieve’s Wings Of Spring Dinner
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North Texas Showed Signs Of Returning To In-Person Fundraising With Wings Of Spring
One of the first in-person events to emerge from the past year’s fundraising coma was Literacy Achieves’ Wings of Spring last night. After canceling last year’s event, Literacy Achieves Executive Director Sarah Papert was determined not to settle for anything less than a real in-person gathering. Luckily, the arrival of vaccinations came just in the nick of time for people … [Read more...] about North Texas Showed Signs Of Returning To In-Person Fundraising With Wings Of Spring
Program Hits All The Right Notes At Annual Wings of Spring Fundraiser For Literacy Achieves
With the strong hint that North Texas was going to be the victim of a spring cold blast, Wings of Spring organizers were not taking any chances for the annual fundraiser for Literacy Achieves — a nonprofit adult literacy program — on the evening of Monday, April 1. Instead of holding the event's supper in Temple Emanu-El's open-air courtyard, it was moved to a big meeting … [Read more...] about Program Hits All The Right Notes At Annual Wings of Spring Fundraiser For Literacy Achieves
WFAA’s Retiring Byron Harris Is To Get A Real Send-Off Thanks To The Press Club Of Dallas, Uncle Barky And Brett Shipp
Originally part of the legendary WFAA News Director Marty Haag’s Oklahoma media mafia, Byron Harris was just a young whippersnapper when he arrived in Dallas back in the early 70’s. Known to his friends as “Barney,” he once told a friend that to stay hot within the television industry you had to move every so many years. The person protested. But the newsman insisted it was … [Read more...] about WFAA’s Retiring Byron Harris Is To Get A Real Send-Off Thanks To The Press Club Of Dallas, Uncle Barky And Brett Shipp