My Sweet Charity

An Ongoing Conversation For the Good Of Dallas

Chris Durovich

2019 Crystal Charity Ball’s Circle Of Angels Dinner Dazzled Guests At The Bests’ Estate

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Some guests who had RSVP'd failed to show because they came down with the flu. Other MIAs still hadn't recovered from the nine tornadoes that ripped through the Dallas area just a few days before. Whatever the reasons for the 10 absences — including one entire table — 70 out of an anticipated 80 guests did turn out on Wednesday, October 23, for the Crystal Charity Ball Circle … [Read more...] about 2019 Crystal Charity Ball’s Circle Of Angels Dinner Dazzled Guests At The Bests’ Estate

Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council Annual Luncheon Features Awards And A Discussion By Watergate Reporters

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There seemed to be was almost a full house on Tuesday, October 8, when the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council held its 71st Annual Awards Luncheon at the Irving Convention Center. And, there was good reason for the crowd to be so large. The Council was to present its big annual awards, after all, and the famous Watergate journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein were … [Read more...] about Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council Annual Luncheon Features Awards And A Discussion By Watergate Reporters

Dale Petroskey Is Man Of The Hour At 17th Annual Virginia Chandler Dykes Leadership Award Luncheon

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Now in its 17th year, the Virginia Chandler Dykes Leadership Award luncheon has raised more than $700,000 in scholarships for students at Texas Woman's University. The luncheon held on Wednesday, February 27, at the Belo Mansion bolstered that total, as nearly 300 people turned out to honor Dale Petroskey, this year's Leadership Award winner, and five scholarship award … [Read more...] about Dale Petroskey Is Man Of The Hour At 17th Annual Virginia Chandler Dykes Leadership Award Luncheon

Sold-Out Alert!: 2019 Callier Cares Luncheon

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While Callier Cares Luncheon Patron Party hostess Libby Hunt was under-the-weather upstairs tonight, the crowd downstairs at her Volk Estate home-sweet-home was filled to the max including Patricia Meadows, Michael Meadows, Barbara and John Stuart, Emilynn and Claude Wilson, Christina and Chris Durovich, Leslie Benson, Sharon and Mike McCullough, Angie Kadesky, Tiffany and Paul … [Read more...] about Sold-Out Alert!: 2019 Callier Cares Luncheon

The Three C’s Thanked The Friends Who Have Supported Children’s Health And Children’s Medical Center Foundation Over The Year

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The legendary blood moon was standing by as the New Orleans Saints went down to defeat to the L.A. Rams in the NFC playoff game in the Crescent City on Sunday, January 20. Over at the Dallas Country Club, at a thank-you reception for Children's Health supporters hosted by Christina and Chris Durovich and Brent Christopher, the talk was about the Saints’ loss that afternoon and … [Read more...] about The Three C’s Thanked The Friends Who Have Supported Children’s Health And Children’s Medical Center Foundation Over The Year

NorthPark Center Became The North Pole For The 30th Annual Breakfast With Santa Spectacular

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Guests hardly had time to change from their Crystal Charity Ball black-tie attire Saturday night when they turned up in holiday casual for the Children's Women's Auxiliary's 30th Annual Breakfast With Santa Spectacular bright and early at NorthPark Center on Sunday, December 2. While the unknowing types may have expected valet parking and a very proper, white-glove … [Read more...] about NorthPark Center Became The North Pole For The 30th Annual Breakfast With Santa Spectacular

Crystal Charity Ball’s Circle Of Angels Dinner Dazzled In Candlelight With New Orleans Cuisine

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Despite the need to build an ark, North Texas philanthropists steered their way to Brook Hollow on Wednesday, October 17, for Crystal Charity Ball’s Circle of Angels seated supper sponsored by Deloitte. This group is considered the top-most tier of the CCB donors, providing $25,000 or more to benefit this year’s Dallas children’s nonprofits including After-School All-Stars … [Read more...] about Crystal Charity Ball’s Circle Of Angels Dinner Dazzled In Candlelight With New Orleans Cuisine

Moody Coliseum Scores High Marks As The Setting For Bobby Lyle’s Receiving The J. Erik Jonsson Ethics Award

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When the announcement was made that the J. Erik Jonsson Ethics Award Luncheon was being moved from SMU’s grand ballroom to Moody Coliseum a couple of weeks before the presentation to Bobby Lyle on Thursday, March 29, a few eyebrows were raised. Perhaps it was long ago memories of proms being held in high school gyms that triggered images of metal folding chairs around bare … [Read more...] about Moody Coliseum Scores High Marks As The Setting For Bobby Lyle’s Receiving The J. Erik Jonsson Ethics Award

It Was A Perfect Evening For Children’s 50th Anniversary Family Night At Six Flags Patrons At Amy And Corey Prestidges’ Home

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The evening of Wednesday, March 21, was so perfect — with 70-degree weather, just the slightest hint of a breeze and the sky looking like it had just washed in from Capri — that even the area valets almost felt guilty for taking tips for fetching cars. At Amy and Corey Prestidge’s home, the lacquered eggplant walls of the entry hall were backstaging it compared to the … [Read more...] about It Was A Perfect Evening For Children’s 50th Anniversary Family Night At Six Flags Patrons At Amy And Corey Prestidges’ Home

Rachael And Bob Dedman Have Drs. James Baker And Drew Bird Provide Updates For Children’s Food Allergy Center Supporters

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For many parents, the sight of a scape on the knee or full blow hit at a soccer game may seem devastating. For other folks, those childhood nicks and bumps would almost seem like a cheek kiss. Those are parents whose children suffer from life-threatening food allergies. For some, it can be just a simple peanut that can send their child to the grave. And the threat is very … [Read more...] about Rachael And Bob Dedman Have Drs. James Baker And Drew Bird Provide Updates For Children’s Food Allergy Center Supporters

Children’s Donor Reception Was Prepared For A Cowboys-Packers Showdown With A Flatscreen In The Dallas Country Club Ballroom

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Sundays are usually sorta ho-hum. There are church services and brunches, but otherwise it’s rather calm. And on Sunday, January 15, it should have been especially so, since it was the Martin Luther King Jr. three-day weekend. That’s why “the Christophers” (Children’s Health President/CEO Chris Durovich and Children’s Medical Center Foundation President Brent Christopher) … [Read more...] about Children’s Donor Reception Was Prepared For A Cowboys-Packers Showdown With A Flatscreen In The Dallas Country Club Ballroom