The very idea of women in elegant silk gowns having to wear cloaks and fur wraps in April may have seemed as foreign as having a submarine race along the Trinity, but that's exactly what happened for The Sweetheart Ball on Saturday, April 20. Despite 2024 Chair Heather Washburne's creating a fabulous version of The Bahamas' Lyford Cay Club complete … [Read more...] about MySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert: 2024 The Sweetheart Ball
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JUST IN: 2024 Children’s Cancer Fund Gala Results In A $2.1M Check For Children’s Health
Children's Cancer Fund blasted news yesterday about its annual fundraiser despite all types of weather threats. Taking place at Frisco's The Star, it was announced that the Children's Cancer Fund gala at the Hilton Anatole on Friday, April 19, resulted in handing over a check for $2.1M to Children's Health! Making the announcement were CCF Executive Director … [Read more...] about JUST IN: 2024 Children’s Cancer Fund Gala Results In A $2.1M Check For Children’s Health
Even Rainy Weather Couldn’t Dampen The Overflowing Crowd For NorthPark Ambassadors’ Dinner
Due to the number of guests, this year's NorthPark Ambassadors dinner at the Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek was reconfigured. Instead of the dinner on the Veranda, it required the main dining room for both the dinner and cocktail party with two rows of tables extending from the fireplace across the room. As the Ambassadors (Lindy Berkley for Ronald McDonald House of … [Read more...] about Even Rainy Weather Couldn’t Dampen The Overflowing Crowd For NorthPark Ambassadors’ Dinner
MySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert: 2023 NorthPark Ambassadors Dinner
Despite the threat of rain on Monday, March 27, the turnout for the NorthPark Ambassadors dinner at the Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek was overwhelming. So many accepted that the traditional dinner on the hotel’s Verandah had to be moved to the main dining room. And as lovely as the table settings were, the Ambassadors Lindy Berkley for Ronald … [Read more...] about MySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert: 2023 NorthPark Ambassadors Dinner
JUST IN: 2023 NorthPark Ambassadors Fundraising For 12 North Texas Non-Profits Announced
No sooner had Santa climbed aboard his sleigh and taken off from NorthPark Center than the 2023 NorthPark Ambassadors assumed their roles for fundraising for 12 area non-profits. With beneficiaries ranging from the arts and healthcare to domestic violence and community services, the class of 2023 Ambassadors and non-profits include the … [Read more...] about JUST IN: 2023 NorthPark Ambassadors Fundraising For 12 North Texas Non-Profits Announced
Celebrating Women Luncheon Resounded With The Jingling Of Bells And Patricia Arquette’s Advocacy
Since the last in-person Celebrating Women Luncheon in 2019, the pandemic created another challenge for healthcare workers to battle the ever-evolving virus. But that didn’t mean breast cancer took a break and neither did Baylor Scott and White Dallas Foundation's Celebrating Women fundraising to battle the disease. During those two years, 2020 Co-Chair Peggy Meyer with … [Read more...] about Celebrating Women Luncheon Resounded With The Jingling Of Bells And Patricia Arquette’s Advocacy
Sweetheart Ball Tea Featured New Members, Fundraiser Details And Focus On Heart Disease
The weather couldn't have been more ideal on Monday, October 17, for the 2023 Sweetheart Ball tea. Taking place at Ola Fojtasek's Volk Estate home, the decision was made to hold the presentation by UT Southwestern's heart disease specialists in the home because of the upper 60-degree temperature chilling with brisk breezes made the outside terrace not so user friendly. On a … [Read more...] about Sweetheart Ball Tea Featured New Members, Fundraiser Details And Focus On Heart Disease
MySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert: 2023 Sweetheart Ball Tea
The Sweetheart Ball has no website, no social media, no office. What it has is a committee of women who have volunteered to raise millions of dollars for the prevention and treatment of heart disease. Some have had family members who have succumbed to the disease; others have had loved ones saved thanks to developments resulting from their fundraising … [Read more...] about MySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert: 2023 Sweetheart Ball Tea
JUST IN: Four New Members Join The 41-Year-Old Sweetheart Ball Committee
2023 Sweetheart Ball Chair Amy Prestidge has just announced the new members of the organization that raises funds for UT Southwestern Medical Center. The new members include Jeanne Whitman Bobbitt, Diane Byrd, Claire Emanuelson and Lori Jones. Since being established in 1981 by Laura Bayoud Hunt, the Sweetheart Ball’s one-night, black-tie gala has provided … [Read more...] about JUST IN: Four New Members Join The 41-Year-Old Sweetheart Ball Committee
Crystal Charity Ball Fashion Show Honorary Chairs, Hall Of Famers Celebrated At The White(s’) House
As an added plus to the Crystal Charity Ball’s 70th anniversary, CCB Chair Susan Farris and 2022 Fashion Show Chair Jennifer Dix decided to keep the good vibes of the recently held fashion show going. To do this they held an invite-only buffet reception underwritten by IBC Bank on Wednesday, September 14, at the home of Lee Ann and Alan White. The occasion was to … [Read more...] about Crystal Charity Ball Fashion Show Honorary Chairs, Hall Of Famers Celebrated At The White(s’) House
MySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert: Crystal Charity Ball Honorary Chairmen And Hall Of Fame Party
While some of the Crystal Charity Ball Fashion Show Honorary Chairs and Hall of Famers were unable to attend the private buffet on Thursday, September 8, at Lee Ann and Alan White’s home, the turnout was still as one person described as a “gathering of philanthropic eagles.” And fashionable eagles they were with past Honorary Chairs Nancy Dedman (2008) … [Read more...] about MySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert: Crystal Charity Ball Honorary Chairmen And Hall Of Fame Party