Dallas native son Drew Brees is a guy every mother would love to have her kid bring home for supper. Instead, the Retina Foundation of the Southwest is bringing the New Orleans Saints Super Bowl-winning quarterback to lunch on Wednesday, March 4, for the 2020 Visionary Luncheon fundraiser. Set to settle down with Shelley Slater for a chat onstage at the Omni Dallas … [Read more...] about Visionary Luncheon To Score With Saints Quarterback Drew Brees Onstage For Retina Foundation
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JUST IN: Texas Son/Saints QB Drew Brees Is Throwing A TD For 3rd Annual Visionary Luncheon
Even the most diehard Dallas Cowboys’ fan has a soft spot in her/his heart for New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees. In addition to being Texas-born, Drew’s been a squeaky clean kind of guy. Why, he even joined the Saints for reasons that might have stymied his agent. After seeing the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, he and his wife Brittany Brees knew that they had found … [Read more...] about JUST IN: Texas Son/Saints QB Drew Brees Is Throwing A TD For 3rd Annual Visionary Luncheon
2019 Partner’s Card Program Kicks Off With A Trio Of Chairs At Highland Park Village’s Market
The Family Place's signature fundraising Partners Card program kicked off with a shopfest at Market in Highland Park Village on Tuesday, May 21, with the 2019 co-chairs being Rachel Michell, Nina Sachse and Stephanie Seay and NorthPark Ambassador for The Family Place Robert Weatherly as honorary chair. BTW, the cards officially go on sale Wednesday, September 4. Here's a report … [Read more...] about 2019 Partner’s Card Program Kicks Off With A Trio Of Chairs At Highland Park Village’s Market
A Slim And Trim Art Ball Had All The Form And Function For Dallas Museum Of Art Fundraising
As riders on scooters rolled along the sidewalk from Klyde Warren Park to Ross Avenue, they encountered highly fashionable moving obstacles as guests at the 2019 Art Ball arrived on Saturday, April 27, at the tented gala benefiting the Dallas Museum of Art. Organizers disclosed that attendance for the 54th annual bash at the art museum would be around 365. Hearing this one … [Read more...] about A Slim And Trim Art Ball Had All The Form And Function For Dallas Museum Of Art Fundraising
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
JUST IN: 2017 Rising Stars Luncheon Scored A Touchdown Netting $336,870 For After-School All-Stars North Texas
If you see attorney Gina Betts and America’s Auto Auction CEO Ben Lange giggling and high-fiving each other, it’s not because they just won a lawsuit or sold a lot full of cars. Nope. The two just learned the results of their After-School All-Stars North Texas's Rising Stars Luncheon fundraiser on Wednesday, May 17, at the Dallas Country Club. It was only the second … [Read more...] about JUST IN: 2017 Rising Stars Luncheon Scored A Touchdown Netting $336,870 For After-School All-Stars North Texas
Co-Chairs Ann And Lee Hobson’s Art Ball “Glittered” With Fashions, Faces, A Fabulous Record-Breaking Live Auction And A Net Of $1.3M+
With the departure of Dallas Museum of Art Eugene McDermott Director Max Anderson in September 2015, fundraising at the DMA shifted direction. As adorable as the Downton Artsy and Art Ball Funk video takeoffs were in years past, the DMA's Art Ball leadership was keeping expenses as tight as a third face lift without losing the artistic panache of activities. To get the … [Read more...] about Co-Chairs Ann And Lee Hobson’s Art Ball “Glittered” With Fashions, Faces, A Fabulous Record-Breaking Live Auction And A Net Of $1.3M+
Bethenny “Skinnygirl” Frankel Served Up One Of The Season’s Most Talked-About Presentations At The Annual Chick Lit Luncheon
On Friday, April 21, the annual Chick Lit Luncheon became the scene of two social earthquakes that split the Anatole's Grand Ballroom. But more about that later. First, let’s set the scene. To kick off the Community Partners of Dallas fundraiser, the VIP reception was held in the Plum Blossom Room and, thanks to hosts Nancy and Richard Rogers, guests celebrated with … [Read more...] about Bethenny “Skinnygirl” Frankel Served Up One Of The Season’s Most Talked-About Presentations At The Annual Chick Lit Luncheon
Like Featured Designer Carolina Herrera, 2016 Crystal Charity Ball Fashion Show Was Elegant Perfection At Neiman Marcus Downtown
Like a fabulous aria, this year’s Crystal Charity Ball Fashion Show and Luncheon seemed to have elegance, class and just a whiff of history. But more about that later. Unlike years past, this year’s fabulous fashion show opted out on the usual Thursday showing for Friday, September 16. Didn’t matter one iota. The tent-arama was locked down in parking lot adjacent to Neiman … [Read more...] about Like Featured Designer Carolina Herrera, 2016 Crystal Charity Ball Fashion Show Was Elegant Perfection At Neiman Marcus Downtown
Genesis Women’s Shelter’s Jane Doe Award Dinner Dazzled With Roger, Serita And LeAnn Thanks To Doug, Gina, Molly And Nancy
In the past the featured speaker of the Genesis Annual Luncheon has attended The Jane Doe Award Dinner the night before for a small gathering of major supporters. This year’s speaker, Tyler Perry, was upfront and regretted that he wasn’t gonna make it for the event scheduled for Thursday, May 5. Now, such a development might send some fundraising chairs into a tizzy. Ah, but … [Read more...] about Genesis Women’s Shelter’s Jane Doe Award Dinner Dazzled With Roger, Serita And LeAnn Thanks To Doug, Gina, Molly And Nancy
MySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert: 2016 Jane Doe Award Party
The high-rolling types passed muster for access to the 2016 Jane Doe Award Party at Molly and Doug Barnes’ estate on Thursday, May 5. On the eve of the annual Genesis Luncheon featuring Tyler Perry, the nighttime fest provided the perfect opportunity for the presentation of the HeRO Award to Roger Staubach and the Jane Doe Award to Serita Jakes. And while Tyler couldn’t … [Read more...] about MySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert: 2016 Jane Doe Award Party