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From Trumpets To A Burst Of “Jet Trails,” Jim Keyes Flew High At 2024’s Folsom Award Dinner

Aug 1, 2024 5:30 PM by Glenn Hunter

Thanks to a blocks-long lineup of cars, it seemingly took forever to get into the Hilton Anatole Hotel on Friday, May 17, for the 2024 Robert S. Folsom Leadership Award Dinner. The backup was a tribute to the popularity of James W. "Jim" Keyes, the person picked by the Methodist Health System Foundation to be this year's Folsom honoree. Checking in, the buzz was all … [Read more...] about From Trumpets To A Burst Of “Jet Trails,” Jim Keyes Flew High At 2024’s Folsom Award Dinner

New Friends New Life Celebrates 25 Years With Kerry Washington At A Sold-Out Luncheon

Oct 24, 2023 5:30 PM by Jeanne Prejean

It was 25 years ago that a group of women at Preston Road Church of Christ decided to do more than acknowledge the sex trade industry. While it wasn’t as headline-making as other issues of the late 1990s, it was more than an eye-opening situation. It was a blight that needed to have light shone on how women and even children were being victimized by a multimillion-dollar … [Read more...] about New Friends New Life Celebrates 25 Years With Kerry Washington At A Sold-Out Luncheon

JUST IN: Award-Winning Kerry Washington To Keynote New Friends New Life’s Silver Jubilee Celebration

Jun 19, 2023 9:30 AM by Jeanne Prejean

As hot as it has been and promises to be in the days and weeks ahead, this isn’t North Texas’ first time in the frying pan. For instance, headlines made back in 1998 reported that Dallas’ summer went through nearly two months (exactly 56 days to be exact) of above 100-degree temperatures. It was also 25 years ago that Preston Road Church of Christ received a plea for … [Read more...] about JUST IN: Award-Winning Kerry Washington To Keynote New Friends New Life’s Silver Jubilee Celebration

Spirit Of Generations Luncheon Hits Its $1M Goal With A Pizza Delivery, Ghosts And Unscripted Moments

Mar 28, 2023 1:30 PM by Jeanne Prejean

All the parts were coming together with the Hilton Anatole for The Senior Source’s Spirit of Generations Luncheon on Thursday, March 9. Organizers were hoping to hit the million-dollar mark and were just $5K away from their goal. As The Ticket's George Dunham and former Dallas Morning News columnist Robert Wilonsky rehearsed their onstage presentation in the Chantilly … [Read more...] about Spirit Of Generations Luncheon Hits Its $1M Goal With A Pizza Delivery, Ghosts And Unscripted Moments

New Friends New Life’s 2021 ProtectHer Award Recipients Announced At Outdoor Launch Party

Oct 7, 2021 5:30 PM by Jeanne Prejean

Somebody wished upon a lucky star for the New Friends New Life Annual Luncheon Launch Party on Wednesday, September 21, to have clear skies. And what do you know? Their wish was granted for the invitation-only outdoor gathering at NFNL's headquarters, where Ruthie's Rolling Cafe and Baldos Ice Cream filled the menu bill for guests at socially-distanced tables. But the news of … [Read more...] about New Friends New Life’s 2021 ProtectHer Award Recipients Announced At Outdoor Launch Party

A Heady Crowd Gathers For New Friends New Life’s 2019 Platinum Dinner

Nov 11, 2019 9:30 AM by Glenn Hunter

Nearly 110 guests gathered at the downtown Dallas headquarters of Hunt Consolidated Inc. on Thursday, October 10, for New Friends New Life's 2019 Platinum Dinner. It was an exclusive, celebratory event, held upstairs in the skyscraper's "Commons" space, in advance of the nonprofit's annual luncheon the next day. NFNL, whose mission focuses on empowering trafficked … [Read more...] about A Heady Crowd Gathers For New Friends New Life’s 2019 Platinum Dinner

Goodwill’s The Lunch Attracts A Power Crowd — And Lyle Lovett — To The Omni Dallas

Oct 22, 2019 11:30 AM by Glenn Hunter

Few nonprofits do more for North Texans with disabilities and disadvantages than Goodwill Industries of Dallas Inc. The organization, after all, placed more than 1,500 of them in jobs last year, while also gathering and processing 20,000 tons of "stuff" for consumers at its 18 donation centers. That may be why the group's 2019 fundraiser called The Lunch on Tuesday, October 1, … [Read more...] about Goodwill’s The Lunch Attracts A Power Crowd — And Lyle Lovett — To The Omni Dallas

Robert S. Folsom Leadership Award Patron Party Lauds Mike Rawlings, ‘The Best Mayor We’ve Ever Had’

Sep 19, 2019 1:30 PM by Glenn Hunter

On the evening of Wednesday, September 4, Methodist Health System Foundation President Jim Johnston was talking with former Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings at a patron party in the middle of The Library of Kathy and Harlan Crow. The reason Rawlings, Johnston and other guests were gathered in the library: the 61st Dallas mayor had been selected to receive the foundation's 2019 Robert … [Read more...] about Robert S. Folsom Leadership Award Patron Party Lauds Mike Rawlings, ‘The Best Mayor We’ve Ever Had’

Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings Stars At ‘Grow The Grove’ Fundraiser For Cristo Rey Dallas College Prep School

Feb 4, 2019 5:30 PM by Glenn Hunter

There was a full house at Sixty Five Hundred on Saturday, November 17, when guests turned out to celebrate the Cristo Rey Dallas College Prep school and one of its biggest champions, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings. The fundraiser, called "Grow The Grove: The Cocktail Party," was an homage not only to the Catholic school in the Pleasant Grove area of southeast Dallas, but to … [Read more...] about Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings Stars At ‘Grow The Grove’ Fundraiser For Cristo Rey Dallas College Prep School

MySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert!: New Friends New Life 20th Anniversary Luncheon

Jan 14, 2019 5:30 PM by Jeanne Prejean

When three moms Nancy Ann Hunt, Pat Schenkel and Gail Turner took up the battle against sex trafficking 20 years ago, the issue was a dark secret that few wanted to tackle. Realizing that this problem was greater and growing faster than they imagined, they created New Friends New Life. On Friday, November 9, their efforts were not only applauded at the NFNL 20th Anniversary … [Read more...] about MySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert!: New Friends New Life 20th Anniversary Luncheon

ProtectHER Awards—And A Zany ‘Waiter’ Act—Enliven New Friends New Life’s 20th Anniversary Platinum Dinner

Jan 14, 2019 9:30 AM by Glenn Hunter

On the ground floor of the strikingly modern Hunt Consolidated building in downtown Dallas, the movers and shakers were out in force on the evening of Thursday, November 8. They'd gathered for New Friends New Life's 20th Anniversary Platinum Dinner, an important occasion for a consequential group of top sponsors—and an event that turned out to be leavened with some unexpected  … [Read more...] about ProtectHER Awards—And A Zany ‘Waiter’ Act—Enliven New Friends New Life’s 20th Anniversary Platinum Dinner

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