According to VNA President and CEO Katherine Krause, “VNA has a long tradition serving our most vulnerable neighbors in North Texas through our Meals on Wheels and Hospice Programs. The goal of VNA Hospice Care is to ensure quality care and compassionate support for medically appropriate patients and their families regardless of access to insurance or ability to … [Read more...] about MySweetWishList: VNA
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VNA’s 5th Annual Power Of Pie Order Deadline Extended To Saturday
Once again VNA is coming to the rescue. With Thanksgiving dinner menus in countdown mode, they’re helping to solve the problem of dessert with their 5th Annual Power of Pie. For a mere $25, hosts/hostesses can order a pecan or pumpkin pie cooked up by top-notch operations and chefs like Empire Baking Company, Oddfellows, The Ritz-Carlton, The Adolphus Hotel, Whiskey Cake … [Read more...] about VNA’s 5th Annual Power Of Pie Order Deadline Extended To Saturday
MySweetCharity Opportunity: Power Of Pie
According to Power of Pie Co-Founder Meaders Ozarow, A couple of us started Power of Pie as a way to add an accessible opportunity for charitable giving to the VNA fund raising effort. We have so many volunteers and supporters that would like to give at the $25 or $50 level and this gives them something in return. Power of Pie, the fundraising campaign benefiting VNA … [Read more...] about MySweetCharity Opportunity: Power Of Pie
Celebrity Chef Nancy Silverton Brought “Zest” To Sold-Out Lunch Fundraiser For VNA Programs
There’s just something about the creation of a meal that is both soothing and magical. At the Haggerty Kitchen Center on Mockingbird, it came together for the Celebrity Chef Luncheon Tuesday, February 28. As Los Angeles-based James Beard Foundation 2014 Outstanding Chef Awardee Nancy Silverton prepared for a demonstration, the sold-out crowd including Honorary Chair Sara Fraser … [Read more...] about Celebrity Chef Nancy Silverton Brought “Zest” To Sold-Out Lunch Fundraiser For VNA Programs
MySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert: VNA’s 2017 Celebrity Chef Luncheon
Each day VNA turns out thousands of meals for those in need through its Meals on Wheels and Hospice Care programs. But on Tuesday, February 28, the Haggerty Kitchen Center added a couple of additional feedings — VNA Celebrity Chef Lunch and VNA Celebrity Dinner — to provide $400,000 to support its programs. Both events were sold out thanks to longtime supporters and … [Read more...] about MySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert: VNA’s 2017 Celebrity Chef Luncheon
VNA’s Celebrity Chef Nancy Silverton’s Lunch And Dinner Resulted In Gang-Buster $400,000 With Kale And Anchovies For The Hungry
Just as predicted, the VNA Celebrity Chef Luncheon/Dinner proved to be money makers. And why not? Supreme Chefist Nancy Silverton was a major-league hit making kale and anchovies seem downright tasty and healthy. While coverage is yet to come, the accountants’ tally is already in. For the two events combined, a whopping $400,000 was provided, not just raised. That … [Read more...] about VNA’s Celebrity Chef Nancy Silverton’s Lunch And Dinner Resulted In Gang-Buster $400,000 With Kale And Anchovies For The Hungry
Sold-Out Alert!: VNA’s Celebrity Chef Lunch And Dinner
In the past VNA has limited its annual Celebrity Chef Luncheon to a noontime fundraiser. This year they decided to expand to have a dinner as well on Tuesday, February 28. The hope was “to double the funds raised to serve Meals on Wheels clients and patients in need of charitable hospice care.” The results? They both sold out! No wonder, since the celebrity chef will … [Read more...] about Sold-Out Alert!: VNA’s Celebrity Chef Lunch And Dinner
VNA To Launch “Society 34” At Top Knot For Young Professionals
Summer may be officially firing up, but fundraising news hasn’t chilled one bit. Instead of events taking place hourly, news is pouring in nonstop. The VNA is the latest to report an undertaking. It’s the launch of a “young professionals group to carry on Dallas’ strong tradition of community service caring for seniors.” The new group will be officially called Society … [Read more...] about VNA To Launch “Society 34” At Top Knot For Young Professionals
“Dean Of Moderators” Jim Lehrer Addresses The Past And Present State Of Journalism At VNA’s Legends And Leaders Luncheon
Despite the do-si-do dance of vehicles vying for entry to the Hilton Anatole on Friday, April 14, around noontime, things were hustling inside the hotel complex. In the Chantilly Ballroom, Amal Clooney was packing the stiletto crowd in for the New Friends New Life Wings Luncheon. At the opposite end of the building, a large group of hotel guests checked in early for their … [Read more...] about “Dean Of Moderators” Jim Lehrer Addresses The Past And Present State Of Journalism At VNA’s Legends And Leaders Luncheon
VNA’s March For Meals Had Some Interesting Food Delivery Folks At Seniors’ Doors
Everyone knows that one of VNA leading programs is its Meals on Wheels that provides meals for seniors. But to stir up the “issues of senior hunger and celebrate the work and impact” of the program, VNA held “March for Meals” last month. In addition to Pi Day Pie Contest held on Monday, March 14, and the launching of “Text GIVE2VNA to 20222 to donate $5,” the organizers … [Read more...] about VNA’s March For Meals Had Some Interesting Food Delivery Folks At Seniors’ Doors
JUST IN: Jim Lehrer To Be Guest Speaker For VNA Legends And Leaders Luncheon
For oldtime locals the name Jim Lehrer brings back thoughts of the early '70s, when he headed up KERA's "Newsroom" surrounded by the likes of Billy Porterfield, A.C. Greene, Lee Cullum, John Anders, John Merwin, Jim Atkinson and Bob Ray Sanders. Airing weekday evenings, it was a different type of news program. Instead of a couple of anchors reading prepared scripts, it was more … [Read more...] about JUST IN: Jim Lehrer To Be Guest Speaker For VNA Legends And Leaders Luncheon