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Now Showing: St. Rita Teens Making a Difference for Children’s Health
If there’s something of a need … in your neighborhood, who you gonna call?
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Doing More: WOW Raises Money for Guatemalan Orphans
Mothers and daughters from Preston Hollow, the Park Cities, and other parts of Dallas returned from a 2009 Orphans Outreach mission trip to Guatemala wanting to do more.
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Erin Nealy Cox Joins New Friends New Life Board
Erin Nealy Cox was appointed to New Friends New Life’s board of directors for 2021-2022.
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Martha Stewart To Speak at Junior League Luncheon
It's a good thing that the Junior League of Dallas was able to snag the doyenne of, well, everything home related (and Snoop Dogg's bestie) Martha Stewart as its featured speaker for the Centennial Milestones Luncheon.
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Habitat Dallas Changes Lives
What’s Nekemia Brown’s favorite space in the Habitat for Humanity home she bought in 2020?
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Classic and Creative: Thanksgiving Dining Options
A turkey shortage? Baloney. Despite breathless proclamations and dire warnings, there is no real turkey shortage, Kersten Rettig says.
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What is Philanthropy?
Bob Hopkins’ new book defines love of humanity with scores of stories.
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Mavs Foundation Commits $1M to 2021-2022 Grant Recipients
The Dallas Mavericks announced that the Mavs Foundation will allocate over $1 million to empower local children, women and families in need during the 2021-2022 season.
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My, My, These Pies!
Almost 30 of Dallas' top chefs and bakers have created unique pies for a unique auction that raises money for culinary and hospitality scholarships - and bidding is open now.
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Fun Facts for Friday! Fall Food Festivals for You!
Food festivals are back for fall. Don't miss these.
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You Don’t Have to Wait to Give for North Texas Giving Day
The 2021 Communities Foundation of Texas’ North Texas Giving Day follows another record-setting year, where more than 106,000 donors raised $58.8 million for more than 3,000 nonprofits.
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North Texas Giving Day 2021: To Be Like Me
Ever wonder how you would describe colors to someone who is blind? How you might best help someone who uses a wheelchair? Or how you would communicate with someone who is Deaf if you don’t know sign language?
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North Texas Giving Day 2021: Dallas CASA
Last year, 1,028 Dallas County children were removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect. They entered the protective care of the state and an overburdened and overwhelmed child welfare system straining to accommodate them.
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North Texas Giving Day 2021: Highland Park Education Foundation
Education is the foundation for all success. No matter the profession, an education gets you there.
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North Texas Giving Day 2021: Connecting Point of Park Cities
High school graduation is an exciting time, representing the transition of a child to a young adult. Universities are visited, career choices determined, and a new independence from family begins.
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North Texas Giving Day 2021: Equest
Since 1981, Equest has changed lives for the better through the human-horse connection.
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United to Learn, United to Launch
At the beginning of every school year, for the past five years, United to Learn has helped Dallas ISD students and teachers get off to a good start by making sure they have the supplies they need.
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North Texas Giving Day 2021: WiNGS
WiNGS empowers women, fights poverty and impacts generations. The organization believes that empowering women to achieve their fullest potential has a multiplier effect on the families and communities around them.
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North Texas Giving Day 2021: VolunteerNow
The VolunteerNow® mission is to transform lives through volunteers. Volunteers change everything - where they live, work, and play - and transform their own lives in the process of serving others.
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North Texas Giving Day 2021: Thanks-Giving Square
Through its transformative space and bridge-building initiatives, Thanks-Giving Square aims to transform the city at both an individual and community-wide level, bringing people together to choose love over hate, practice gratitude daily and involve the broader community to solve the problems we cannot solve alone.