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Looking Ahead for May
“Wouldn’t It Be Nice” and “Fun, Fun, Fun” to spread some “Good Vibrations” and support Vogel Alcove, an early childhood education and parent opportunity center.
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Crystal Charity Ball Grants Literacy Organization Catch Up & Read Nearly $1 Million
Susan Farris and Tucker Enthoven from Crystal Charity Ball recently presented the literacy organization Catch Up & Read (CAR) a check for nearly $1 million in grant funding to ensure CAR teachers in Dallas ISD and Richardson ISD have what they need to help students by ensuring they are reading at grade level by third grade.
40th Anniversary
Parties to Aspire To
When my editor Tom Boone wanted me to step in as society editor, I asked what I’d done to make him hate me.
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Mad Hatter’s Tea Judges, Hat Categories Revealed
Excitement was in bloom as the hat judges for the upcoming Mad Hatter’s Tea Out of Africa Into the Garden event were recently announced at a party at Northwood Club in honor of Mad Hatter’s tea chair Jolie Humphrey and Women’s Council of the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden president Kay Weeks.
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Shopping For A Cause
Artist and Estee Lauder executive Donald Robertson is giving back through his art again.
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Austin Street Center Gears Up For No Place Like Home at Klyde Warren Park
Austin Street Center is gearing up for its signature fundraiser, the sixth annual No Place Like Home event.
Inside the Cause
Nexus Celebrates Half-Century of Supporting Sobriety
Recovery Center houses women and their children during life-changing journey.
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Thrift Studio LIVE Returns as Hybrid Experience in 2021
Dwell With Dignity’s annual Thrift Studio LIVE was forced to move to a virtual platform last year because of the pandemic. But the venture was so successful that the organization will offer a hybrid experience for 2021.
Events
Council for Life Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary With A 5K For Adoption Awareness
Need a Saturday morning activity option? Run a 5K and raise awareness for adoption.
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HERitage Giving Fund Awards More Than $56,000 to Seven Nonprofits
HERitage Giving Fund at Texas Women's Foundation awarded more than $56,000 in grants to seven North Texas nonprofit organizations that are led by Black women serving Black women and girls.
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Turtle Creek Conservancy Announces 13th Annual Day at the Races and Honorary Chairs
The Turtle Creek Conservancy is gearing up for its signature fundraiser, the 13th annual Day At the Races.
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Party Hopping: Pegasus Prizes, Presents, and Poinsettias
The Dallas Foundation has awarded this year’s Pegasus Prize to Impact Ventures, which will receive $50,000 to continue developing women and minority small business owners and entrepreneurs.
Philanthropy
Savor the Symphony Back on Schedule for April
After the Dallas Symphony Orchestra League’s annual Savor the Symphony was canceled in 2020, it is back on schedule for Thursday, April 29.
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Dallas Junior Forum Awards $25,000 to Agency Partners For Winter Storm Aid
Dallas Junior Forum (DJF) recently provided $25,000 from their benevolent fund to their nonprofit agency partners for emergency expenses as a result of the February winter storms.
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Royal Visit A ‘Crown’-ing Moment For Equest Team
Count Lili Kellogg, chief executive officer of the nonprofit Equest therapeutic horsemanship center, among the legions of fans of the wildly popular Netflix series The Crown.
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Nexus Recovery Center Spring Luncheon Canceled
While the Auxiliary of Nexus Recovery Center canceled their spring luncheon because of the pandemic, people can still support the Nexus 50 for 50 Anniversary Campaign.
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The Family Place’s ReuNight Heading Outdoors
Dallas-based family violence agency The Family Place is planning for a socially distanced, outdoor ReuNight fundraiser event in May at the Nasher Sculpture Center Garden.
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Vogel Alcove Plans ‘Fun, Fun, Fun’ Fundraiser Event
With COVID-19 cases beginning to slow, Vogel Alcove took a look at it's annual Arts Performance Event and thought, "Wouldn't it be nice?"
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Dallas CASA Recruits Record Number of Volunteers
In a bit of good news from 2020, Dallas CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) recently announced it recruited the highest number of volunteer child advocates in the agency’s 40-year history last year.
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Art’s Biggest Cheerleaders
Every year, The Arts Community Alliance honors the biggest supporters of Dallas arts, and 2021 is no exception - even though a pandemic has made appreciating art an exercise in creativity over the past year.