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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.
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Rainbow Days Planning For June Pot of Gold Luncheon
Rainbow Days is planning to host its 24th annual Pot of Gold Luncheon at the Omni Dallas Hotel Dallas Ballroom.
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Looking Ahead
To support Dallas neighbors experiencing or at risk of homelessness, the 13th annual Stewpot Alliance Soup’s On! Luncheon and Art Sale must go on, but virtually, of course.
Philanthropy
A Virtual Trip to Writer’s Garden Symposium
The 14th annual A Writer’s Garden Literary Symposium and Luncheon benefiting the Women’s Council of the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden and A Woman’s Garden took a virtual approach Nov. 17 with the theme, “Near or Far … There Is No Place Like Home.”
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Watch Out, Devil! Chuck Norris Deemed an ‘Angel’ Now
It’s been said, “Chuck Norris’ tears cure cancer. Too bad, he has never cried.”
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How They Did That
Debutantes will get another year to perfect their “Texas Dip,” but just because the Dallas Symphony Orchestra League’s annual presentation ball became a casualty of the pandemic didn’t mean that the organization wouldn’t mark the occasion somehow.
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Bryan’s House Planning For Fall Pathways To Inclusion Luncheon
Bryan’s House is planning to host its Pathways to Inclusion Luncheon, Awards, and Special Needs Summit from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 22 at the Belo Mansion at 2101 Ross Avenue.
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Nexus Recovery Center Kicks Off 50 For 50 Anniversary Campaign
Nexus Recovery Center, a nonprofit that offers specialized substance use disorder treatment services for adult women, is celebrating its anniversary with its Nexus 50 for 50 Anniversary Campaign.