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Allie + Bess Gives Back For Mother’s Day
Dallas-based jewelry brand Allie + Bess recently launched a Mother’s Day collection benefiting Mosaic Family Services.
Webinar on COVID Impact on Evictions Offered May 11
The Institute for Urban Policy Research, in partnership with the Texas Tenants Union, will provide a webinar to explore the impact of eviction protections on tenants in Dallas County next week.
Camps
Want To Make a Difference? Consider a Summer of Service
I clearly remember that feeling of the last day of school and the summer before me -- one filled with swimming lessons, Girl Scout camp, and all kinds of fun activities that my mom would find for us.
Happenings on the Hill
Maybe this spring’s graduation speaker wouldn’t mind if audience members look at their phones and “swipe right” instead of listening closely to her commencement address on May 15.
Orchestra of New Spain To Hold Second Garden Concert
The Orchestra of New Spain will present its second garden concert of the season on Saturday, May 15 at 6 p.m. at the Preston Hollow home of arts patrons Enika and Richard Schulze.
Society
Runway For Rise Going Virtual
The Ashford Rise School of Dallas is gearing up for the fourth-annual Runway for Rise fashion show, which will be virtual this year amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Society
Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary Fundraising Moves Online
The Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary’s annual Fashion Show and Luncheon may be canceled this year because of the ongoing pandemic, but fundraising is moving online.
Society
Bryan’s House Exhibit Coming To Galleria Dallas
Everyone Has Special Needs, an exhibit from Bryan’s House, will be on display at Galleria Dallas May 6-31.
Nonprofits
VNA’s Virtual Fundraiser Breaks Record
Celebrity Chef Julian Barsotti’s meals were delivered on wheels for The 11th Annual Celebrity Chef fundraiser which raised a record $646,606, 100% of which supports VNA Hospice and Palliative Care and Meals on Wheels.
Do You Recognize These New Dallas Business Hall of Fame Inductees?
Recognize some of the 2021 Dallas Business Hall of Fame inductees? This year’s class of inductees have gone on to become some of the most influential business and philanthropic entrepreneurs in Dallas.
Society
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.
20 Under 40
Brooke Donelson – 20 Under 40
As a consulting analyst at Sendero and an advocate for Dallas Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), Brooke Donelson makes a difference for clients and children.
20 Under 40
Murphey Sears – 20 Under 40
Murphey Sears started her career in TV ad sales. Now, in the nonprofit world, Sears likes to say she does “sales with a purpose.”
20 Under 40
Amy McEvoy – 20 Under 40
Amy McEvoy dived into fundraising and nonprofit work shortly after graduating from SMU by joining the interior architectural design firm Wilson Associates and Trisha Wilson’s nonprofit, the Wilson Foundation.
There’s Still Time to See Some Historic Homes Today
When there's a pandemic going on and it's still probably not the best idea to put a lot of strangers inside enclosed spaces, you pivot to a virtual home tour, complete with a basket full of goodies for a DIY cocktail party.
In Memoriam
Pioneering Dallas Media Figure Jocelyn White Dies At 68
Longtime Dallas media figure Jocelyn White died April 18 at the age of 68.
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.
Grant Halliburton Foundation Marks 15 Years
Now in its 15th year, the Grant Halliburton Foundation has provided mental health education, training and support to more than 200,000 students, educators, parents and professionals.
Philanthropy
Dallas Chefs Reveal Recipes in Collaborative, Charitable Cookbook
Make the dishes popular professionals enjoy preparing at home for their families.
Young Cancer Patients Receive Cookies, Hats, Orange Ukuleles
As comedian/singer Scout Durwood could melodically confirm, “Sad songs are inappropriate when you sing them on the ukulele.”