Dior Himself Would Have Declared The Exhibition Ambassadors Luncheon “C’est...
To be a part of the Exhibition Ambassadors Luncheon on Monday, May 13, cost a very pretty Cleveland or two. But it was so very worth it for those who love fashion, art and/or history. Not only did the...
View ArticleJUST IN: 2019 Dallas Symphony Orchestra Gala Plans Revealed
The first black-tie gala of the 2019 fall season is set. The Dallas Symphony Orchestra Gala that is traditionally one of the area’s fashion feasts will take place on Saturday, September 28, at the...
View ArticleJUST IN: Carlton Oby Is Returning To West Dallas’ Mercy Street As Executive...
When Trey Hill started Mercy Street in West Dallas, he had a dream. It was “to have someone from West Dallas be equipped to run the ministry.” After 16 years of dreaming, Trey’s hope will become a...
View ArticleA Passing: H. Ross Perot Sr.
H. Ross Perot Sr. (File photo) H. Ross Perot Sr., the self-made Dallas billionaire-businessman, patriot and philanthropist who died Tuesday at age 89, was among the most consequential Texans of the...
View ArticleCrystal Charity Ball Former Chairs Dined Poolside At Gail Fischer’s Estate As...
Dinner tables poolside Some folks thought that the final rain showers had fallen on Thursday, May 23, and would leave pleasant weather conditions in their wake. Wrong. Instead, it was as if June’s...
View ArticleDiana Hamilton And Heather Perttula Randall To Co-Chair 2020 Cattle Baron’s Ball
Wendy Messmann and Lisa Haddow Shirley (File photo) Cattle Baron’s Ball Co-Chairs Wendy Messmann and Lisa Haddow Shirley have been in overdrive herding their committee to raise funds for American...
View ArticleJUST IN: Leadership Couples For New Friends New Life Luncheon Announced
Jada Pinkett Smith* Kim Robinson (File photo) When Jada Picket Smith comes to North Texas as the keynote speaker for the New Friends New Life luncheon on Friday, October 11, she’ll be in great company....
View Article2019 Presidential Leadership Scholars Are Praised By Former Presidents Bush...
Roslyn Dawson Thompson was in the big crowd at the George W. Bush Presidential Center on Thursday, June 27, for a graduation ceremony honoring the 2019 class of Presidential Leadership Scholars (PLS)....
View ArticleBusiness Council For The Arts’ 2019 Obelisk Award Co-Chairs And Nominees...
Mimi Crume Sterling and Jessica Liu Beasley* Business Council for the Arts CEO Katherine Wagner revealed that the organization founded by the late Ray Nasher in 1988 will celebrate it 31st Obelisk...
View ArticleMySweetCharity Opportunity: 2019 Spirit Of Taos
According to Friends of Wilkinson Center President Meridith Zidell, Please join the Friends of Wilkinson Center for our Sixth Annual Spirit of Taos on Saturday, September 14, from 7:00 p.m. – 11:00...
View ArticleJUST IN: Texas Women’s Foundation 2019-2020 Leadership Announced
Rounding the curve for the final run of 2019, a lot of nonprofits are making news about the 2019-2020 fundraising. Among the first is the Texas Women’s Foundation. TWF President/CEO Ros Dawson Thompson...
View ArticleJUST IN: Brian Bolke To Chair Art Ball 2020
Brian Bolke (File photo) The lull is over and the storm of news about North Texas fundraising is thundering in. And it’s not just about the upcoming season! For instance, Art Ball 2020 has already...
View ArticleFormer NM Exec Tim Heis To Succeed Retiring Goodwill Industries Of Dallas...
For nearly 40 years, Rodney Ginther had led Goodwill Industries of Dallas Inc. When he started, the nonprofit had eight retail stores and was placing 224 individuals with disabilities and disadvantaged...
View ArticleNorth Texas Giving Day Booster: National Black MBA Association Dallas – Fort...
Demetrius Washington* According to National Black MBA Association Dallas-Fort Worth Community Relations Committee Chair Demetrius Washington, This past spring, billionaire Robert F. Smith pledged to...
View ArticleJUST IN: Karen Froehlich Named SPCA President/CEO
Karen Froehlich* A surprise announcement was made tonight at the 2019 Fur Ball patron party by SPCA of Texas Vice Chair Steve Atkinson that interim president/CEO Karen Froehlich had been named to the...
View ArticlePlans For 2020 Callier Cares Fundraiser Revealed At Former Callier Cares...
Tiffany Divis, Beth Layton, Barbara Stuart, Nancy Carter, Emilynn Wilson and Beth Thoele Emilynn Wilson, Tom Campbell and Tricia George Beth Layton, Anne McPherson and Nancy Carter Foundation for...
View ArticleDallas Symphony Association Executive Position Title Honors The Late Ross...
Ross Perot Sr. (File photo) Morton Meyerson (File photo) The Morton H. Meyerson is celebrating its 30th year of making beautiful music. Its creation as a “world-class hall” was the result of talented...
View ArticleNorth Texas Giving Day Provides A Touching Case Of Irony For Two...
This Thursday’s North Texas Giving Day is tinged with a poignant bit of philanthropic irony. It was in 2015 on North Texas Giving Day that the memorial service for the late Ebby Halliday Acers took...
View ArticleMySweetCharity Photo Gallery: 2019 Robert S. Folsom Leadership Award Patron...
David Miller, Mike Rawlings and Harlan Crow Kathy and Harlan Crow’s The Library was the ideal place for the Robert S. Folsom Leadership Award Dinner patron party on Wednesday, September 4. After all,...
View ArticleA Passing: Mary Lee Cox
It’s rather doubtful that anyone ever described Mary Lee Cox as a “tall drink of water.” Rather, time and time again, the diminutive woman was recognized as a sparkling shot of energy. Mary Lee’s...
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