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A Passing: Mary Jo Vaughn Rauscher
Mary Jo Vaughn Rauscher (File photo) Mary Jo Vaughn Rauscher had just celebrated her 84th birthday on Christmas Eve. Throughout her life, she was indeed the stuff that Texas legends are made of....
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MySweet2014Goals: Ashlee Hunt Kleinert
Ashlee Hunt Kleinert (File photo) Ruthie’s Food Trucks‘ Ashlee Hunt Kleinert‘s goal is simply, “By living the words of our Mission Statement: ‘To create a warm family environment that nourishes both...
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JUST IN: Nancy C. And Richard Rogers To Be St. Valentine’s Day Luncheon And...
Richard and Nancy C. Rogers (File photo) There’s no better way to start the week than with great weather and news to go with it. So 2014 St. Valentine’s Day Luncheon & Fashion Show Chair Carmaleta...
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The 85th Linz Award Will Be Presented To Forrest Hoglund
Forrest Hoglund (File photo) It’s always gratifying to see a deserving person get an award. That’s what’s going to happen on Tuesday, April 8, at the Omni Dallas Hotel, when Forrest Hoglund is...
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10th Annual History-Making Texan Award To Be Presented To Dallas...
Dallas does it again! For 10 years, the Texas State History Museum Foundation has recognized incredible Texans with the History-Making Texan Award. It spotlights Texans who have “led distinguished...
View ArticleA Passing: Brandy Moore Ratchford
Each year the Crystal Charity Ball’s 100 active members fundraise to provide astronomical funds for area nonprofits helping children. It requires tireless efforts to research beneficiaries and...
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JUST IN: Dr. Bob And Jean Smith Foundation Provides $1M Grant For Methodist...
The Methodist Health System Foundation’s campaign to construct the Charles A. Sammons Tower just got a million-dollar boost. Thanks to the Dr. Bob and Jean Smith Foundation, a grant of $1M has been...
View ArticleDallas Morning News Charities Raised More than $1.68M For 25 Area Nonprofits...
The Dallas Morning News has been in the publishing business a long time. Why, when 102-year old Ebby Halliday (she turns 103 on March 9) was born in 1911, Dallas’s daily newspaper had already been...
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Faye Briggs Opened Her Preston Hollow Home For The Dallas Symphony Orchestra...
Ginger Sager, Barbara Hunt Crow and Faye Briggs** Philanthropist Faye Briggs once again opened her Preston Hollow residence to support an area non-profit on Wednesday, February 26. In this case it was...
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JUST IN: Charles A. Sammons Trauma And Critical Care Tower Campaign Gets A...
Methodist Health System Foundation President/CEO April Box Chamberlain just sent word that the capital campaign for the new Charles A. Sammons Trauma and Critical Care Tower just got a very nice boost...
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Jan and Trevor Rees-Jones Lead The Ribbon Cutting For Dallas CASA’s New...
All eyes were on Jan and Trevor Rees-Jones when the couple arrived for the April 16 ribbon-cutting ceremony at Dallas CASA’s new headquarters building at Swiss Avenue and Texas Street. After all, it...
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Communities Foundation Of Texas Reveals Date For 2014 North Texas Giving Day
Communities Foundation of Texas logo (File photo) Here’s a day to mark on your fall calendar — Thursday, September 18. The Communities Foundation of Texas’ “never-say-whoa!” team just revealed that...
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Pat And Emmitt Smith Host A “Southern Supper” In Their Driveway For Emmitt...
Who would have guessed that a drop-dead “Southern supper” dinner would be held in a driveway? Even Emmitt Smith admitted that the place had never looked so good. As one former North Californian...
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Post-Mother’s Day Challenge Grant Of $500,000 For Baylor Health Care System’s...
Robin Robinson and his team over at Baylor Health Care System Foundation are busting with excitement. They just “received an anonymous challenge grant of $500,000.” But it’s not just any old challenge...
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Dallas Museum Of Art’s Art Ball Can-Canned Hemingway’s Paris With Glorious...
There was a magic to Midnight in Paris. It took today’s ultra-cool back to 1920’s Paris when F. Scott Fitzgerald, Alice B. Toklas, Hemingway and Gertrude Stein schmoozed with Josephine Baker, Cole...
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Mayor Mike Rawlings, River Rats, Rat Pack And Friends Got A Sneak Preview Of...
Judy Kelly As locals drive back and forth on the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, the Continental Avenue Bridge has looked like an abandoned memory of the past. Ah, but look a bit closer and it’s actually...
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Round Robin May 5: Salvation Army Fashion Show, Rob Lowe Book Signing And...
There are certain myths in Dallas. One of them is that Monday is the day of rest for hairdressers, country clubs and fundraising events. Monday, May 5, proved that myth to be right up there with...
View ArticleJUST IN: Dallas Opera Receives Historic $2.5M Matching Gift From Betty And...
The Dallas Opera is singing to the rafters! The announcement just arrived that history was made today. The largest corporate gift in the opera’s history was revealed from Betty and Steve Suellentrop...
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Ronald McDonald House Of Dallas UnVeils Its Own Butterfly Garden Honoring...
Back in the late 1950’s, Jean and Dale Fuller were students at the University of Iowa. She earned her BSN in 1958 and he completed his residency in Radiology in 1968. They moved to Dallas, where he set...
View ArticleDallas Children’s Advocacy Center Adds Research Institute And Dr. Jeffrey...
The Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center has been at the forefront in the battle against child abuse. While some might mistake this as a local grass roots effort, they’re so behind the times. DCAC has...
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