Posts Tagged ‘Volunteers and Charity’
By Bruce Felps The Exchange Club of East Dallas teamed with Dick’s Last Resort to organize a fundraiser for J.L. Long Middle School and Woodrow Wilson High School. The benefit occurs from 6:30-10 p.m., Sept. 27, at the club. Individual tickets cost $35 or two for $60.
Community Contribution The centennials keep coming. The Vickery Place Centennial Home Tour kicks off on the evening of Saturday Oct. 15 with a VIP party followed by the tour of homes the next day. Vickery Place commemorates its centennial with a home tour featuring several renovated historic homes ranging in architectural styles from original 1911 [...]
By Bruce Felps With more than a cursory nod to the day’s significance, a group of J.L. Long Middle School students operated a fundraiser Sept. 11 to benefit firefighters. According to the Long PTA newsletter, Chloe Mabry, Audrey Patranella, Carson Ritter, and Audrey Williams — with a primary assist by Louise Ritter, Carson’s mom — [...]
Community Contribution by Abra Garrett, Stonewall PTA publicity chair While triple-digit temperatures would indicate differently, everyone knows the real sign that summer is over is the start of a new school year. On Monday, Aug. 22, students donned in brand new, crisp white shirts walked across the new, crisp white pavement of the Stonewall “black” [...]
By Brue Felps Fundraising for the Woodrow Wilson High School junior varsity cheerleaders got down and dirty Saturday before coming clean. The cheer squad conducted a car wash to raise money for um, cheerlead-y things. Let’s move on to the photos, shall we? We shall.
Community Contribution Truitt Matthews, vice president of Youth of the Exchange Club of Lake Highlands, introduced the first recipients for the 2011-12 school year of the club’s monthly Character Counts and Youth of the Month Awards presented to Lake Highlands High School students. The presentations took place during the club’s Sept. 9 meeting. The recipients [...]
By Bruce Felps The annual St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School carnival stretches across two days this weekend. Lone STAr, as this year’s installment is dubbed, starts with the big bingo event when doors open at 5:30 p.m., Sept. 16, at the school. In addition to gaming, eating — complete with a corny dog eating and [...]
Community Contribution Chef and owner Brian C. Luscher and his wife, Courtney, of The Grape recently presented the Stewpot Alliance with a check from the proceeds of the recent Feast of St. Martha. The Stewpot Alliance was formed to support and promote The Stewpot in downtown Dallas, which offers a safe haven for homeless and [...]
By Bruce Felps The first meeting of this school year’s Stonewall Jackson Elementary School Dads Club convenes Wednesday evening. The patriarchs gather at 7 p.m., Sept. 14, at Snuffer’s Restaurant and Bar.
By Bruce Felps This year’s mini-school and open house at Woodrow Wilson High School takes place Monday. The event runs from 6:30-7:30 p.m., Sept. 12, at the school.
