JUST IN: Children’s And UTSW Medical Center Announce Pogue Family’s $100M Gift For New Pediatric...

My Sweet Charity 5/15 10:15A Glenn Hunter

Publicly announced, philanthropic gifts of $100 million are rare in North Texas. But when they do come along, UT Southwestern Medical Center is often involved on the receiving end. It happened again...

Lyric Stage Announces Winners - 15th Annual Schmidt and Jones Awards - High School Musical Theatre

Oak Cliff BubbleLife iReporter 5/15 4:12A Elizabeth Lenart

Lyric Stage presented the 15 th  Annual Schmidt & Jones Awards on May 7 at the Moody Performance Hall. The theatre company also gave the Ashley Newman-Schneider Scholarship  to the best stage manager....

Billy Porter Named Honorary Grand Marshal of Dallas Pride Parade

Oak Cliff BubbleLife iReporter 5/14 6:27A Kathy Beazley

Dallas Pride is proud to announce that acclaimed actor, singer and LGBTQ+ advocate Billy Porter has been named its first-ever Honorary Grand Marshal of the  Dallas Pride Parade , set to step off in...

New Friends New Life New Group Leaders And Board Members And Leadership Announced

My Sweet Charity 5/14 6:30A Jeanne Prejean

New Friends New Life Board Chair Jane A. Rose has announced the crew of people who will be joining the board and heading up the auxiliary boards. Joining Jane and the current board members Adam Cannon...

NEW FRIENDS NEW LIFE ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND NEW OFFICERS FOR AUXILIARY BOARDS

Oak Cliff BubbleLife iReporter 5/13 5:09A Elizabeth Lenart

New Friends New Life (NFNL) announces the induction of three new board members:  Fallyn Jones , senior vice president, Citigroup Inc.;  Laura Nieto , managing director of corporate responsibility,...

A Gentle Reminder: Mother’s Day Is Not Limited To Birth Moms

My Sweet Charity 5/11 8:00P Jeanne Prejean

MySweetCharity* Today is the day when mothers and grandmothers are celebrated with brunches, cards, gifts and hugs. But there’s another group of women who rather dread this annual date. For the ones...

VNA’s 2024 Celebrity Chef Aaron “Ultimate BBQ Pitmaster” Franklin Was Smoking Hot

My Sweet Charity 5/10 12:30P Jeanne Prejean

After years of culinary chefs holding court in the VNA with tours of the kitchen and presentations in the main room, its Celebrity Chef fundraiser went for a different feel — barbecue. Paula Lambert...

A Look at What I Wore This Week

Brighton the Day 5/10 6:31A megan hopkins

Ready for another look at what I wore this week? I was preparing for a trip to the beach with my family all week, so most of these looks are athleiure and comfortable. This yellow sweat set from Abercrombie is a current fave. It s so comfortable,...

Wings Of Spring Was Heads And Tails As Literacy Achieves Assesses Future Priorities

My Sweet Charity 5/9 12:30P Glenn Hunter

Change has been afoot at Literacy Achieves , whose mission is teaching English and life skills to non-English-speaking adults and their young children. Vicki Keifer and Patrick Means and Laura...

Family Compass receives Texas Bar Foundation grant for Families First project

Oak Cliff BubbleLife iReporter 5/9 7:21A Kyla Lynch

Family Compass, the only agency in North Texas solely dedicated to preventing child abuse and neglect, is delighted to announce that the Texas Bar Foundation has awarded the organization a grant of...

Friday, May 10: Preservation Park Cities Historic Home Tour sponsored by Benchmark Bank and Title

Philanthropy Lifestyles 5/9 9:40A SharonAdams

(Featured photo: 3926 Potomac.) Preservation Park Cities is excited to present its annual Park Cities Historic Home Tour sponsored by

AWARE Meeting at the Center for BrainHealth Featured Updates from Three Grant Recipients

Philanthropy Lifestyles 5/9 8:44A SharonAdams

(Featured photo: Karen Koop, president, AWARE; Kym Shaw Day, For Love and Art; Karisti Julia, AWARE meetings chair; Teresa Coleman

Building Strong Immunity in Kids: Tips for a Healthy Lifestyle

Oak Cliff BubbleLife iReporter 5/9 3:00A Hannah Pittman

As parents, we all want our children to be healthy and strong. One of the best ways to achieve this is by building a strong immune system in kids. A robust immune system not only helps protect them...

Meet East Dallas - A free event showcasing East Dallas businesses

Oak Cliff BubbleLife iReporter 5/9 2:58A Deborah Brown

Come Meet Your Neighbors! Join neighbors and sample some of East Dallas restaurants, artisans, and local businesses at the Greater East Dallas Chamber of Commerces Meet East Dallas to be held on...

My Current Kitchen Essentials

Brighton the Day 5/9 6:42A megan hopkins

After getting such good feedback from the Sunday fridge prep essentials blog post I shared recently, I thought it may be helpful to do one on my kitchen essentials. Since having kids, I find myself relying on certain kitchen items more than ever....