MySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert!: 2021 Change Is Good Drive-Thru
As much fun as the annual Change Is Good’s main event is, the pick-up of materials beforehand is a drive-thru blast. With kids, parents and pooches arriving in SUVs, sedans and pick-ups at Highland...
View ArticleMySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert: 2021 Mad Hatter’s Tea
Thursday’s 2021 Mad Hatter’s Tea didn’t look like any of its predecessors. Women’s Council President Kay Weeks and Tea Chair Jolie Humphrey played by the COVID-19 rules, but they put their own spin on...
View Article2021 Mad Hatter’s Tea Was Whimsically Out Of Africa Without Being Wildly...
Kay Weeks The cards didn’t look stacked in favor of Women’s Council of the Arboretum President Kay Weeks and 2021 Mad Hatter’s Tea Chair Jolie Humphrey. Since last March the pandemic had squashed most...
View ArticleDickey’s 80th Anniversary Party Is In Need Of First Responders For Its...
For eight decades North Texas’ own Dickey’s has been serving up all type of barbecue. On Thursday, October 28, it’s going to celebrate its 80th anniversary with a party at The Rustic. And like any...
View ArticleMySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert: The Senior Source’s Diamond Dance-Off
Mother Nature gave The Senior Source a break with cooler temperatures and bright sunshine for its Diamond Dance-Off at Klyde Warren Park on Tuesday, June 22. After weeks of entrants submitting videos...
View ArticleThe Senior Source Celebrated Turning 60 By Crowning Pappa Phunk The Diamond...
The morning of Tuesday, June 22, was a rarity. Despite the 90-degree heat of the past days, a cold front had swept thru North Texas during the night resulting in morning temperatures in the 60s. It was...
View ArticleMySweetOpportunity: Network Of Community Ministries Food Pantry Fork-Off
According to AmeriCorps VISTA Development Intern Maya Reddi, “Network of Community Ministries is excited to present its second annual Food Pantry Fork-Off on Saturday, September 25! We have finally...
View ArticleMySweetOpportunity: Fantasy Football Draft Night
Brent and Jeni Garrett* According to Fantasy Football Draft Night Co-Chairs Jeni and Brent Garrett, “If you are counting down the days for football season, then we have just the ticket for you! Get...
View ArticleDallas CASA Classic Scores A Game-Changing $1.5M Check
While MySweetCharity doesn’t cover golf tournaments, it certainly doesn’t pass up a breathtaking check presentation. In this case it was the Dallas CASA Classic presented by Pioneer Natural Resources,...
View ArticleThe 12th Annual Great Adventure Hunt Is Game To Raise Funds for ChildCareGroup
After all the holiday hoopla simmers down, January tends to be rather ho-hum. But the ChildCareGroup folks are taking full advantage of the lull by holding its 12th Annual Great Adventure Hunt on...
View ArticleJUST IN: CPD’s Change Is Good Is Heading To Turtle Creek Park With Strodes...
Change Is Good* Community Partners of Dallas is literally changing things up for its 16th annual Change is Good fundraiser. But before the changes are revealed, there a few of things staying in place....
View ArticleJUST IN: 2022 Mad Hatter’s Tea Theme, Judges, Categories, Awardees And...
Lisa Loy Laughhlin and Claire Catrino (File photo) Whoa! Claire Catrino is going to be a very busy fashion chair! In addition to chairing the 2022 Mad Hatter’s Tea and Fashion Show on Wednesday, April...
View ArticleSOLD-OUT ALERT!: 2022 Mad Hatter’s Tea
Despite today being April Fool’s Day, Women’s Council of the Dallas Arboretum President Lisa Loy Laughlin and 2022 Mad Hatter’s Tea Chair Claire Catrino promise they’re not fooling about the status of...
View ArticleGet Thee To Shakespeare Dallas’ 10th Annual Bard’s Birthday Bash And Pub Crawl
If William Shakespeare were still around today, he would be turning 458 on April 26. But just because The Bard is writing in the after-life doesn’t mean that the Shakespeare Dallas company isn’t going...
View Article2022 Change Is Good Kick-Off Party Stirred Up The Creative Juices In The...
From all appearance, Community Partners of Dallas‘ kick-off party for Change Is Good at CPD’s headquarters on Saturday, April 2, seemed like a fun-filled get-together. But in addition to the balloons...
View ArticleSomething Fishy, Free And Fun Is Going To Be Happening For The Kids At Turtle...
In these parts there are many “fishing holes,” but come Saturday, June 18, there will a lot of fishing along Turtle Creek. Sponsored by Veritex Community Bank, the first-ever Kids Fishing Derby will...
View ArticleMySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert: 2022 Mad Hatter’s Tea
When Women’s Council for the Dallas Arboretum President Lisa Loy Laughlin and 2022 Mad Hatter’s Tea Chair Claire Catrino were brainstorming themes, in hindsight they might have wished they had come up...
View ArticleMad Hatters Were Blowing In The Wind As A Rhinestone Cowboy Got The Boot
At the Women’s Council of the Dallas Arboretum’s 2022 Mad Hatter Tea on Wednesday, April 20, someone said, “It’s so nice seeing things back to normal.” A nearby first-timer looked a bit startled and...
View Article2022 Great Adventure Hunt’s “Fun And Games” Netted A Whopping $280,000 For...
One of North Texas’ most fun and challenging fundraising events took place after a two-year hiatus on Friday, April 22, at The Statler. With 2022 Great Adventure Hunt Co-Chairs Rebecca Acuna and Texas...
View Article2022 Change Is Good Was Even Better With A Glam Tent, Bubble Chasing And Lots...
Community Partners of Dallas’ Paige McDaniel and Joanna Clarke cashed in all their lucky chips for the fundraiser’s “Change Is Good” on Sunday, April 24. The event that had earned a reputation of being...
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