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Ritz Staff Maintains Decorum While Celebrity Waiters Create Mayhem For Family...
There are members of the Ritz Carlton serving staff who are surely in rehab this week after working the “Dining with the Stars” lunch last Friday. Imagine the Blues Brothers and Laverne & Shirley...
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Amy Vanderoef Is Gonna Learn Magic Tricks And Play A Mouth Trumpet For...
Christa Wetzel, Tracy Rathbun, Lynae Fearing, Brandy Taylor Tracy Rathbun and Lynae Fearing opened their DUO – All Things Culinary Wednesday night to about 125 guests to kick off the Celebrity Waiter...
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Celebrity Waiter Luncheon Rocked The Ritz Friday And Was The Talk Of The Weekend
The three R’s were being redefined Friday at the Ritz-Carlton. For 300+ guests they no longer meant reading, ‘riting and ‘rithmetic. Nope. They stood for rowdy, riotous and rambunctious. For newcomers...
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2012 Celebrity Waiter Luncheon Lineup Announced With Faye Briggs As Honorary...
Maggie Kipp and Shay Geyer Last September’s Celebrity Waiter Luncheon was the “surprise” fundraiser of the season providing a new definition for the word, “outrageous.” With waiters planning, splitting...
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Family Gateway’s 2012 Celebrity Waiter Luncheon Ramped Up Its Raucous Status...
Two years ago the Celebrity Waiter Luncheon was a cute little affair with a dozen local celebs working for tips. Kim Fischer led a group of gals in a spontaneous “Baby Bump,” and polo-playing Vaughn...
View ArticleSOLD OUT ALERT: Family Gateway’s 25th Anniversary Celebration
Sorry, but we warned you. Now it’s too late. Dang. You’re gonna miss The Family Gateway’s 25th Anniversary Dinner at the Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek. It’s going to be an especially wonderful...
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MySweetCharity Photo Gallery Alert: Family Gateway’s 25th Anniversary Dinner
Linda Custard The photos from last Thursday’s Family Gateway’s 25th Anniversary Dinner just got posted on MySweetCharity Photo Gallery. The story will soon follow as part of a Round Robin, but thought...
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February 7 Round Robin: A.W.A.R.E, New Friends New Life, Family Gateway,...
Once again Thursday turned out to be the workout night for the fundraising powerhouses throughout the North Texas area. Some folks found themselves hustling from one event to another and apologizing...
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May 15 Round Robin: Cherish The Children, Past CCB Chairs Dinner, Helping...
Wednesday, May 15, the nonprofits were acting like it was a Thursday with the emphasis of activity in the downtown/uptown area. From lunching in the Ritz-Carlton ballroom to checking out “thangs,”...
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Cuisine Cutie Lisa Garza Is Going To Serve Up A Surprise On Being Homeless...
Lisa Garza (File photo) Word has just arrived that in addition to the Celebrity Waiter Luncheon servers (Michelle Anderson, Aubree-Anna, Nicole Barrett, Ashley Burghardt, Linda Cook, Connie Dieb, Lynae...
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Family Gateway’s 2013 Celebrity Waiter Luncheon Calms Down A Bit With Some...
The late Annette Strauss was a mentor for countless people. Her days as the area’s top fundraiser were a legendary chapter in Dallas history. The reason? No, make that, reasons? She was brilliant (her...
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JUST IN: Crystal Charity Ball’s Horizon Project Funds To Help Launch Family...
Caren Kline (File photo) Rob Alberts (File photo) Thank heaven, the Crystal Charity Ball ladies tend to overdo when it comes to their goals. 2013 CCB Chair Caren Kline and her team did just that. They...
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JUST IN: Family Gateway To Spearhead Campaign To End Dallas Child...
This morning the leadership of Family Gateway held a breakfast to announce a collaborative efforts by area non-profits, business and government organizations to end child homelessness in Dallas by...
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Family Gateway To Launch “Gateway To Opportunity Luncheon”
Family Gateway has taken on a huge challenge — eliminate child homelessness by 2017. To do this, the organization founded by the late Mayor Annette Strauss decided that it had graduated from the days...
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Family Gateway’s Director Of Development Cathy Packard To Serve As Interim...
Rob Alberts (File photo) Cathy Packard (File photo) Change is in the wind at Family Gateway. It seems that Executive Director Rob Alberts has turned in his resignation and cleaned out his desk June 30....
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Family Gateway Campers Welcomed Home With A Coffee Can Ice Cream Party
In every life, there are hurdles to leap over. Sometimes a little assistance is all that is needed. Perhaps it’s a coach or a trainer. In too many cases it’s a group like Family Gateway that is needed...
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MySweetCharity Opportunity: Gateway To Opportunity Luncheon
Ron and Beth Hall* According to the Gateway To Opportunity Luncheon Co-Chairs Beth and Ron Hall, “Family Gateway‘s inaugural Gateway to Opportunity Luncheon will be Friday, November 7, at 11:30 a.m. at...
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Cathy Packard Named Family Gateway’s Executive Director
The Family Gateway folks have just sent word that they have an old, new executive director. And what does “old, new” mean? Well, when Executive Director Rob Alberts resigned in June, a search got...
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The Family Gateway Changes Fundraising Efforts To Focus On Its Mission With...
The Family Gateway has gone through changes in the past year. Founded in 1986 as the brainchild of the late Annette Strauss, its purpose was to help homeless families with children. Over the years it...
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MSC Opportunity: Gateway TO Opportunity Luncheon
According to Gateway To Opportunity Luncheon Co-Chairs Tracy Lange and Paula Miltenberger, Paula Miltenberger (File photo) Tracy Lange (File photo) “Sadly, more than 5,000 children in the Dallas area...
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