Philanthropy

Grab a Toy And Fill Sadie’s Sleigh at The W

By CandysDirt / December 11, 2020 /

Sadie Keller is a cancer survivor, but she’s not letting that part of her life define her. Instead, Sadie is working to make sure other kids getting treatment for childhood cancers feel loved during this season. You see, in 2015, Sadie asked her oncologist if Santa Claus would know to come to the hospital on…

Alex Perry & Alexis Smith Step Up to the Plate, Helping Kids

By Candy Evans / March 24, 2020 /

Allie Beth Allman’s Alex Perry and Alexis Smith say they have been devastated watching the spread of COVID-19, novel coronavirus, in their community and across the country. Not only was the power real estate agent concerned for the well-being of many friends in the local restaurant industry, they worried, too, for the children who benefit…

Local Law Firm Donates $50,000 To Build Food Pantry at Medrano Elementary

By CandysDirt / September 1, 2019 /

From staff reports A local attorney whose offices are only two blocks away from Esperanza “Hope” Medrano Elementary School donated $50,000 to build a food pantry there, Dallas ISD announced last week. Todd Tracy, the head attorney at the Tracy Law Firm, wanted to do something for young residents of this neighborhood. He contacted Principal…

Geneva Heights PTA Seeks Contributions for Uniform Drive

By CandysDirt / June 2, 2019 /

By Special Contributor Our children have so many thoughts blazing through their little minds from day to day. Insecurities about their school clothes should not be one of them.  With that in mind, the Geneva Heights PTA is working with Interfaith Family Services to provide school uniforms for all of the children who come through…

Big Thought Has Big Impact On Opportunity Gap

By Bethany Erickson / January 27, 2019 /

We’ve talked about it before — where you live in Dallas can impact and shape the kinds of opportunities you get — or even if you get many of them to begin with. One local organization has been working decades to help close the opportunity gap — through programs that encourage children to use their…