Today’s the third annual Giving Tuesday. Where’s your money going?
Today is Giving Tuesday, an international effort encouraging individuals and corporations to...
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Piece of cake: Another close call for charity
So when I was invited to go solo for another journalist-only benefit competition — this time, $1,000 being donated in my name by Kroger to the North Texas Food Bank and Tarrant Area Food Bank — I relished the opportunity.
Read MoreAIDS funding pioneer Pallotta to speak Friday
It was around that time Pallotta started taking flak for not spending resources well; he was roundly criticized for spending $400,000 to raise $1 million, a ratio most contributors to charity found out-of-balance.
Read MoreStarbucks art auction to benefit homeless youth charity
There are times in life when the strangest ingredients can come together to make something wonderful: wasabi and chocolate, curry and cranberries, peanut butter and pickles… That’s the case with Montrose Grace Place,...
Read MoreOur gay Texas
Readers Voice Awards’ ‘Gay Texas’ photo contest entries show great talent The Dallas Voice’s Readers Voice Awards are underway (you can vote online right now, at DFWReadersVoice.com), where you can vote on your favorite...
Read MoreSpirit of Giving: Pam’s Presents Toy Drive for Genesis Women’s Shelter
EDITOR’S NOTE: As the holiday season kicks into high gear, the LGBT community of North Texas once again is responding in a variety of ways to help out those who are less fortunate. This week Dallas Voice profiles five events...
Read MoreDFW Sisters stuffing the turkeys for charity
Members of the DFW Sisters will be out in force on Cedar Springs Wednesday night, Nov. 23, making their rounds with their turkey banks to raise funds to benefit “DFW Sisters’ mission towards safe sex education,...
Read MorePutting our children at risk
David Webb The Rare Reporter Child sexual abuse a concern for everyone, especially LGBT parents Most people would probably agree there is no resource that a society cherishes more than its children. So it is hard to fathom how...
Read MoreLOCAL BRIEFS: AIN poker tourney at the Brick; Bates set for Dallas Black Pride
AIN poker tourney set at the Brick A charity poker tournament is set for Saturday, Aug. 27, at the Brick, 2525 Wycliff, to benefit AIDS Interfaith Network. The Dallas Bears and the LGBT poker league Pocket Rockets will co-host...
Read MoreMiss Firecracker pageant tonight at the Eagle
Camping out The 23rd Annual Miss Firecracker pageant returns just in time for July 4. Heavy on the camp and actual singing, the contest is also a benefit for TGRA and its charities. The winner goes on to compete for Miss Charity...
Read MoreSpoiler alert! Gay chef exits ‘Top Chef Masters’
Suvir Saran One of the out chefs on the current season of Top Chef Masters was told to pack his knives last night. The series, which pits established and celebrity chefs against one another in cooking competitions to raise money...
Read MoreHope for the future: Another youngster speaks up for LGBT equality
Malcolm and his letter Back in November, 2009, then 10-year-old Will Phillips of West Fork, Ark., made headlines around the country when he refused to say the Pledge of Allegiance with the rest of his classmates because the...
Read MoreYour last chance to take part in the ‘Faces of Life’ photo campaign
You know you want your supermodel moment The ilume Gallerie and photographer Jorge Rivas invite people to come get their photo taken as a benefit for AIDS Arms Inc. You saw the Faces of Life exhibit during the parade with rich,...
Read MoreGay publishers ante up for World Series
Is it just us or does Giants closer Brian Wilson look like someone you’d run into at the Dallas Eagle? Dallas Voice Publisher Robert Moore felt left out last week, after the publisher of New York City’s Gay City News...
Read MoreSalahis Raise Zero for Charity at DC Gay Bar
The White House crashers said a recent party would raise money for the troops, but the charity says it will receive nothing from the event at a D.C. gay bar. Advocate.com: Daily...
Read MoreLSR kicks off 10th year with party at Salum
The 10th annual Lone Star Ride Fighting AIDS got off to a big start Sunday, May 16, with a kickoff party at Salum restaurant. LSR Co-Chairs Laura Kerr and John Tripp said today that 140 people signed in at the party. A total of...
Read MoreHappy birthday Donna Dumae!
Donna Dumae (aka Don Jenkins) He’s been Don Jenkins all his life. But for the last 26 years, he’s also been known as Donna Dumae, a paragon of charity in the Dallas/Fort Worth LGBT community. And every January, Donna...
Read MoreHot Lips Charlize
SheWired.Com has reported that at an Oct. 22 charity event in San Francisco, when bidding for a trip to South Africa to meet Nelson Mandela stalled out at $37,000, South African native — and award-winning actress — Charlize...
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