76 GoodLifeFamilyMag.com JANUARY | FEBRUARY 2019 12TH ANNUAL“A WRITER’S GARDEN”LITERARY SYMPOSIUM AND LUNCHEON TheWomen’s Council of the Dallas Arboretum’s“AWriter’s Garden”Literary Symposium and Luncheon APassionforGardens included a stellar lineup, featuring Carolyne Roehm, international- ly recognized style icon and gardener extraordinaire, and Colta Ives, renowned art historian and landscape designer. Both speakers were overwhelmed with the warmth and hospitality they received and enthusiastically signed their books. Since 1986, the major goal of theWomen’s Council has been the development and maintenance of "A Woman's Garden," the only public garden in the nation conceived by women, funded by the efforts of women and dedicated to the spirit of women.  dallasarboretum.org Photo Credit: Dana Driensky Good Times for a Good Cause goodTIMES 17TH ANNUAL VIRGINIA CHANDLER DYKES LEADERSHIP AWARD DalePetroskey,presidentandCEO,DallasRegionalChamber,has been named the recipient of the 17th Annual Virginia Chandler Dykes Leadership Award, presented by Bank of Texas and Texas Woman’s University. TWU Chancellor and President Dr. Carine M. Feyten will present the award at a luncheon, Feb. 27, 2019. “We are honored to present Dale Petroskey with this award,”said Feyten. “Throughout his career, Dale has served as an advocate for economic development through pro-growth public policy. He supports educational initiatives and improvements throughout the community.” Five outstanding graduate students were also presented with scholarship awards. twu.edu Photo Credit: Lisa Stewart Event Chair Michelle Mew, Linda Spina, Honorary Chair Barbara Hunt Crow, Colta Ives, Carolyn Roehm Kathy Cothrum, Sharon Ballew, Nancy Connor, Sandy Secor ST. JUDE EVENING UNDER THE STARS PARTY Over 1,200 guests raised over $2 million benefitting St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital at the Evening Under the Stars Party. St. Jude freely shares its ground- breaking discoveries, and now is sharing even more information about childhood cancer with the launch of St. Jude Cloud, an online data-sharing and collaboration platform that provides researchers access to the world's largest public repository of pediatric cancer genomics data. stjude.org Photo Credit: ALSAC/St. Jude Pennie Marshall, Alan Marshall, Jennifer Paradise, Mitch Paradise   Marian Bryan, George Bryan All Scholarship Recipients withVirginia Chandler Dykes: Janice Kishi Chow, Patricia Flint, Amie Bedgood, Virginia Chandler Dykes, Paramita Basu, Meghan Labiak