GoodLifeFamilyMag.com SEPTEMBER | OCTOBER 2017 81 EMMITT SMITH BACK TO SCHOOL SHOPPING FOR UNDERSERVED KIDS On August 7, Pat & Emmitt Smith Charities, in partnership with Dallas Independent School District and title sponsor JCPenney, provided 7,000 new school uniforms valued at $150,000 to students from seven high-need, DISD ele- mentary schools. The Ellis Davis Field House was converted into a“pop-up shop”to provide a true shopping experience for students. “This year’s back-to-school event is the largest ever.We want as many children as we can reach to start the school year off right—with a healthy smile, glasses if they need them, fresh clean uni- forms and a full belly of good and healthy food. Our sponsors and partners truly understand that to whom much is given, much is required; because of them we’re now in our fourth year of helping kids get off to a good start. And they continue to give because, like my wife Pat and myself, they believe in the power of a good education,”said Emmitt Smith.  PHOTO CREDIT:Axxess AWARE ANNOUNCES GRANT RECIPIENTS AWARE president Venise Stuart announced the 2017-2018 grant recipients at the AWARE Annual Meeting at the Royal Oaks Country Club. The recipients are: • Baylor Health Care System Foundation • Center for BrainHealth - Discovery Group • Dallas Museum of Art - Memory Moments • Jewish Family Service • Juliette Fowler Communities • NorthPark Presbyterian Church - Casa de Vida • Texas Winds Musical Outreach • Presbyterian Communities & Services Foundation - Broad Strokes • The Senior Source - Senior Companions • UT Southwestern Medical Center AWARE is dedicated to fighting Alzheimer’s disease, and its mis- sion is to provide funding and support to nonprofit organiza- tions that are working on the front lines to fight this disease in Dallas and the North Texas region. The grants are partially funded with proceeds from the annual fundraiser, AWARE Af- fair, Celebrate the Moments, happening on Friday, April 13, 2018. www.awaredallas.org PHOTO CREDIT:Chriswaits ZOO TO DO KICK-OFF PARTY Zoo To Do kicked off the  Animal Gather- ing with a private soirée at the Dallas Zoo’s new $14 million, 2.1-acre Simmons Hippo Out- post. The new hippo exhibit is the zoo’s first major exhibit since 2010 and was funded sole- ly through private donations. The impressive new space features an immersive African wa- terhole habitat, which includes an underwater viewing area of the zoo’s two newest hippo residents, Adhama (uh-DAHM-a) and Boipelo (BOY-pa-lo).    The Dallas Zoo is dedicated to conservation and saving wildlife and wild places. Named one of the nation’s Top 10 Zoos by USA Today, it is the largest zoological experience in Texas. DallasZoo.com  PHOTO CREDIT:CathyBurkey,DallasZoophotographer KateWoolstenhulme, with board members Stacey Angel and Carol Stabler Barbara Daseke, Don Daseke, ZooTo Do chairs JoanWalne, Zoo board chair; AlanWalne goodTIMES Penny Reid, AWARE Affair Celebrate the Moments co-chair;Venise Stuart, president, AWARE; Angela Fontana, AWARE Affair Celebrate the moments co-chair. Myrna D. Schlegel AWARE Scholar- ship Fund award recipients Nora Drutz-Rogney, Baylor University and Lindsey Ross,TCU Tom Leppert, KarenWaller, Kevin Hanrahan (Leppert is former Mayor of the City of Dallas and also a former ZooTo Do Chair.)