Amber Li, a student at the Hockaday School in Dallas, is the 2020 DART Student Art Contest best in show winner. Congratulations to all our contest winners and participants. Li’s work, based on the theme “PAINT THE TOWN _______. RIDE DART” was selected from 1,174 entries from students in kindergarten through…
The Texas Legends have joined with Kia to “Accelerate the Good” with a week-long food drive benefiting Frisco Family Services at the Comerica Center beginning next Monday, April 27th. Frisco Family Services experienced a 58% increase in applications for assistance in the month of March and provided more than 5,000…
By Erica Yaeger | Chief External Affairs Officer | North Texas Food Bank Things are evolving so quickly at the North Texas Food Bank (NTFB) as we have flipped our production model to serve the dramatic increase in needs in our community. The NTFB has been packing 60,000 emergency…
By Jaxie Pidgeon | Contributor DART remains committed to doing everything they can to keep their riders safe. The agency is in close contact with local, state and national health authorities, including the Texas Department of State Health Services and the CDC, and will continue to monitor the situation…
Utilizing drive-thru service and fewer than ten staff members/volunteers per distribution period, The Storehouse provides safe distribution of food to neighbors and continues delivery to offsite collaborations Known for its annual Thanksgiving Turkey Drive-Thru, The Storehouse of Collin County has revised its distribution of food to neighbors via pre-packaged food bags in…
By Tricia White | Good Life Family Editor Starpower and Ed Kellum & Son, two of North Texas’ foremost leaders in state-of-the-art audio-visual merchandise and top-brand appliances are going the extra mile to help families stay at home. “We take great pride in providing exceptional service to our clients, and…
By Britney Wynn | Contributor The Texas Legends have announced an adaptation to their monthly networking breakfast, a virtual Pursuing Excellence event, presented by SMU Cox School of Business. The first-of-its-kind event will spotlight special guest two-time SEC Coach of the Year, Houston Nutt. Nutt is currently a college football…
By Ron Jenkins | Contributor When we moved to Plano from Davenport, Iowa in 1983, one of the things I was looking forward to is the longer growing season for my vegetable garden obsession. Things were bigger in Texas. I knew my tomatoes were going to be the size of…
By Katy Cornwall | Contributor The story of an eight-year-old boy named Christopher is a perfect example of the transformation a child can experience through Rainbow Days and the support of caring mentors. This past year, Christopher, whose family lives in a local motel, began attending Rainbow Days’ weekly after-school…