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Hometown Glory

The giving city: Houston charities ranked second in the nation by watchdog

By Desiree Alvarez

06.18.13 | 11:39 am

For the third consecutive year, Charity Navigator ranks Houston non-profits among the very top in the nation as far as accountability, transparency and financial strength. While earning f ...


Moving On Up

New Eastside building gives a Houston nonprofit new life: First-class digs for first-class help

By Whitney Radley

06.10.13 | 3:39 pm

Dress for Success Houston has been bolstering the careers of low-income women with clothing and confidence since first opening in 1998 — but only recently has the organization been able to fu ...


Light in a box

Like heaven: James Turrell's wonderous lights leave museum bigwigs marveling in mystique and awe

By Shelby Hodge

06.07.13 | 6:05 pm

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston has opened numerous magnificent exhibitions with preview dinners for patrons and sponsors, but few have immersed the invitation-only guests in such a sea of wonderm ...


Shelby's Social Diary

A 100th birthday party with special meaning: 700 people and a symphony turn out

By Shelby Hodge

06.06.13 | 8:32 am

Rice University, Hermann Park, the Houston Symphony -- centennial celebrations are abounding in 2013 and 2014 and the most recent fete in honor of a 100th birthday was that for Jewish Family S ...


$2.7 million in scholarships

Not your ordinary graduation: Rich Kinder's surprise speech ushers in first Cristo Rey grads

By Shelby Hodge

06.04.13 | 4:41 pm

Four years after the launch of Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory School, 60 students and two adults proudly received degrees from the institution that educates economically-disadvantaged young ...


Shelby's Social Diary

100 guests equals $100,000: Extravagant steak and cigar dinner really adds up for a good cause

By Shelby Hodge

06.04.13 | 12:16 pm

In the able hands of PR/marketing exec Kim Padgett and United Airlines managing director/managing counsel Jessica Rossman, the eighth annual Fleming's dinner benefiting the Holly Rose Ribbon Fo ...


Project Runway

Houston's Little Black Dress Designer competition expands to Dallas with impressive results

By Rachael Abrams

06.02.13 | 1:12 pm

DALLAS — It may have started with Coco Chanel, but it was Audrey Hepburn and her chic Givenchy sheath in Breakfast at Tiffany’s that solidified the little black dress’s fate as a ...


From Dallas With Love

Massive $50 million donation from oil heiress is a game changer for a Houston hospital

By Jonathan Rienstra

05.27.13 | 12:46 pm

Dallas philanthropist Lyda Hill has pledged $50 million to the Moon Shots Program at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, the largest donation in the program’s hist ...


Shelby's Social Diary

Children's Memorial Hermann draws a swell crowd to River Oaks mansion

By Shelby Hodge

05.26.13 | 1:00 pm

Little more than a week after chairing the Memorial Hermann Foundation gala and pledging $1 million for research, Alice and Keith Mosing opened their expansive River Oaks home to Children's Mem ...


Shelby's Social Diary

Houston's most powerful room: Heavy hitters pack a ballroom to show H.E.A.R.T.

By Shelby Hodge

05.24.13 | 5:22 am

The sixth annual "Have a H.E.A.R.T." benefit luncheon could have been a political conclave, so rich was the turnout of elected officials and community leaders that packed the ballroo ...


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