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Illustration: CureQuest
‘Ride for Life’: CureQuest Teams With Ridesharing Services to Offer Non-Emergency Trips
by Nicholas Sakelaris | Sep 5, 2017
The Irving-based nonprofit is leveraging technology through a partnership with Uber and Lyft to provide non-emergency medical rides to those in need.
by Heather Noel |
Aug 30, 2017
Their work is for a national nonprofit organization called Canine Companions for Independence, which provides service dogs free of charge to those in need.
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 29, 2017
The program will enable teens in the organization to find quick, safe, skills-based ways to earn extra money with “gigs” inside club locations in Plano.
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 22, 2017
It’s the largest giving day in the nation, and has generated $156 million for North Texas in the past eight one-day events.
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![The S.T.A.R.S. campus consists of six areas, each focusing on different daily life skills. [Photo: Chase Mardis]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Goodwill_.Apartment-FitnessMusic-ArtDrama-no-crop-9349-940x436.jpg)
The S.T.A.R.S. campus consists of six areas, each focusing on different daily life skills. [Photo: Chase Mardis]
Fort Worth Goodwill Offers Life Skills Training for People With Disabilities
by Mallory Houser | Aug 2, 2017
The Goodwill S.T.A.R.S. program is the first of its kind in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and third in the nation.
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by Heather Noel |
Jul 17, 2017
The official two-year pilot of the West Dallas Middle-Skills Pathways Initiative, backed partially by a $375,000 service agreement from the city of Dallas, will begin Wednesday with 14 participants.
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by Mallory Houser |
Jul 14, 2017
Candice Salyers is one of 250 recipients of AAUW fellowships and grants worldwide for the 2017-2018 academic year.
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![Steve Smith [Photo: Chase Mardis]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Steve-Smith-Portrait-Crop-8019-360x203.jpg)
by Mallory Houser |
Jun 30, 2017
Since 2012, F.A.R.M. has assisted more than 250 veterans and raised around $400,000 to help veterans return to civilian life. Recently, it moved to 200 acres in Seogoville, which co-founder Steve Smith said has been challenging, but offers future potential.
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Jakayla Dixon, a student in the Academy of Business Management & Entrepreneurship housed at Eaton High School, discusses her Feel the Color company at an interview. [Image via Northwest ISD]
Eaton HS Student Startups Win National Awards
by Heather Noel | Jun 27, 2017
Jakayla Dixon's Feel the Color produces clothing tags that can aid people with visual impairments in picking out clothes. CHAAO, another student-run company crafts jewelry from recycled materials.
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by Nicholas Sakelaris |
Jun 22, 2017
Which Wich CEO Jeff Sinelli, saw the VBikes appear in downtown Dallas recently and cooked up a plan to put them to work for good.
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by Dave Montgomery |
Jun 19, 2017
Known as ELEVATE, the leadership academy, which began Monday, is being organized by RISE Clothing entrepreneurs Terrence and Tim Maiden, who plan to share some of the hard-won lessons they learned in building a successful apparel business.
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by Chloe Bennett |
Jun 13, 2017
What began as a school project of delivering Christmas cards and food to a transitional housing center grew into a weekly poetry workshop and a lasting bond between Wesley Prep fourth-graders and women of Austin Street Center.
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Good Returns Network President Kyle Lukianuk (front: second from right) spent time with other change makers recently as part of University of Pennsylvania’s Global Social Impact House in Nicaragua. [Photo: Courtesy of Eva Cruz Photography]
Is Dallas Ready to Become
a Leader in Social Innovation?
by Kyle Lukianuk | May 31, 2017
Dallas Innovates Voices columnist Kyle Lukianuk believes Dallas can be known as a city influencing the global good.
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by Heather Noel |
May 17, 2017
Soulgood owner Cynthia Nevels plans to feed at least 800 homeless kids this year through the company’s new “Gifts to Tyler” initiative.
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by Heather Noel |
Apr 21, 2017
Clips from the documentary still in production will be screened Sunday as part of the inaugural EARTHxFilm festival.
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by Heather Noel |
Apr 12, 2017
The new initiatives are aimed to broaden the types of arts organizations funded through The Arts Community Alliance.
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