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Preview Dwell with Dignity’s Home Decor Pop-Up—and Get Ready for Its First-Ever Social Impact Marketplace

by | Aug 17, 2022
From August 26 through September 24, you can upgrade your home's interior design at a discount while helping out a good cause. The annual Thrift Studio pop-up in the Dallas Design District is a key fundraiser for Dwell with Dignity—a nonprofit that changes lives by bringing good design to families who can afford it the least. Plus, this year's event features a first-ever Social Impact Marketplace.

A ticket to the First Look preview party on August 25 provides early access. For some immediate gratification, here's a look at vignettes created pro bono by nine leading Dallas designers, featuring donated high-end home decor items sold at significant discounts, with 100% of sales benefitting Dwell with Dignity’s mission.
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The Pitch: Cornbread Hustle Sweeps Five Categories, Including Social Innovator of the Year
by | Apr 23, 2021
At United Way of Metropolitan Dallas' fifth annual social innovation competition, local staffing agency for second chances Cornbread Hustle won $145,000 in funding. Also announced was United Way's plans to expand its social innovation work in North Texas with a new incubator program exclusively for women and entrepreneurs of color.
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The Pitch: Better Block Foundation Named Social Innovator of the Year, New $1M Competition Announced
by | Oct 29, 2020
In addition to the surprise reveal of a new $1 million prize, United Way of Metropolitan Dallas also announced the nine fellows picked for its 2021 accelerator and a social impact investment in on-demand nail service Cherry (created by the founders of rewardStyle and Bumble).
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