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MEETINGS
Party at the Coors plant. See announcement above.
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Shining the Spotlight on Local Nonprofits
The world of nonprofit organizations — raising funds, boosting awareness, recruiting volunteers — will unfold at the December meeting as seven service organizations make short
presentations.
Representatives from Relay For Life of Fort Worth, Samaritan House, The Ladder
Alliance, MHMR Visions, YWCA, the American Red Cross Chisholm Trail Chapter and
Mapping Your Future and will explain how PRSA members, individually and as a
group, can help these organizations reach their goals. One representative will
be seated at each table.
Time & date: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 8
Place: Joe T. Garcia’s Mexican Restaurant, 2201 N. Commerce St.
Cost: $25 members, $30 nonmembers, students $20, walk-ups add $5
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Party at the Coors plant. See announcement above.
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STRAIGHT STUFF
Jennifer Carr and Helen Blackburn will present “Festive Holiday Sounds” at the TCU Guild holiday luncheon Thursday, Dec. 16, at the Woman’s Club of Fort Worth, 1316 Pennsylvania Ave. Cost is $20. Guild nonmembers are
welcome. RSVP by Dec. 10 to Lois Powers, 817-249-7409 or tcuguild@gmail.com. The Guild funds eight scholarships in the TCU Colleges of Fine Arts and
Communication. ...
Hispanic Communicators DFW will hold a membership meeting at 7 p.m. Dec. 1 at
Manny’s Uptown, 3521 Oak Grove Ave. in Dallas. More from Gary Piña at garyp329@gmail.com. ...
New York Times best-selling author Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez will appear from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 3 at Barnes & Noble, 1612 S. University Drive in Fort Worth. One of Time magazine’s 25 most influential Hispanics in America, she will discuss and sign her new
book, “The Three Kings: A Christmas Dating Story.” ...
Bring a challenge to discuss and a tip to share about writing or publishing to
the Writers’ Guild of Texas’ Mix & Mingle Forum at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 20, at the Richardson Public Library, 900
Civic Center Drive. There will be refreshments! fun! door prizes! each with its
own exclamation point. Writers’ events calendar: Feb. 26, DFW Writers’ Conference, agents and acquisition editors, keynote Sandra Brown, American Airlines Training and Conference Center in Fort Worth; May 5-7, Oklahoma Writers’ Federation, Inc. Conference “Write Now,” multiple speakers, programs, editor/agent appointments, book room, contests
(cash prizes), keynote Steve Berry, Embassy Suites Hotel, Oklahoma City. More at writersguildoftexas.org/joomla/. Send events calendar items to Carol Woods at carol.woods@verizon.net. ...
Deadline is Jan. 10 to apply for a Phillip D. Reed Memorial Award for
Outstanding Writing on the Southern Environment, sponsored by the Southern
Environmental Law Center. The award seeks to enhance public awareness of the
value and vulnerability of the region’s natural heritage by recognizing writers who effectively tell stories about the
South’s environment. The award has two categories: book and journalism, the latter for
newspaper and magazine writing and for online writing published by a recognized
institution such as a newspaper, university or nonprofit organization. Prizes
of $1,000 are awarded in each category. Submissions must have been published in
2010. More at
southernenvironment.org.
IABC local update: Each December the IABC Dallas board invites to the luncheon a group of guests
from local nonprofit agencies. This year, in lieu of a speaker, the guests will
come with a communications challenge or project to discuss at each table. The
Season of Giving luncheon will be Dec. 14 at Maggiano’s Little Italy in Plano.
