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Rainbow Days, Inc. does so many wonderful events and provides children living in high-risk situations with the skills and support they need to overcome adversity and stay drug free. Backpacks in time for school by the hundreds, counseling for the children and their families, Kids University in the summer and so much more.
| Pot of Gold Luncheon presented by AT&T |
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| Jim Jamison, AT&T, sponsor; Cathey Brown, Executive Director and Founder, Rainbow Days, Inc.; WFAA News Anchor, Gloria Campos, Honorary Chair |
Jimmy Epperson, Luncheon Co-Chair; Angela Ross, VP, External Affairs, AT&T, sponsor; Matt Ray, Luncheon Co-Chair |
Sponsor Party and Luncheon press release and Party Pics here ... |
Their largest fundraiser each spring is the Pot of Gold Luncheon. A special thank you to Jimmy Epperson, Luncheon Co-Chair and his family for hosting the Pot of Gold sponsor party. If you are looking for a non profit that can really touch lives every day, look no further! Link to their website and get to know this fabulous organization.
| Rainbow Days, Inc. Promise Awards |
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| Sarah McKellar; James McKellar, Thompson & Knight Foundation, recipient of the Promise Award for Foundation; Mary Jo McKellar. |
Carolyn Hess, recipient of the Promise Award for Board Member; Jim McKinney |
2010 Pot of Gold luncheon presented by AT&T
benefiting Rainbow Days, Inc.
WFAA News Anchor, Gloria Campos, Honorary Chair
Jimmy Epperson and Matt Ray, Co-chairs
DALLAS, TX – The 13th Annual Pot of Gold Luncheon presented by AT & T, raised nearly $140, 000 in support of the programs and services of Rainbow Days.
Serving in double capacity as Mistress of Ceremonies and Honorary Chair, WFAA News Anchor Gloria Campos stated, “I have the great privilege of meeting people every day who are using their unique talents and skills to make a positive difference in their communities. Rainbow Days is a great example of this.
Each year, Rainbow Days gives children hope for a promising future by partnering with 81 different schools, homeless shelters and recreation centers in the Dallas community to serve over 12,000 children who are “at risk” for making bad choices, including over 1,000 homeless children. Since 1982, Rainbow Days has served over 107,000 children in the Dallas area by providing them with the skills they need to make healthy choices, overcome adversity and stay drug-free. I want to take this opportunity to thank you all for making a commitment to our children and to this city.”
Co-chairs Jimmy Epperson and Matt Ray agreed: “We are privileged to co-chair this exciting annual event. Funds raised from the Pot of Gold Luncheon have benefited thousands of homeless and at-risk children and families right here in our community. None of this would be possible without the generous support of our donors. We’d especially like to thank AT&T’s presenting sponsorship for the fourth year in a row. Their continued support has meant the world to Rainbow Days and the families we serve.”
One of the speakers was James Duke, a senior at Lake Highlands High School, who was recently featured on the cover of the ADVOCATE magazine’s April 2010 issue. He spoke about his life, from being homeless and on a path of destruction to today, playing football at LHHS and having been offered a scholarship at two universities. He has chosen a full scholarship to Harding University in Arkansas. After James spoke to the audience, he received a standing ovation that lasted more than just a few minutes. People were in tears and cheering. It was a very moving moment for everyone.
From the article: “On Wednesdays, while living in the shelter and later in transitional apartments funded by [Family] Gateway, the 12-year-old [James] participated in Rainbow Days programs for at-risk children.[ He said,] ‘We did arts and crafts – I made stuff for my mom – and we got to play basketball. I think that’s where my sports career sort of took off.’ ”
His compelling story is in the attached .pdf of the article and links here: http://www.socialwhirl.com/Photos/RainbowDaysPOG10/RainbowDaysAdvocateArticle.pdf
and here: http://lakehighlands.advocatemag.com/2010/04/the-measure-of-success/
Rainbow Days wishes to express gratitude to this year’s major sponsors ($2,500 and up): Presenting: AT&T; Diamond: Nancy Ann and Ray L. Hunt; Platinum: Citi and Harper House; Gold: Marianne & Roger Staubach/Jones Lang LaSalle; Silver: Bank of Texas, Betty Ford Five Star Kids, FULBRIGHT & Jaworski L.L.P., Fred & Tammy Halfpap, Carolyn Hess & Jim McKinney, Jones Day, and The Advanced Group of Companies.
Rainbow Days is a local nonprofit organization whose mission is to inspire children to live a life filled with hope and promise. Funds from this annual luncheon go directly to support programs, services and operations for Dallas-area children who are living in homeless shelters or who have been identified through the school systems as living in high-risk situations.
For more information on Rainbow Days and the 2011 luncheon, please contact Shawn Wills, Director of Development, Rainbow Days, Inc., 8150 N. Central Expressway, Suite 1600 Dallas, TX 75206, 214.217-3833 (phone) / 214.887.0729 (fax), shawnw@rdikids.org or visit the website at www.rdikids.org
History: Rainbow Days, Inc. (RDI) was founded in 1982 by Chief Executive Officer, Cathey Brown, to address the unmet emotional, social and behavioral health needs of children living in high-risk situations. High-risk situations include: living in extreme poverty or being homeless, experiencing family violence, having a substance-abusing parent, having a parent involved with the criminal justice system, and/or awaiting placement for or in foster care. As a teacher and counselor, Cathey recognized that children in these situations were the least likely to possess the basic life-skills essential for success in school and life, and the least likely to have access to the support of positive adult role models. In response, she developed a model of educational support groups called “Curriculum-Based Support Groups” (CBSG®)and founded Rainbow Days to provide an organizational structure for developing, evaluating, and disseminating new programs based on the model.
Now, after 28 years of service, RDI has expanded services to include an array of prevention programs and has served more than 100,000 children in the Dallas community. In addition, through our Training Services Division, we have the opportunity to reach thousands more children across Texas and the nation by training other teachers, counselors and other helping professionals to use our programs with the kids they serve. To date, Rainbow Days has trained over 28,000 adults in how to implement one of RDI’s support groups or other accredited prevention
Rainbow Days is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors and as a 501 c (3) receives funding from a variety of federal and state grants, United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, foundations, corporations, and individual donors.
Honorary Chair: Gloria Campos is co-anchor of News 8 at 6 and News 8 at 10, and is the producer of "Wednesday's Child" on WFAA-TV/Channel 8 in Dallas, Texas. Gloria also currently co-anchors the 5p news. Campos joined WFAA-TV as a general assignments reporter in 1984. Campos' extensive community involvement includes: the Dallas Summit, the (DFW) Network of Hispanic Communicators, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and an honorary lifetime member of the Texas PTA.
Gloria earned a Bachelor or Arts in Journalism from Southwest Texas State University, now known as Texas State University San Marcos. She was awarded Texas State University School of Journalism and Mass Communication Alumnus of the Year, 2004 and currently serves on the Advisory Board of the College of Fine Arts and Communication. Gloria and husband, Lance, have been married for more than 20 years and have twin sons, Greg and Tony, born in 1993. When not at the station or volunteering in the community, Gloria enjoys reading, gardening, movies, collecting and spending time with her family outdoors, especially camping. Gloria’s interests include education, women and family issues.
Information:
Rainbow Days, Inc.
8150 N. Central Expressway, Suite 1600 Dallas, TX 75206
214.217-3831 (F) 214.887.0729
Email: taim@rdikids.org
Website: www.rdikids.org
