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October, 8, 2026: LEAP Global Missions 35th Anniversary Gala: A Legacy of Healing. Chaired by Mimi and Dr. Grant Gilliland , the evening begins with a reception featuring cocktails and hors d’oeuvres followed by a three-course seated dinner, presentation, auction, raffle, and sharing news of past and ongoing missions and updates on future plans.
November 10, 2026: A Writer’s Garden celebrating its 20 th anniversary and benefiting the Women’s Council of the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden and the development and maintenance of A Woman’s Garden, the centerpiece garden of the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden. Two of the speakers are the team of Edmund Hollander and Melissa Reavis , partners of Hollander Design, Landscape Architects, New York, NY and Chicago, IL. Also speaking will be Ngoc Minh Ngo , New York, NY. Ngoc Minh Ngo is an author, photographer, and speaker widely regarded as one of the world’s most poetic landscape and botanical photographers. Chaired by Dorothea Meltzer . Rose Gault is president of the Women’s Council. Sponsorship opportunities.
November 19, 2026: 45th Annual Dallas History Makers Awards for Excellence Luncheon benefiting the Dallas Historical Society at the Fairmont Hotel. Guests mix and mingle prior to a three-course luncheon, inspiring videos honoring the award recipients sharing their often untold stories and highlighting their contributions to Dallas, and awards presentations. The event is topped off with the traditional A.C. Greene Champagne Toast. Karl Chiao, Executive Director, Dallas Historical Society.
November 19, 2026: Savor the Symphony An Evening at The Mansion benefiting the Dallas Symphony Orchestra League. Venise and Larry Stuart , Honorary Chairs. Dianne LaRoe, Beth Thoele, Sandy Ammons , Chairs. Patti Flowers is President, DSOL.
Guests will be treated to a cocktail reception, raffle and a gourmet three-course-seated dinner. Savor the Symphony is a premier annual event supporting the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s education and outreach programs. The 26th annual gala promises to be a feast for the senses with delicious fare, beautiful music and the opportunity to support the DSO in an intimate setting. Since the founding of Savor the Symphony in the fall of 2000, the event has raised more than a million dollars benefiting the DSO Education and Outreach programs.
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