Tag Archives: Food Pantry

Uncertainty remains over future funding for ASOs

Clerical error rectified by Dallas County, but some agencies worry that more cuts are coming Steven Pace DAVID TAFFET  |  Staff Writer taffet@dallasvoice.com Although initial reports of cuts in federal funding for meals programs for people with HIV/AIDS turned out … Continue reading

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Local briefs • 08.05.11

Continuing education credit available through Hope Cottage Hope Cottage, Dallas’ oldest nonprofit, nonsectarian adoption agency, is now authorized to offer continuing education contact credits for social workers through its new Adoption 101 programming. Director of Programs Brooks Quinlan, LMSW-AP, explained: … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday, Donna Dumae!

Donna Dumae Over the years Don Jenkins, through his drag alter ego Donna Dumae, has helped raise thousands of dollars for charitable causes — most notably HIV/AIDS services — in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. This week, Don(na) turns 50 years … Continue reading

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Big D Bear Dance doles out $20K

I chatted up Mark Trimble earlier today, and he told me that Sunday night’s Big D Bear Dance at TMC: The Mining Company was quite the success. Trimble is one of the BDBD organizers. The night is not only an … Continue reading

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Making a better world, one step at a time

John Boeglin John Boeglin repays the help he gets as a client at AOC by also being a volunteer at the agency TAMMYE NASH  |  Senior Editor taffet@dallasvoice.com FORT WORTH — John Boeglin, first diagnosed with AIDS in 1989, has … Continue reading

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2011 Readers Voice Awards: Ultimate Diva!

<<<BACK TO CATEGORIES   MONEY CHANGES EVERYTHING Ultimate Diva! winner Stacy McKinney accepts the donation made to her favorite non-profit from Dallas Voice Promotions Manager Terry Thompson. You go, girl! In spectacular fashion, a straight woman surrounded by gay men … Continue reading

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Death: Stan Wisniewski

Stan Wisniewski, 51, of Dallas, died just prior to Thanksgiving 2010. A native of Pennsylvania and Ohio, he had lived in Dallas since 1985 and worked as a courier, clerked at Honda Mechanics and Sales, and warehoused at MJ Designs, … Continue reading

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CCGLA launches partnership with Health Services of North Texas, donates 160 pounds of food

CCGLA members Kathy Scalise, from left, Jeanne Rubin, Jane Schmidt and Morris Garcia volunteer at HSNT. By Jeanne S. Rubin PLANO — Each year at the Collin County Gay & Lesbian Alliance Annual Holiday Party, CCGLA members collect for various … Continue reading

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Leather Knights begin another year of fundraising with a New Year’s party, and you’re invited

Jason Kloss On Monday night, Leather Knights distributed checks from several events held during the year to AIDS Services of Dallas, Resource Center Dallas, Youth First Texas and AIDS Interfaith Network. Jason Kloss, president of Leather Knights, said he’s having … Continue reading

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Holiday giving down to HIV/AIDS food pantry, and $1 million from Wal-Mart probably wouldn’t hurt

Holiday donations have decreased this year to Resource Center Dallas’ HIV/AIDS food pantry, according to RCD spokesman Rafael McDonnell. McDonnell told us this morning that the food pantry’s annual holiday donation drive, which began at Thanksgiving, is critical to providing … Continue reading

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