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What an amazing effort!! We are delighted to announce that the Gay and Lesbian Fund for Dallas raised $146,200 in gifts and pledges toward the campaign to build the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts. The Gay and Lesbian Fund for Dallas will be permanently recognized in Sammons Park in appreciation for this remarkable gift to the campaign. Through this gift, we highlight the contributions of gays and lesbians in our city and stand firm in our pledge to support civic life and the well-being of all who share our public spaces. |
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Noche de Gala Raises $75,000
November 2000, the Gay and Lesbian Fund for Dallas establishes itself with its first fund-raising event, Noche de Gala, benefiting the city of Dallas' new Latino Cultural Center. The fundraiser, held at the Margaret and Trammell Crow Collection of Asian Art, raises $75,000. The proceeds from the event are pledged as a Grant to the Sculpture Garden in the Latino Cultural Center and earn the Fund’s first permanent public naming rights for the Gay and Lesbian Fund for Dallas. Construction of the Latino Cultural Center is schedule for completion in late spring of 2003. |
Where the Wild Thing Are
June 2004, the Gay and Lesbian Fund for Dallas hosts its third major event, Where the Wild Things Are, a Benefit for Kids, at the Dallas World Aquarium. Where the Wild Things Are raises $55,000 for each of the two beneficiaries of the event: Dallas CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) and the Dallas Children's Theater. In exchange for the gifts, both beneficiaries will provide permanent naming recognition for the Gay and Lesbian Fund in locations to be determined.
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Dogs in Drag
October 2003, the Gay and Lesbian Fund for Dallas organizes a Saturday afternoon fundraising event, Dogs in Drag II, to raise money to benefit the Katy Trail. The event is held at Bark Park Central in conjunction with the formal dedication of the sculpture that the Fund donated to the park with proceeds from the 2002 Dogs in Drag event. This second Halloween costume contest for pets raises a $15,000.00 gift for the Katy Trail, which earned the fund permanent recognition on a water fountain for people and animals located in the trails new David's Way Plaza.
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GLFD Raises $7,000 for Bark Park
October 2002, the Gay and Lesbian Fund for Dallas organizes a Saturday morning fund-raising event to benefit the City of Dallas' second dog park, Bark Park Central. The Halloween costume contest for pets, Dogs in Drag, raises $7,000 to benefit the new park. The Grant earns a prominent feature in the park permanently named for the Gay and Lesbian Fund for Dallas.
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