Here's To You: Bruce Wittrig, Scott Walzel & Bing Wang

Members of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra perform for community groups all year long in DSO Cares. Violinist Bing Wang, bassoon player Scott Walzel & violinist Bruce Wittrig played Mozart & more at Wilshire Baptist Church for Friday Friends Respite Care.

Here's To You: Olivia Kubehl

Olivia is now 17 and decided she wanted to donate her costumes and asked her friends to do the same. In March 2024 she started Costumes for a Cause and also reached out to dance studios in Dallas, Richardson and Plano for more costumes. They are sizes 5 to 12 and Olivia donated them to the boys and girls club in Dallas at cedar springs.

Dallas church surprises federal workers with $2K checks

While the end might be in sight for federal workers who are furloughed, many are still struggling to pay their bills right now. That’s why a church in Dallas handed out $2,000 checks to federal workers in its congregation.

Here's To You: Meals with Meaning

Employees with hello fresh volunteered with food bank staff to get their food out. They packed 25-hundred hello fresh meal kits for families facing hunger. Since the Meals with Meaning program started 2 million of these meals have been distributed

Here's To You: Mindful Bites

In April 2024, Jiya and Jaanvi Goyal founded Mindful Bites. They believe young people can bring about change benefitting the community by advocating for healthy lifestyles.