AWARE Affair Boots, Buckles & Brain Health

AWARE Affair Boots, Buckles and Brain Health presented by Trailblazer Presenting Sponsor Anne Davidson, is set for Friday, April 4, 2025 at Gilley's Dallas.

Chaired by David McDavid Jr. with Bo and Jeff Parker as honorary chairs, the event will be another fun evening of boot-scootin', live and silent auctions, with supporters coming together for a night fighting Alzheimer's and supporting care partners. 

Guests will enjoy a delicious, seated buffet dinner, dancing to The Breckenridge Band, lots of fun brain health activities, and a meaningful evening with friends and family while raising money for AWARE.

Venise Stuart will receive the Founder's Spirit Award. 

Karisti Julia will receive the Amy Osler Spirit of Education Leadership Award.

AWARE Dallas 2024-2025 Grant Recipients

Baylor Scott & White Dallas Foundation

Bishop Arts Theater Center

Center for BrainHealth

Dallas Symphony Association

For Love and Art

Jewish Family Service of Greater Dallas

Juliette Fowler Communities

NorthPark Presbyterian Church

Plano Symphony Orchestra

The Senior Source

Stomping Ground Comedy Center

Texas Winds Musical Outreach

The University of Texas at Dallas (Lab of Dr. Chandramallika Basak)

The University of Texas Dallas (Lab of Dr. Kristen Kennedy)

Wilshire Baptist Church

Myrna D. Schlegel AWARE Scholarship Fund

https://www.awaredallas.org/aware-affair/

Volunteer Opportunity: Rosh Hashanah Package Delivery

Yaffa Podbilewicz-Schuller, Ph.D., JFS Clinical Psychologist for Holocaust Survivors, delivering a Passover package.

Jewish Family Service of Greater Dallas is getting ready for this year’s Rosh Hashanah package delivery to wish recipients a sweet new year! On Sunday, August 29, volunteers will distribute 600 packages with apples, honey, challah, and Kedem grape juice to community members. These items all represent the sweetness we experience in life and the sweetness we want for the year to come for those who receive these packages. Visit the JFS Volunteer Hub to sign up for this volunteer opportunity: Rosh Hashanah Package Delivery (volunteerhub.com)

Jewish Family Service of Greater Dallas - Free Career and Financial Webinars

 

Jewish Family Service of Greater Dallas offers assessment, counseling, job search training assistance, Microsoft Office training courses, and selective placement services to help the unemployed, underemployed and persons with special needs (physical and emotionally disabled, single heads of households, New Americans, and the elderly).

Rotating webinars, presented by their expert Career and Financial Coaches, will be conducted twice a month. Learn essential resume tips, the secrets behind your credit score, how to use LinkedIn to your advantage, and more!

Topics vary daily, so be sure to tune in Monday, Tuesday, AND Wednesday. 

Register for one, two, or all three seminars below:

Career & Financial Services - Jewish Family Service of Greater Dallas (jfsdallas.org)

Jewish Family Service of Greater Dallas -- Job Search Support Network

 

Jewish Family Service of Greater Dallas hosts a FREE Job Search Support Network every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month from 1:00-2:00 PM.

Upcoming Events:

Thursday, March 25, 2021

Allison Harding, Senior Director of Career and Financial Services at JFS

Allison will share:

• 6 key things hiring managers want to know
• Skills hiring managers look for, including personality traits and qualities
• How hiring managers "read" you to learn if you are the team player they want
• Crucial tips on how to make your best impression

Click here to register for this Zoom session.

Registration is also live for upcoming April courses -- 

Beginner Excel, Advanced Excel, Beginner Word.

View the full calendar here.