Reasons to Smile: Trash trucks and Cafe Momentum gets a national feature
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MOMENTUM LIVE
Café Momentum is going virtual this year as part of its 5th annual signature North Texas Giving Day event, Momentum Live. In partnership with Allstate Insurance, the event is the Dallas nonprofit’s version of a telethon that includes celebrity guests, chefs and musical entertainment, including the Café Momentum interns who will be sharing their talents. […]
Cafe Momentum in downtown Dallas reopens with new way to get biscuits
The cool downtown Dallas restaurant Café Momentum is reopening, with a little something extra on the side: a new line of its top products — including a mix to make its signature biscuits at home. The restaurant, which is nationally recognized for its program to help at-risk youths, will reopen its dining room on Thursday, September 24. […]
5 Restaurants Serving Great Food For Good Causes
If you’re going out to eat, it’s a good idea to find a restaurant dedicated to helping a great cause. From pay-what-you-can cafes to those providing job training, there are many places to dine that give back to local communities. In no particular order, here are several delicious restaurants that also embrace philanthropy. First up, […]
BIPOC Awareness Month 2020
July is Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, also known as BIPOC (Blacks, Indigenous People, and People of Color) Mental Health Month. This is a month dedicated to promoting better mental health treatment for minority members and removing the stigma surrounding mental health care that keeps many individuals from asking for help. Please […]
Dallas restaurants can’t stop won’t stop giving during the worst times
By Teresa Gubbins | Mar 27, 2020, 1:17 pm The coronavirus epidemic has brought out the best in some Dallas people — some Dallas restaurant people — with so many charitable acts that another list needs to be made. This roundup includes meals for kids, meals for the homeless, and meals for the unemployed. And all of […]
The at-risk teens at Dallas’ Cafe Momentum show the way forward amid the coronavirus — let’s help them
By Sharon Grigsby 10:36 AM on Mar 23, 2020 Like all of you, I’m struggling to navigate the blind corner after blind corner that the coronavirus is throwing down as it cuts through our lives. Each time panic starts to creep in, what most steadies me is contemplating who I want to be in the midst […]
Los Angeles Rams continue to inspire at Camarillo youth facility, now with a foodie twist
A relationship between a pro football team and a youth correctional institution outside Camarillo has, for the past year and a half, bloomed in unexpected ways. The Los Angeles Rams first visited the Ventura Youth Correctional Facility in May 2018, when a high-profile “Cleats for Character” session brought current and former players from the NFL team to the campus for […]
CowBuzz: A Closer Look At ‘My Cause, My Cleats’
For three years, the NFL’s My Cause, My Cleats campaign has given players the opportunity to shine light on charitable causes each player is passionate about. The #MyCauseMyCleats campaign lets the players collaborate with shoe designers to fashion a pair of priceless cleats that you might have seen during Week 14’s game against the Chicago Bears. The […]
A first for industry of second chances: Corrections Department teams up
Irina Erickson looked at home serving up mulligatawny at the final lunch at HospitalityMaine’s annual summit at Sugarloaf in early November. Dressed in a black tunic, she chatted and served up cups of soup with the comfort of a food service industry veteran. But she and four other servers at the Nov. 5 lunch were […]
