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Teen Challenge
Sis Blanchard
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
Let me tell you a story about Carole.  She was a cute, outgoing, perky little girl who thought everyone was happy, for she found life to be satisfying and fun.  Then at age 10 her parents got a divorce, and all hell broke loose in her perfect world.  Life at home became strained and uncomfortable, and as she was shoved from one parent to the other she began to feel unloved.  She also carried enormous guilt because she believed all the confusion was her fault.
Spirit of the Cinque Terre
Kate Little
Monday, October 31st, 2011
Early in the morning of Tuesday, the 25th of October, it started to rain. After a very hot, dry summer, the earth was unprepared for the amount of rain that was to fall for the next few hours. By early afternoon, water was streaming down the roads of the villages and by early evening, most of these villages had been devastated.

The buildings, many from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, held up to the water. The floods though, which reached over 6 feet, ravished the insides of the ground floors: the businesses, the churches, the storerooms and cantinas all completely ruined.

Girls on the Big Screen
Paula Nourse
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
Girls Incorporated of Metropolitan Dallas will hold its second lecture in the 2011-2012 series on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. in partnership with The Dallas Institute for Humanities and Culture.

This lecture is part of the series, "What is a Girl?".  Dr. Scott Churchill will explore the many roles of girls in film, offering images that both delight and disturb with various aspects of the girl-from innocence to experience, from victim to victor.

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Women That Soar
Monday, October 24th, 2011
Meet the fabulous Joanne Herring: Houston socialite, philanthropist, and Charlie Wilson's one time fiancee. Though she denies being the dirty-mouthed, hard-drinking woman portrayed by Julia Roberts in the movie, Charlie WIlson's War, she will admit wearing slinky dresses to meet powerful men. Come hear her story Thursday October 27th at the historic Aldredge House in Dallas.

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What is a Girl?
Paula Nourse
Friday, September 2nd, 2011
For more than 40 years, Girls Incorporated of Metropolitan Dallas has been a champion for girls. It served 805 girls last year and is well on its way to a goal of 1,020 girls this year.  It inspires six to 18-year-old members to be strong, smart, and bold. The vision for these girls is that they acquire the skills and education required to thrive and become fulfilled and successful women.
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The Tornadoes of 2011
Charity Brooke Dixon
Friday, June 17th, 2011
There are no words to express the punch to the gut received when surveying pure chaos and deadly wreckage.
Family First
Tamara Mattison
Judy Dedmon Coyle
Monday, April 25th, 2011
Calm, easygoing, and matter of fact, Cindy Lowman accepts what life sends with a sense of humor and deep faith. We spent four days with her and her family and we can attest that living in the mountains of Honduras, three and a half hours from what to most of us would qualify as civilization, she needs both humor and faith.
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Helping the Homeless
Tamara Mattison
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
Winning tickets to see Lily Tomlin on May 10th is a great incentive to donate to Vogel Alcove, the featured charity for our April 27th event with Comerica.
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Beating the Odds
Monday, April 4th, 2011
Overcoming adversity is tough for adults and seemingly impossible for kids who have no support or connections. The Children's Defense Fund's (CDF) Beat the Odds program, created in 1990, has the backs of those kids. The program identifies young people who've faced difficult situations, found a way to excel academically, and give back to their communities.
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Annie Leibovitz: Women
Thursday, March 10th, 2011
If you are in Dallas and haven't yet seen the exhibit Annie Leibovitz: Women at The Women's Museum: An Institute for the Future, you still have until April 10, 2011.
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Greater Works
Charity Brooke Dixon
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

There is for each person a moment of realization when the world becomes smaller, our neighbor apparent and Greater Works possible...

My heart filled with a desire to save humanity before I could reach the cereal on the top shelf of our pantry.

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Chicago Examiner Interviews our own Good News Girl, Karen Cortell Reisman -- Part II
Marlene Jones
Thursday, November 4th, 2010
Karen Cortell Reisman is an author, motivational speaker, and cousin to Albert Einstein. She is a communications expert and executive public speaking coach who has coached thousands of people. In her one-woman show, Letters from Albert Einstein, she brings wisdom and insight from personal letters from her cousin, Albert Einstein, to audiences around the country. This is Part Two of my interview with Karen. Be sure to read Part One to hear the story behind personal letters from her cousin, Albert Einstein.
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Julie Hersh to Speak at CONTACT
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
Our friend, Julie Hersh, is giving a breakfast talk Friday, September 10 at 8 am at the Ritz-Carlton, 2121 McKinney Ave in Dallas. She will describe her experience with depression and attempted suicide.
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The Oberammergau Passion Play
Tamara Mattison
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
Many theatres, movie studios and communities have told us their version of the "Passion Play," the trial, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ under the Christian tradition.
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Prom Queen
Tamara Mattison
Judy Dedmon Coyle
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
Kim Peters is a giver. It's evident in how she speaks, what she does, and how she's lived her life. Best known for giving free party and prom dresses to girls who wouldn't have them otherwise, she really has her sights set higher. She wants to give those girls ideas. She wants them to know that college is an option even if no one else in the family has attended.
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Women: from Footnotes to Headlines
Tamara Mattison
Judy Dedmon Coyle
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
When we were kids, finding women in the history books was a tough job. Not many were there to find. Now we've had a string of female Secretaries of State, women astronauts, and two women on the ballot for Vice President of a major political party. Women are finding their way into the history books, and tracking the progress is the National Women's History Project (www.nwhp.org).
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All Together Now
Judy Dedmon Coyle
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Sometimes one phone call can change your life. Robin Sachs never anticipated the impact of the call from an art director she'd worked with before. He told her he was developing an ad campaign and he wanted her to take photos of Jewish Family Service (JFS), a nonprofit in Dallas.
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Video: Ladies of the Aspen Thrift Store
Tamara Mattison
Judy Dedmon Coyle
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

In 1949 a group of women in Aspen Colorado set a goal to establish a break room for the nurses at the hospital. The thrift shop they created never closed, and continues to fund charities throughout the Aspen Valley.

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Wall of Hope
Judy Dedmon Coyle
Thursday, October 15th, 2009

I was with Vanda Scott when the suicide alert came up on BigWhiteWall.com. She kept an eye on the events as they unfolded, and was both concerned and confident.  "All the people in my life go the extra mile," she told me. I believe her. She has lived her life in that "extra mile" zone.

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Finding the Courage to Give
Judy Dedmon Coyle
Tamara Mattison
Thursday, September 24th, 2009

"It's not about me. It's about the people in my book. They're the ones with the inspiring stories," Jackie Waldman told us when we met. And we agree with her--partly.

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