Dallas Dads Group Teams up with Plum Organics for Giving Tuesday Giving Tuesday is a global day of outreach on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. The premise is to start the holiday season in a meaningful way by inspiring people to collaborate with non-profit organizations and give back in their local communities. For the second year in a row, Plum Organics partnered with Dallas Dads Group to target child hunger in North Texas. Plum Organics generously donated an entire pallet of baby food to Hope Supply Co. Members of Dallas Dads Group volunteered to sort and package the food so it could be … [Read more...]
Plum Organics and Dallas Dads Partner for #GivingTuesday
Dallas Dads Group members are needed Nov. 21 to help sort food donated by Plum Organics®, the nation's leading organic baby food brand, that will help feed local families in need this holiday season. The effort is part of #GivingTuesday, a global day of outreach on Nov. 24th. #GivingTuesday is dedicated to helping others meant to kick-off the holiday season and inspire people to collaborate in improving their local communities and to give back in impactful ways to the charities and causes. The benefactor of our manual labor and Plum Organics generosity will be the food pantry of Jewish … [Read more...]
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Child Passenger Safety Week: Are Your Kids As Safe As They Can Be?
The week of September 19th is Child Passenger Safety Week. If you’re like me, you’re thinking that it seems like there’s a day, week, or month for just about everything under the sun these days. I don’t blame you, but this one is really important. Research shows that over 70% of car seats are not being used in cars properly. OVER. SEVENTY. PERCENT. That failure rate may be okay for a non-all star baseball player’s batting average, but not our kids safety. Why do people spend hours reading reviews about what the safest car seat is, and then spend several hundred dollars on it, but don’t … [Read more...]
So 12 Guys Are Going For a Walk…
The concept seems simple. 12 guys are going for a walk. Their names are Phil Corless, Jim Higley, Whit Honea, Brent Almond, Chris Routly, Michael Moebes, Jeff Bogle, Jason Greene, Michael Wing, Josh Misner, Doug French, and John Pacini. However, this isn’t just any walk. First, they flew to London. Then, they’re meeting up and walking along Hadrian’s Wall in Northern England. That’s 84 miles, for the record. They’ll do it over several days, of course. You might be wondering why. There are two reasons, but they can’t just be listed #1 and #2. Well, maybe they can. The two … [Read more...]
Join Us In Helping Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation Fight Pediatric Cancer
Dallas Dads Group will join the effort to raise awareness and funds to battle childhood cancer by setting up an Alex's Lemonade Stand on Saturday, June 11, 2016 from 11am-2pm, at Dave and Buster's in Dallas. Dallas Dads Group is one of six outposts of the national City Dads Group network to host lemonade stands that day. Other chapters include City Dads Groups in Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, New York City, and Minneapolis-St. Paul. All money raised will be donated to the Alex Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) for its work funding research to find better treatments and cures for childhood … [Read more...]