Ely Banuet Rodriguez

 

 

Thu
19
Apr

Marble Falls City Council learns Children's Day has new partner

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Glynis Crawford Smith/The Highlander

Placing the future care of Children's Day into the hands of the Marble Falls Independent School District and Superintendent Dr. Chris Allen, left, event founder Ely Banuet Rodriguez implores him to “take care of my baby.” She was accompanied to the Marble Falls City Council meeting Tuesday night, April 17 by, continuing right, event finance director Christina Escobar, where mayor pro tem Richard Westerman, right, declared Saturday, April 21, Children's Day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By Glynis Crawford Smith

The Highlander

The Marble Falls City Council meeting Tuesday, April 17, was the scene of a big announcement about the Children's Day Celebration.

Wed
23
Nov

Highland Lakes celebrate giving

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Chuck Kemper, who shared the 2015 Legacy Fund Philanthropy Award with his wife Belinda, announced the presentation of the 2016 award to Rebecca and Stuart Nunnally at the Celebration of Giving Thursday night, Nov. 17, in Horseshoe Bay. Seen afterward are, from left, event chairwoman Kara Dudley, the Nunnallys, Legacy Fund interim director Donna Klaeger and Kemper.

By Glynis Crawford Smith

The Highlander

The 2016 Celebration of Giving of the Highland Lakes Legacy Fund fill the banquet hall of the Horseshoe Bay Resort Tower Thursday, Nov. 17.

The guests had come to honor friends and neighbors who lived out the spirit of philanthropy in time, service and treasure.

“They exemplify the spirit of giving,” said Donna Klaeger, interim executive director of the Legacy Fund.

Honored were Stuart and Rebecca Nunnally, the Philanthropy Award; Martin McLean, Community Volunteer Award; Ely Banuet Rodriguez of the Marble Falls Children's Day Celebration, Excellence as a Non-Profit Leader Award, and current coordinators of VetRide, Sophie McCoy and Bill Worley, an award dedicated to the memory of the program's founder, the late Chuck Caraway.

In each case, the audience found those honored ready to give credit back to other volunteers and supporters of the work they have championed.

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