Ep 12: Giving Day

On this episode, we talk to Katlin Guthrow from Communities Foundation of Texas about North Texas Giving Day, the largest community-wide giving event in the nation. Communities Foundation of Texas’ NTX Giving Day is an 18-hour online giving event designed to empower every person to give back to their community by supporting local nonprofits and causes they care about. In 2021, $66 million was raised through 103,000 donors benefiting over 3,300 local nonprofits, bringing the thirteen-year total to over $441 million for our community. To learn more about the work that Communities Foundation of Texas does visit https://www.cftexas.org/

Ep 11: Giving Day Collaboration

On this episode, we share how you can get into the spirit of North Texas Giving Day by visiting our event on September 15th from 3-5 pm at the Comerica Bank at Mockingbird and Abrams in Dallas. We also talk to Tazora Dotie-Moore, the founder of Hear My Cry about how her personal tragedy led her to start an organization to help her community.

Ep 10: Strengthening Community

On this episode, we talk to Pamela Zeko from Comerica Bank about their innovative strategy to support the communities they serve by investing in non-profit organizations. You can learn more about them at www.comerica.com and follow along with their philanthropic efforts on social media with #comericacares

Ep 9: Collaboration

On this episode, we talk with the CEO of Serve Denton, Pat Smith. He shares how Serve Denton has used collaboration to create a one-stop shop for humanity which makes it easy to find help in Denton County.

Ep 8: Extraordinary: Re-imagining HR

On this episode, we talk with the Chief of Staff at Mommies In Need, Laura Newell. She shares some concrete tips for creating a culture of caring by changing the way we look at the role of HR in an organization.

Ep 7: Tenacity of the Human Spirit

On this episode, we talk to Charles Wolford, the CEO of Promise House about taking care of our unhoused youth. The Promise House mission is to move youth in crisis toward safety and success and they do that through a variety of programs, all focused on the well-being of the children they serve. You can learn more about the organization and how to help at www.promisehouse.org

Ep 6: Dignity

In this episode, we talk to Mike Dilbeck, the Director of Marketing and Development for Turtle Creek Chorale, the most recorded male chorus in the world. We discuss the importance of diversity and inclusion in the arts as well as the vision of a world in which every human is treated with dignity, and we all know ourselves to be valuable and worthy. You can learn more about the Turtle Creek Chorale at https://turtlecreekchorale.com/

Ep 5: Authentic

In this episode, we talk to our very own Tabitha Evans about what it means to be your authentic self at work and the experience of coming out in a work environment. Happy Pride month to all! As we discuss in the podcast, The Trevor Project is a great resource and provides information and support to LGBTQ+ young people. https://www.thetrevorproject.org If you want to join the Facebook group Kids Books for a Better World the link is https://www.facebook.com/groups/93158...

Ep 4: Extraordinary

On this episode, Natalie has a conversation with Vanita Halliburton, the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of The Grant Halliburton Foundation. The Foundation’s mission is to help teens and their families recognize the signs of distress or suicidal crisis in a young person and how to lead them to help. Vanita speaks from the heart about her son’s battle with depression and bipolar disorder, his suicide at the age of 19, and the need for a collaborative and comprehensive approach to mental health education and suicide prevention. If you would like more information or you or someone you love needs help, you can visit https://www.granthalliburton.org/

**TRIGGER WARNING: In this episode, we discuss topics on mental health, self-harm, and suicide prevention.

Ep 3: Compassion

On this episode, Natalie talks to Dr. Marjorie Milici, the Medical Director of PediPlace, a non-profit dedicated to providing quality, compassionate, family-centered healthcare to North Texas children with limited access to care. Dr. Milici shares about her decision to move from private practice to non-profit, and discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our most vulnerable children. If you would like more information or you or someone you love needs help, you can visit https://www.pediplace.org/

Ep 2: Collaboration: The Magdalen House

On this episode, Natalie has a conversation with Lisa Kroencke, the Executive Director of The Magdalen House about the importance of collaboration among non-profit organizations for a strong community. The Magdalen House is a recovery community for alcoholic women with in-person programs in Dallas, Texas, and virtual programs and resources available nationally. If you would like more information or you or someone you love needs help, you can visit Magdalen House Online.

Ep 1: Welcome to Culture of Caring

On our first episode, host Natalie Boyle shares her story of being a stay-at-home mom to twin toddlers while managing significant medical issues, and how that led to the creation of Mommies In Need, a non-profit with the mission of caring for kids so families can access healthcare. ** Trigger warning: this episode contains descriptions of medical trauma.