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Event Recap
Milestone Reached Through North Texas Giving Day Campaign
This year, St. Philip’s School and Community Center reached both the monetary and participatory goals of our North Texas Giving Day and Family Annual Fund campaign. We met our $100,000 goal AND achieved 100% participation among our families, students, trustees, and faculty/staff. We truly are thankful for the people in our neighborhood.
Many thanks to the Colonnetta Family and Colette and John Haigler for serving as Matching Donor Ambassadors for this effort. We are BLESSED to call them our NEIGHBORS!
Annual Community Thanksgiving Feast
This year's Community Thanksgiving Feast was amazing - with 170 volunteers, we served over 340 members of the community!
Thank you to volunteers from Bank of America, the Dallas Police Department, Atmos Energy, Top Ladies of Distinction - Trinity West Chapter, Top Teens of America, Cachet Youth Group, Amalgamated Transit Union and countless friends and families of St. Philip’s for making it possible.
A special thank you to the St. Philip's sewing class who, under the guidance of Mrs. Nan Works, Mrs. Selma, Ms. Shirley Perkins, and Mrs. Gwendolyn Barjon, created beautiful place mats for all the tables.
David Banner responds to a question raised by St. Philip's alum and current St. Marks High School student, Semaj Musco.
A Seat For Everyone
St. Philip’s was honored to host A Seat at the Table, on October 27th. This one-day workshop brought together community advocates, alongside South Dallas residents, to discuss issues on community expansion, racial justice, and education. Rapper and activist, David Banner, served as the keynote speaker. The event was supported in part by generous support from Communities Foundation of Texas (Racial Equity grant) and The Embrey Foundation.
5th Annual Kidpreneur Expo
The stakes were high this year for the Annual Capital One Kidpreneur Expo, initiated five years ago to provide a platform and support for budding young entrepreneurs, ages 6 – 16! Thanks to the generous support of The Mark 11:24 Foundation, the Hudson Foundation, and Adil Adi of Worldlink, this year’s Kid Tank participants presented in front of a live audience and winners walked away with monetary prizes and mentoring opportunities. The judges included keynote speaker and celebrated kidpreneur, Kheris Rogers, of the “Flexin’ in My Complexion” brand, Mark Moussa (Arteriors), Dr. Omar Negrete (Google), Jared Johnson (Black Chamber of Commerce) and Manas Agarwal (Young Entrepreneurs Academy).
Congratulations to this year’s winners:
Grand Prize Winner - A Trip to Silicon Valley Word of Mouth Marketing
First Place Kid Tank Winners - $1,000 Word of Mouth Marketing (6-10 Group) Krafty Korner (10-11 Group) Esi’Niara (12-16 Group) Alexdeon (Mixed Age Group) Second Place Kid Tank Winners - $500 She Works With Her Hands (6-10 Group) leMonADE with Love (10-11 Group) Minyons Catering (12-16 Group) Live Naturally, Be You LLC (Mixed Age Group)
Third Place Kid Tank Winners - $250 NAZKIDZ (6-10 Group) Artistry by Ash (12-16 Group) FUN-L-CAKES (Mixed Group)
Parent University
The School’s Parent University, featuring renowned psychologist, Dr. Michael Selders, provided a robust conversation around culture and parenting. Save the date for our second Parent University of the school year to be held on March 19, 2019.
