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GET TO KNOW SARA, OUR

WELLNESS DIRECTOR

Piece of equipment you can’t live without: The elliptical machine, which allows for a total body workout while increasing leg strength.

How your workout defines you: Working out energizes my passion to encourage others to participate in a healthy lifestyle of exercise.

Favorite healthy food: The Estates Salad in the Trattoria restaurant at Churchill Estates. I eat it at least twice a week.

• Balance & Wellness Classes

• Personalized Fitness Plans

• Texas A&M Lectures

• Cooper Clinic Seminars

• Silver Sneakers

Our expansive Wellness Center is one of the key ingredients in helping our residents and our neighbors to live a healthy lifestyle. Call Sara today to find out how Churchill Estates can help you meet your fitness goals.

Whether you are planning on upsizing, downsizing or rightsizing this year, now is the time to get started – before the arrival of the traditional spring selling season. Friendly and knowledgeable, the Dunham Brothers, Max and Dan, are your competitive advantage in East Dallas, and beyond.

Up Front

WHAT GIVES?

SMALL WAYS THAT YOU CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE

Buy A Mattress

If you’ve been meaning to replace your bed anyway, wait until Feb. 3 to make your purchase. For the fourth year, the Lake Highlands High School band will sell name-brand mattresses to raise funds for travel and instruments. Past sales have raised as much as $9,000 for the student musicians. The fundraiser takes place from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at the high school auditorium, 9449 Church St.

Attend An Auction

Austin Street Shelter provides food and services to more than 400 homeless people in Dallas every day. On Feb. 22, the “No Place Like Home” event happens at TreeHouse, in The Hill Shopping Center at Central Expressway and Walnut Hill. The night includes hors d’oeuvres from Nick and Sam’s chef John Kleifgen, cocktails and a silent auction loaded with trips from Nashville to the Mayan Riviera. Tickets are $35 and available at austinstreet.org.

Party Like An Elk

Our neighborhood Dallas Elks Lodge celebrates its 150th year on Feb. 3 with a party from 3-11 p.m. The day includes dancing to the Simon Barch Band, games, raffles and an $8 smothered chicken and rice dinner, complete with birthday cake. The event will collect donations for the Sweetheart Camp, a program that offers free summer camp for special needs children. The lodge is located at 8550 Lullwater Drive. Visit dallaselks.org for more details.

Eat Out

It’s a bit outside the neighborhood, but Mi Cocina at 6332 La Vista promises 20 percent of its proceeds Monday, Feb. 12, between 4:30 and 8 p.m., to Lake Highlands Elementary. Just mention the school when placing an order to make sure your donation counts.

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DALLAS BLOOMS

The largest flower festival in the Southwest, Dallas Blooms returns with “A World of Flowers.” Each week will feature flowers, food and activities from all over the planet, in addition to hundreds of thousands of spring blooms.

Dallas Arboretum, 8525 Garland Road, dallasarboretum.org, 214.515.6615, $5-$15