Society

REUNIGHT, A PARTY UNDER THE STARS

Lisa Singleton, Travis and Stephanie Hollman, and Kristen Sanger Randy and Paige Flink

Patrick and Kristy Sands

Greg and Kim Hext with Pat and Charles McEvoy

Marisa Howard, Joyce Goss, and Max Trowbridge Jennifer Dix, Kris Johnson, and Kristi Hoyl

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ReuNight, an annual benefit for The Family Place, moved to spring for a socially distanced evening amidst exquisite art at the Nasher Sculpture Center Garden.

The Dallas String Quartet serenaded the 150 guests, who arrived in floral-inspired cocktail attire to enjoy cocktails, dinner, and a live auction outdoors.

Event co-chairs Kristen Sanger and Lisa Singleton mingled with guests.

Patrick and Kristy Sands talked about touring the winter-storm decimated Safe Campus and reminded guests of the event’s purpose: to raise additional funds to address domestic violence.

“The Nasher Sculpture Center Garden was simply surreal,” said Melissa Sherrill, vice president of development at The Family Place. “We could not have dreamed up a more perfect place to ReuNight with new and old friends to raise much-needed funds for The Family Place.”

– Staff report

Playhouses Get Real Home Durability

By Rachel Snyder

rachel.snyder@peoplenewspapers.com

Les Owens of LRO Residential has lent his building expertise to Dallas CASA’s Parade of Playhouses at NorthPark for 12 years and is at it again this year.

LRO Residential builds homes in the Park Cities, Preston Hollow, Bluffview, and Devonshire.

Over the years, Owens has built a range of playhouses – from whimsical cottages to a fire station to a farmhouse with a copper silo. This year’s is a high-ceilinged cottage with a wooden roof.

“We frame the walls, and the roof, the rafters – everything just like you would a house,” Owens said. “So, it’s going to stand up over the test of time for sure. The front door, it’s ... real wood, just like a mini wood front door would be, real windows provided by Anderson, wood floors just like we put in the house, sheetrock.”

Parade of Playhouses is the signature fundraising event for Dallas CASA, a nonprofit that advocates for abused and neglected children.

“Over the years, I’d seen it go into the mall,” Owens said of the event. “I always thought it was kind of neat, and when we had our first child ... we signed up. We were able to participate in it and thought as long as we have kids, it’d be a good thing to do every year. (It’s an) easy way to give back that aligns with what we do.”

Les Owens of LRO Residential works on his playhouse for Dallas CASA’s 26th annual Parade of Playhouses coming to NorthPark

Center July 9 - 25. (PHOTO: RACHEL SNYDER)

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