Planned Parenthood's Texas affiliate draws record crowd, $1 million from Dallas luncheon
Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas achieved something last Wednesday that no affiliate of the organization has ever done: It brought in $1 million in gross proceeds at its annual awards luncheon at the Omni Dallas Hotel.
A record crowd of 1,600 people braved the valet-parking gridlock to get into the luncheon, which had tallied $800,000 in contributions before the doors opened.
Co-chairs Lindsay A. Billingsley and Laura B. Wright urged the audience to give an additional $200,000 via a text-message pledge drive during the event.
Board chair Rabbi Alan R. Freedman and invocation speaker Rev. Dr. Neil G. Cazares-Thomas both passionately expressed their dedication to health care and reproductive control for all women.
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