Out to Lunch!

Springtime means it’s luncheon season in H-Town! The annual Hats in the Park event, chaired by Francine Ballard and Greggory Burk, was once again a glam slam, raising $400K for the Hermann Park Conservancy. ... The Christus Foundation for Healthcare welcomed Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, to speak at its spring lunch, which raised nearly a quarter-million dollars. ... And more than 200 supporters of the Children’s Museum gathered at the River Oaks Country Club for its Friends and Families lunch. Guests enjoyed fig-and-pecan-glazed chicken as keynote speaker Jennifer Arnold, best known as half of The Little Couple on TLC, gave a motivational message — and Sprinkles’ cupcakes to-go were a sweet parting gift.

‘Friends’ by Wilson Parish; ‘Hats’ by Jenny Antill Clifton




Ashley Baxter and Neekie Kashani at ‘Friends’
Merele Yarborough, Sharon-Marie Hogge, and Dina McMearn at ‘Hats’

Kelly Burke and Jennifer Shellist at ‘Friends’
Phoebe Tudor and Doreen Stoller at ‘Hats’

Isabelle Swartz, Gloria Luna Bounds and Anna Kaplan at ‘Hats’


Francine Ballard and Greggory Burk at ‘Hats’
Dominique Isenhower and Jason Dyer at ‘Christus’
Jane Block and Kathy McGovern at ‘Christus’

Special