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Big hats met big-hearted giving at The Revaire as Crime Stoppers of Houston<\/a> hosted its Second Annual \u201cRaise \u2019Em Up for Texas\u201d Gala, presented by Glenda<\/strong> and Russell Gordy<\/strong> and the C. James and Carole Walter Looke Family Fund<\/p>\n

The evening unfolded like a Texas-sized toast guided by gala chairs Brooke Lee<\/strong>, Dana Barton<\/strong>, and Kristen Collins<\/strong>, and lifted further by strategic chairs Vanessa Ames<\/strong> and Jordan Seff<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

More than 460 guests filled the sprawling venue, welcomed first by a festive happy hour and a bustling silent auction. Master of ceremonies Johnny Bravo<\/strong> kicked things into gear as guests settled in, followed by remarks from Crime Stoppers CEO Rania Mankarious<\/strong>, who championed the crowd\u2019s shared commitment to keeping Houston safe.<\/p>\n

Speaker Maurine Molak<\/strong>, co-founder of the David\u2019s Legacy Foundation<\/a> shared the story of her son, whose life was cut short at 16 after enduring relentless cyberbullying. She illuminated the gap in resources available to families at the time and the sweeping efforts that eventually led to David\u2019s Law. Her partnership with Crime Stoppers through The John M. O\u2019Quinn Foundation<\/a> Million for Million campaign has already reached more than two million students, continuing David\u2019s legacy by empowering young Texans to seek safety, support, and hope.<\/p>\n

A surprise presentation of the Second McIngvale Family Humanitarian Award honored Chris Shepherd <\/a>and Lindsey Brown<\/strong> of Southern Smoke Foundation<\/a> for their community-wide compassion. Accepting on their behalf was Catarina Bill<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Then came a major announcement: The creation of a new Crime Stoppers Women\u2019s Collective, a group of 50 women stepping into a leadership role for 2026, along with an ambitious push to educate 10 million Texas students and the launch of SafeSpace Student Hub, a digital platform designed to give students a confidential place to seek guidance.<\/p>\n

Nobody\u2019s Fool closed out the night with plenty of two-stepping as supporters lingered, celebrating a mission-driven evening that raised a record-breaking $2 million.<\/p>\n

Showing up in full Texas spirit were Brigitte Kalai<\/strong>, Alicia Smith<\/strong>, Hallie Vanderhider<\/strong>, Sippy<\/strong> and Ajay Khurana<\/strong>, Tom Ramsey<\/strong>, Noe Diaz<\/strong>, Ben Katrib<\/strong>, Twila Carter<\/strong>, Willie Davis<\/strong>, Fred Flickinger<\/strong>, Mary Nan Huffman<\/strong>, Julian Ramirez<\/strong>, Alan Rosen<\/strong>, Terry Allbritton<\/strong>, Emily DeToto<\/strong>, Lori DeAngelo<\/strong>, Peyton Peebles<\/strong>, Aaron Burdette<\/strong>, Lance Long<\/strong>, Dan Simons<\/strong>, Carolyn Dozier<\/strong>, Ken Wise<\/strong>, Tiffany Herd<\/strong>, Eric<\/strong> and Lisa Elder<\/strong>, Alex<\/strong> and Tammy Janos<\/strong>, Kari Lynd<\/strong>, Natalie<\/strong> and Steve Mohtashami<\/strong>, Kyle<\/strong> and Erin Cummings<\/strong>, Snehal Amin<\/strong> and Adrienne Amin<\/strong>, Jessica Leeke<\/strong>, Carla<\/strong> and Tony Maarraoui<\/strong>, Karen<\/strong> and Lohn Zylicz<\/strong>, Frank<\/strong> and Jill Stagg<\/strong>, Robert<\/strong> and Dana Clay<\/strong>, Catherine<\/strong> and Peter Badger<\/strong>, Pam Connealy<\/strong>, Mayes<\/strong> and Macy Middleton<\/strong>, Megan<\/strong> and Walker Weston<\/strong>, Meredith<\/strong> and Ben Marshall<\/strong>, Seth<\/strong> and Hannah Siegel-Gardner<\/strong>, Anna Reger<\/strong>, Sheri Zucker<\/strong>, Trini Mendenhall<\/strong>, Phillip Royalty<\/strong>, Jeff Nadalo<\/strong>, Farida Abjani<\/strong>, Maria Moncada Alaoui<\/strong> and Omar Alaoui<\/strong>, Susan Boggio<\/strong>, Deborah Duncan<\/strong>, and Laura Ward<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Big hats met big-hearted giving at The Revaire as Crime Stoppers of Houston hosted its Second Annual \u201cRaise…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":448499,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[15045,4345,358,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-448498","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-fundraisers","9":"tag-houston","10":"tag-texas","11":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115723284158423292","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}