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By Brooks Igo
(April 30) – The 2014 Dallas Association of Young Lawyers (DAYL) Leadership Class helped raise approximately $23,000 for the North Texas Food Bank (NTFB) at its Crawfest: Claws for a Cause event on Saturday afternoon at Four Corners Brewing Co.
More than 350 people showed up to eat crawfish, play cornhole and enjoy live music from Matthew Bell and The Buffalo Ruckus.
The DAYL Leadership Class decided to dedicate the funds to the NTFB’s Food 4 Kids Program, which helps to feed children in danger of food insecurity during the weekend and holidays.
Katie Manning, an associate at Higier Allen & Lautin in Addison and member of the 2014 DAYL Leadership Class, said one of the things that surprised her class was the poverty rate in Dallas, specifically in the elementary schools. Thirty-eight percent of children in the city live in poverty, according to DAYL leaders.
“The idea that kids go home for the weekend with little to no food to eat was heartbreaking,” she said.
Jonathan Childers, a partner at Gruber Hurst Elrod Johansen Hail Shank and the DAYL President, said he was impressed with the 2014 Leadership Class’ initiative. Normally, the DAYL Leadership Class project is later in the year.
“It was very ambitious,” he said.
The 2014 DAYL Leadership Class is going to volunteer at the NTFB on May 30 to assemble backpacks of food for the Food 4 Kids Program. The young lawyers will also be having a wrap-up happy hour at Dallas Chop House, where a portion of the proceeds will go towards supporting the initiative to alleviate Dallas students’ hunger.
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