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88 LUNCH DATES PHOTOGRAPHY TAMYTHA CAMERON, DANA DRIENSKY, DANIEL DRIENSKY, CELESTE SMITH L ynn McBee, a tireless champion for dozens of nonprofits, is one of our city's most active fund-raisers. So when The Family Place selected her as the recipient for the annual Texas Trailblazer Award — an honor reserved for extraordinary individuals making a lasting impact on the community — a mega crowd of McBee's friends, fans, and colleagues toasted her at a luncheon at the Hilton Anatole. To cap off an afternoon celebrating the power of strong female leaders, news anchor Gretchen Carlson — an activist for women's rights and empowerment — gave an inspiring keynote. Seen: Chairs Kristen Sanger and Cindy Stager; and guests Carol Seay, Paige Flink, Lisa Cooley, Donald Fowler, Terry Loftis, and Lucy Wrubel. Natalie Gempel F ashion changes lives — and The Runway Report fashion show and luncheon for KidneyTexas proves it. Stealing the show at the stylish event at Brook Hollow Golf Club was the catwalk spectacle produced by Jan Strimple with the latest fashion trends, courtesy Tootsies. Seen: Chairs Christine Martin and Susan Russell; honorary chairs Linda and Steve Ivy; KidneyTexas Inc. president Andrea Alcorn; and honorees Dee Lincoln, Dustin Holcomb, Nerissa von Helpenstill, Natalie Taylor, and Sue Goodnight. Natalie Gempel M embers of the Junior League of Dallas are famously unafraid to roll up their sleeves and get to work, each year logging more than 100,000 hours of volunteer service to local nonprofits. This year's speaker at the Milestones Luncheon was Academy Award-winning actress Octavia Spencer, who picked up her third Oscar nomination in January. JLD president Jennifer Tobin and sustainer president Ginger Sager took the stage to honor another highly impressive individual, Linda Perryman Evans, as JLD's Sustainer of the Year. Seen: Co-chairs Jennifer Scripps and Nikki Webb; plus Shelly Slater, Linda McFarland, Lynn McBee, Lyda Hill, Bora Song, Christie Carter, and Jennifer Burns. Lisa Collins Shaddock THREE AFTERNOON AFFAIRS OF A MOST BENEVOLENT BENT Nikki Webb, Octavia Spencer, Jennifer Scripps at JLD Jan Strimple, Dustin Holcomb Nerissa von Helpenstill at KidneyTexas Kristen Sanger, Gretchen Carlson Cindy Stager at The Family Place Donald Fowler, Terry Loftis at The Family Place Les Clark, Jennifer Tobin, Georgiana Clark at JLD Rhonda Sargent Chambers Nick Even at The Family Place Connie O'Neill Tracey Nash-Huntley at The Family Place Don & Susan Russell, Michelle Johnston at KidneyTexas Jasmine Bouyer, Melissa Larsen, Bora Song at JLD Kimberly Casey, Lynn McBee, Carol Seay, Paige Flink at The Family Place