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77 SWIPING RIGHT BY CHRISTINA GEYER. PHOTOGRAPHY GEORGE FIALA, ROSS STEWART. Nancy Gopez, Kristen Sanger Heather Street Baker at DEC Kristen Gibbins, Andrea De Valdenebro Kimberly Schlegel Whitman at Rebecca Taylor DeeDee Lee, Claire Emanuelson at Rebecca Taylor Mandy Austin at IBB Design Brynn Bagot Allday, Tyler Sweatman Jennifer Burns at Bungalow 5 Paige Flink, Melissa Sherrill Martin at DEC Leigh Danley, Tierney Kaufman at DEC Brittany Gaskill, Meredith Hite at IBB Design Kate Rose Marquez, Lisa Singleton at Dallas Country Club Charles & Joanne Teichman at Bungalow 5 Asgid Ramos, Anne Goyer at Dallas Country Club S ince its launch 25 years ago, Partners Card has become the philanthropic equivalent of a black Amex. For one week each fall, the city goes into a tizzy, with Partners Cards flashed at registers everywhere — and good luck trying to score a parking spot at NorthPark Center or Highland Park Village. FYI: Those who snag a $70 Partners Card (the full purchase price benefits The Family Place) get a 20 percent discount at 750-plus retailers. To celebrate its silver anniversary — and the more than $1 million raised since its inception — a party whirlwind was in order. Festivities began at Dallas Country Club, where Partners Card co-founder Sally Hoglund and board member Brenda West Cockerell held a luncheon for The Family Place top brass and 2017 chairs Brynn Bagot Allday and Jennifer Burns. Next came a kickoff at Highland Park Village — a private event atop the Village Theater. All the while, Burns and Bagot Allday had a surprise up their sleeves, which they announced during a cocktail soirée at Bungalow 5: the new Silver Card, a higher-profile Partners Card that grants entrée (and bigger discounts) at Silver Card-only retailers. Then it was off to a swarm of shopping parties, from IBB Design Fine Furnishings to Rebecca Taylor at NorthPark Center and Starpower in Southlake. The tireless do-gooders at The Family Place then jumped into 2018 plans, which they announced with champagne at DEC on Dragon. Here's what you need to know: Dates are October 26 through November 4; chairs are Leigh Danley, Tierney Kaufman Hutchin, and the first-ever male chairman Julian Leaver; and, yes, there will be no end to celebratory parties between now and then. We'll keep you posted on where to be at papercitymag.com. THE FAMILY PLACE TAKES SILVER.