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Tarrant Area Food Bank's Empty Bowls Event to Feed 3,000 Families Thursday
Join NBC 5 and the Tarrant Area Food Bank and help fight hunger at the “Empty Bowls” fundraiser event! Although the annual signature event hosted by the Tarrant Area Food Bank may look different this year, the main focus still remains the same: eliminating hunger. After the event was canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19, the Tarrant Area Food Bank…
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Heard Museum: Spring Plant Sale 2021
Join NBC 5 and the Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary for the 32nd Annual Spring Plant Sale. The fundraiser event will feature a diverse selection of native plants, hard-to-find herbs and well-adapted plants. The plant sale will be open to the public on April 24 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Guest will also have the opportunity to…
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Stars Join Cyndi Lauper's Benefit Concert for Homeless Youth
Taylor Swift, Cher, Billie Eilish, LL Cool J and Dolly Parton are adding their voices to Cyndi Lauper’s annual concert to combat youth homelessness, an issue its organizer says has only gotten worse during the pandemic
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The Greatest Gift Catalog Ever 2020
Looking for the perfect holiday gift? Join NBC 5 and the Greatest Gift Catalog Ever for the 2020 holiday giving season. The Greatest Gift Catalog Ever is an annual catalog that offers gift giving ideas and features 20 amazing local nonprofits with matching donor opportunities. The catalog gives dozens of ways to support our community that needs us more than…
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Harambee Festival 2020
Explore the 11th Annual Tarrant County Harambee Festival with NBC 5 and the Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society. This year’s virtual festival will take place on Friday and Saturday, October 2nd and 3rd. NBC 5’s Evan Anderson will be the virtual MC for the festival. Friday, October 2nd, will consist of a live Blues Fest that will...
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Harambee Festival Goes Virtual
This year the Tarrant County Harambee Festival will look a lot different. All the live entertainment, the health fair, and most of the traditional events will be done virtually.
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Frisco HS Sophomores Launch Gratitude Campaign for Front-Line Workers
Two Frisco teenagers are using their summer break to launch a fundraising campaign to purchase gift cards for front-line workers, NBC 5’s Diana Zoga reports.
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World Leaders, Stars Raise $7 Billion at Event Aimed at Fighting Virus
A summit that included a star-studded virtual concert hosted by Dwayne Johnson has raised nearly $7 billion in cash and loan guarantees to assist the poor around the globe whose lives have been upended by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Woman Saves Piglet From Traffic, Raises Cash for Its Surgery
A Pennsylvania woman who rescued a piglet that was darting in and out of rush-hour traffic is getting help from local businesses to fund a surgery it needs to survive.
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PAWmicon: Canine Pop Culture Fest
Coo over woofers dressed as superheroes, and villains, too, from movies and comic books, at a sweet San Diego fundraiser.
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Restaurant Holds Fundraiser for Family of Teen Killed in Crash
A Fort Worth community is hurting after a teenager died in a car crash on Thanksgiving, and it’s channeling heartbreak into healing.
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Restaurant Holds Fundraiser for Family of Teen Killed in Crash
A Fort Worth community is hurting after a teenager died in a car crash on Thanksgiving, and it’s channeling heartbreak into healing.
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Light the Night 2017
Join a Light The Night Walk and bring light to the darkness of cancer.
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How to Volunteer After Harvey
As Hurricane Harvey slammed into Texas and in the days of massive flooding after, North Texans asked how they could help. Now many want to know how to volunteer.
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2017 Walk To End Alzheimer's
Join the fight against Alzheimer’s today with NBC 5 and the Alzheimer’s Association!
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SoulCycle CEO Melanie Whelan Resigns
Melanie Whelan is resigning from her position as chief executive officer of SoulCycle, effective Tuesday, the company told CNBC Make It. Both sides felt it was time for a leadership transition, according to a person briefed on the decision who asked not to be named because those discussions were private. A spokesperson for SoulCycle declined to comment on the impetus...
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Second Fairfax Accuser Is Intensely Private Maryland Mom
The Maryland woman who has accused Democratic Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of raping her while they were students at Duke University in 2000 is a single mother who values her privacy, worked for several years as a school fundraiser and had a sometimes-turbulent personal life.
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Dad Starts Campaign to Pay School Lunch Debts in Allen
While kids were on winter break, a dad in Allen started a campaign to pay off school lunch debts for children.
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How to Choose a Trustworthy Charity
Last year Americans gave over $292 billion to charity. Whatever you wish to support, Consumer Reports says to research the charity before you donate.