Texas crime stoppers

Gala co-chairs Michelle and Jonathan Zadok helped raise more than $2 million to support Crime Stoppers of Houston. The Zadoks worked alongside fellow co-chairs Elizabeth McIngvale-Mackey and Matt Mackey and strategic chairs Vanessa Ames and Jordan Seff to put together Raise ’Em Up for Texas, the Texas-themed gala at The Revaire. More than 400 supporters, including elected officials and law enforcement, packed the ballroom to raise funds for Crime Stoppers’ Safe School Institute to help keep kids safe in schools across the region. The evening started with words of welcome from media icon Dave Ward and Houston Mayor John Whitmire, and then Crime Stoppers CEO Rania Mankarious spoke about the organization’s work to keep kids safe at school. She also presented the inaugural McIngvale Family Humanitarian Award to The John M. O’Quinn Foundation, represented by board of trustees chairman Rob Wilson. At the end of the program, guests viewed a special video message from Oscar award-winning actor and Crime Stoppers friend Matthew McConaughey who congratulated the organization on its recent accomplishments. 

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