Out & About: CASAblanca Casino Party

More than 400 enjoyed casino games and danced the night away to the Special Edition Band at Dallas CASA’s Young Professionals’ CASAblanca Feb. 4 at the Hall on Dragon.

Attendees enjoyed roulette, poker, craps, and blackjack tables, as well as appetizers, a fried rice station that created custom-filled takeout boxes, a photo booth, and prizes.

Dallas CASA’s Young Professionals is a group of under-40s that serves as an outreach, volunteer, and fundraising arm of Dallas CASA. 

Co-chaired by YP members Anuka Dhakal, Brooke Donelson, and Melissa Wong, the funds raised from CASAblanca support the child victims of abuse and neglect the agency serves.

Rachel Snyder

Rachel Snyder, former deputy editor at People Newspapers, joined the staff in 2019, returning to her native Dallas-Fort Worth after starting her career at community newspapers in Oklahoma. One of her stories won first place in its category in the Oklahoma Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest in 2018. She’s a fan of puns and community journalism, not necessarily in that order.

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