Judith (Judy) Porter, Mba Email & Phone Number

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A multi-faceted Public Relations business dedicated to helping small businesses and non-profit agencies achieve their goals.Experienced in Content Marketing, i.e., writing attention-grabbing articles that are picked up by the local press, for "free" PR. Publications include the Dallas Morning News, The Texas Catholic, The Advocate, Oak Cliff Bubble Life, Lake Highlands Bubble Life, Frisco Bubble Life (online) and Focus Daily, the newspaper for southern Dallas/Desoto/Duncanville/Glenn Heights. Published for over four decades, skilled at creating fun and creative attention-grabbing headlines.Successful grant writer with two decades of experience in this area.Porter People PR specializes in helping small businesses to gain attention to bring in new customers, and help non-profit agencies to gain more donations and members. Past clients include Botsford Financial Services; Margaret Chambers, Chambers Interiors & Associates; St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic School; SSI- Strategic Sourcing International; Author Monica Shaw ("the Rainwater Secret"), Youth Believing in Change After School program and a number of local attorneys, small private schools and stand-alone businesses.

Proud member of this community service club for decades, consisting of professional businesswomen; we help women and children in crisis and promote literacy. We meet once a month on the first Tuesday at noon to organize our philanthropy and service, and an occasional dinner meeting on the third Tuesday of the month at various locations. See:https://lakehighlands.bubblelife.com/community/porter_people/library/35805553/key/356071934/Altrusa_International_of_Downtown_Dallas_Celebrates_a_Successful_Year_of_Service

Honored to receive the "Work of Heart" award from the Catholic Foundation in December of 2015 for my efforts to get Bishop Dunne students accepted by colleges and gain scholarship offers by writing and publishing stories about them, and creating articles about the school's many educational programs, athletic teams and teachers. Sold thousands of dollars worth of ads for our Fall Sports Media Guide (that was then expanded to three guides for Fall sports; Winter sports; Spring sports with funds going to the athletic teams) and helped to raise funds through annual events including the Bishop Dunne 100 Scholarship Dinner in October, Annual Golf Tournament in April and fun "Casino Night" in February. Attended weekly Wednesday meetings of the Oak Cliff Lions Club and became involved in their charitable works including Special Olympics and monthly Low Vision Eye Clinics and Farmer's Markets. Became an active Lions Club Board member, honored to be "Cub" (Rookie) of the Year my first year and "Grass Roots" member in my fourth year. Also joined Oak Cliff Women in Business. Managed Facebook pages for the Lions and OCWIB, and Altrusa International of Downtown Dallas.Prior to this position I taught Senior Theology - Social Issues/Community Service to senior students at Bishop Lynch High School from 1998-2011. I supervised their on-site volunteer work which included going to 21 different sites near Bishop Lynch: both public elementary and junior high schools, Catholic "feeder" schools to BL and local retirement homes and public daycares, even a thrift store that made lunches to-go for the hungry and homeless. I taught about 3/4 of the senior class each year (200 students a year) and coached the tennis team for seven years, so educated about 3,000 students there. Every day was a different challenge. I was the first faculty member awarded the Catholic Foundation's "Heart of Work" award, and also received "Faculty member of the month" a number of times.

Publicized the problem of hunger in the state of Texas and southwest; brought thousands of volunteers together to help feed the hungry especially in the Dallas metroplex. Won the "Five Outstanding Young Texans" Award in 1995 and two successive "JC Penney Golden Rule Awards" for our society in 1995 and 1996. My copy writing skills got us a lot of "free" publicity throughout the state and even a mention I the "Thumbs Up" section of the Dallas Morning News. Led 1,600 volunteers to a one-day event, The Yantis Yam Jam, in Yantis, Texas, to hand pick (glean) three 18-wheeler truck loads of sweet potatoes to bring back to the local food banks in DFW to feed the elderly and poor through the N Texas Food Bank and dozens of church outreach organizations. This was the largest outdoor volunteer event to date,

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Directed 10 different ministries that worked with programs and as a resource for Family Life including: Engaged Encounter; Marriage Encounter: Alcoholism Ministry; Grief Ministry; SIngles Ministry; Youth Ministry. I had wonderful people to work with, many of whom are still serving in their ministerial line of work.Prior to this I was the Director of Religous Education and Youth Minister for St. Bernard's of Clairvaux Church in east Dallas for three years, working for Monsignor Don Fisher (and then Father Gus after Don was assigned to St. Joseph's in Richardson.) I brought my youth on an annual Mission Trip which later became the Diocesan Mission Trip for mutliple youth throughout the Diocese to attend and serve.

Increased the volunteers from 20 to 120 in my year as Director of Volunteers. Trained them to be good care givers, ready to work with medically fragile children from ages newborn to 12 years old. Spoke publicly about AIDS to schools and churches throughout the metroplex, averaging two speaking engagements a week.Left to become the Director of Religious Education at St. Bernard's of Clairvaux Catholic Church in east Dallas, upon receiving my Masters in Theology from the University of Dallas.

Mba, Masters Of Business Administration - Human Resources

Master’S Degree, Theology/Theological Studies

Bachelor Of Science Degree, Journalism

Bachelor'S Of Science, Journaism - News/Editorials