Fort Worth Business Press, June 2, 2014 Vol. 26, No. 21 | Page 13

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communities in the Dallas-Fort Worth
area.

Levinson signs three-year extension
After a successful first season as artistic
director of the Chamber Music Society of
Fort Worth, Gary Levinson has accepted a
three-year extension on his contract from
the organization’s board.
In addition to expanding the society’s
programming and audience, Levinson
has been involved in education outreach
while acting as an ambassador for the
nonprofit by meeting with potential
donors and community leaders.
With the theme
“Voices of the
Golden Age,” the
society’s 2014-2015
concert season will
include works
that have not
been played here
for several years
Levinson
and will feature
internationally renowned artists. The
season opens Sept. 20, followed by
concerts on Oct. 18, Nov. 15, Jan. 3, Feb.
21, March 21 and April 18.
All concerts will be in the Modern
Art Museum of Fort Worth except the
Jan. 3 concert, which will be in the
Renzo Piano Pavilion of the Kimbell Art
Museum.
More detail on the concerts, artists
and tickets is available at the society’s
website, www.chambermusicfw.org.

FitWorth rebrands, moves to new digs

The FitWorth Healthy City Initiative
that promotes the health of Fort Worth
residents has a new look, a new director
and a new permanent location.
The program was begun in September
2012 and developed by Mayor Betsy
Price and the Fort Worth City Council
under the auspices of the Fort Worth
Promotion and Development Fund. It
now has a new home under a separate
501(c)(3) entity, Foundation for
Wellness, Texas.
The new organization is chaired by
former FitWorth Program Director Leslie
Casey and housed in partnership with
the University of North Texas Health
Science Center on its campus at 3500
Camp Bowie Blvd.
“Our mission is to create solutions for
a healthier community and providing
FitWorth with a permanent home and
access to the Health Science Center’s
educational, research and care resources
makes perfect sense,” said UNTHSC
President Michael Williams.
Kate Blackburn, former public
relations and public affairs coordinator
for Catholic Charities Fort Worth, has
been named FitWorth program director.

And the funds go to …

The Community Foundation of North
Texas, along with several philanthropic
partners, awarded more than $300,000
in grants to 24 area nonprofits through
its ToolBox Grants: Giving Children the
Tools to Succeed program. The program,

now in its fourth year and second cycle,
is focused on improving the quantity,
quality and accessibility of early learning
opportunities for children age 0-8. The
program offers Tarrant County-based
nonprofits the resources to build capacity
in outreach, quality improvement,
lead \