Support

As we celebrate our 42nd year, we invite you to show your gratitude to the men and women of DPD who so nobly serve by committing as a banquet sponsor or contributing a gift donation for this year’s award winners being recognized at the 2023 Friends of the Dallas Police Annual Awards Banquet.

AWARDS BANQUET TABLE/AWARD SPONSOR
Sponsorship funds raised will enable officers and employees to attend the banquet and will go towards the presentation of awards and educational scholarships.

 Sponsorship Levels include:

◊ CHIEF – $10,000 TOP DEPARTMENT AWARD SPONSOR
◊ MAJOR – $5,000 SPONSOR
◊ LIEUTENANT – $3,500 SPONSOR
◊ SERGEANT – $2,500 SPONSOR
◊ CORPORAL – $1,500 SPONSOR
◊ RESERVE – $1,250 PROGRAM AD SPONSOR

IN-KIND GIFT DONATION Gift donations received will be given at the banquet along with a commemorative award to reward officers and employees. Our award winners have filled out a survey of hobbies, interests and favorite restaurants and the wish list reflects this information and will be used to assemble unique gift packages for each winner and some top award nominees. If you are interested in donating something specific that is not on our wish list, please contact Angela Shellene at ashellene@thereedsprc.com. Please click the button below to purchase gifts off the FDP wish list for our 2023 award winners:

MERITORIOUS UNIT AWARDS LUNCH SPONSOR
For those units receiving this award, Friends of the Dallas Police solicits sponsors who can provide or underwrite the cost of catering lunch for the entire unit. The size of the units can vary from 5-200 people.

Sponsors & Gift Donors

PRESENTING SPONSOR

NexPoint

CHIEF SPONSORS

Copart
Hunt Consolidated
The Men and Women of Hunt Consolidated, Inc.

MAJOR SPONSORS

Tim Byrne
Central Market
Freeman Auto Group
Hillwood
Margot Perot
John & Ellen McStay - honor of Cynthia Villarreal
7-Eleven
Sewell
Mark Tortorella
The Alinda Hill Wikert Foundation

LIEUTENANT SPONSORS

Baylor Scott & White Health
Dallas Magnolias

SERGEANT SPONSORS

AG&E Structural Egenuity
The Baldridge Foundation
Bandera Ventures
Dallas Mavericks
Lyda Hill Philanthropies
The Medium Giant |The Dallas Morning News
Scovell Family Foundation
Winstead PC

CORPORAL SPONSORS

American Airlines Center
Lana & Barry Andrews
Apartment Association of Great Dallas
CAP Fleet
Comerica Bank
Dallas College
JLT Beverages, LP/Julie and Jim Turner
Kingdom Alliance Partners, Inc.
Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP
Meza Engineering
Mr. & Mrs. Doug and Martha Morris
NorthPark Center
Oncor
PegasusAblon
PGV Pediatrics
Jere W. Thompson
Tito’s Handmade Vodka
The University of Texas at Dallas
Women’s Health Alliance

RESERVE SPONSORS

Blue Cross Blue Shield
Dallas Regional Chamber
Gilley’s Dallas
John Hallam
Mazars
Mr. & Mrs. Steve and Rita Millwee
Erle Nye
PAJ Inc.
Pepsico
Walne Family Holdings

FRIENDS

Bobby Abtahi
Al Biernat’s Restaurant
Archer Western Herzog
Artistik Edge
Atmos Energy
Billy Bob’s Texas
Blue Mesa Grill
Broadway Dallas
Cooper 50
Frank Mihalopoulos, Corinth Properties
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Drybar
Eataly
Fort Worth Zoo
Free Range Concepts
Get Organized!
Gittings Portraiture
Great Outdoors Subs
Gresham Jewelry
Heritage Auctions
Hiatus Spa & Retreat
ifratelli pizza
Kenny’s Restaurant Group
Lake Highlands Car Wash
Lakewood Brewing Co.
Veletta Forsythe Lill

Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie
Mariano’s
Mike Richard, Big City Crushed Concrete
Nancy Gomez, Brinker International
NRH20
Painting with a Twist
Pappas Bros. Steakhouse
Pegasus Theater
John Scovell, Woodbine Development Company
Shadys
Sheraton Dallas Hotel
Southwestern Exposition & Livestock Show
Spring Creek Barbeque
Sprouts
John Sughrue
Tangerine Salon
Texas Ballet Theater
Texas Rangers
The Kessler
The Sample House
Times Ten Cellars
Total Wine & More
urbanrio
Joseph Van Blargan
James Warre

The Friends of the Dallas Police is a component fund of The Dallas Foundation, a 501(c)(3) publicly supported charity, Federal Tax ID 75-2890371. FDP is not affiliated with the Police or Fireman’s Pension Fund.