NAMES IN THE NEWS : Oprah Speaks Up for Children
Talk show host Oprah Winfrey encouraged Dallas to take a lead role in her campaign to focus attention on children’s problems.
About 6,000 people showed up at a benefit show in which Winfrey encouraged adults to support and nurture children and to bring underprivileged children into their homes.
“Let this city be the model city for making a change, making a difference,” she told several hundred people at a reception before Saturday’s show.
Winfrey promised to return to Dallas in December for a talk show featuring an audience of Dallas residents who follow through on pledges to work with children throughout the year.
“Greatness is determined by service,” Winfrey told the benefit show crowd. “It is determined by your willingness to do all that you can to make sure that people have the quality of life that really is our birthright.”
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