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Elizabeth Offutt is a stay-at-home mom who volunteers weekly at William Lipscomb Elementary, where her son attends fourth grade. Offutt helps with room parent responsibilities, picture day, and, essentially, whatever else the school needs her to do. Offutt said she was taught to give back to the community and wants to be productive and charitable while helping kids in her community. 

CBS DFW did a great report on the impressive turnaround happening at Dunbar Learning Center, which is an Imagine 2020 school. Click here to view the report. Photo courtesy CBS DFW

As part of National Volunteer Month, we are recognizing those who do great work in helping out at different schools within the district. Here is a letter Gloria Gallegos, a senior at Hillcrest High School, wrote to volunteer parents.

Each three-pointer the Dallas Mavericks scored on their home court this season will go beyond the scoreboard to represent a new tree on a Dallas ISD campus or area park. It’s the fifth consecutive year the team has conducted its “Threes for Threes” service project. Accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Arborilogical Services Inc. partners with the Mavericks to donate, plant and care for the trees over the next few years. The project was on track to plant its 1750th tree at a school this season. On Tuesday, April 7, volunteers from PwC and the Dallas Mavericks planted several trees at Edward…