Billionaire Philanthropists Make This Houston Home a Vital Success

Modest Fundraiser Grows Into a $950,000 Success

By Shelby Hodge // Apr 3, 2019

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Aaron Schwartz, Kate & Baron Doke at the Nora's Home gala.

Allison & Jim Tennant at the Nora's Home gala.

Andrew Benak, Caroline Looke at the Nora's Home gala.

Carl & Vicki Baucum at the Nora's Home gala.

Honorees Carole and Jim Looke at the Nora's Home gala.

Chairs Nick & Vicki Massad at the Nora's Home gala.

Chelsea & Christian McDermott at the Nora's Home gala.

Christiana Looke, Caroline Frantz, Tasha & Blake Hamilton at the Nora's Home gala.

Confetti kicks off the appeal at the Nora's Home gala at the Post Oak Hotel.

Drs. Lillian & Osama Gaber, Rusty & Paula Walter at the Nora's Home gala at the Post Oak Hotel.

Eddie & Caroline Kuntz at the Nora's Home gala at the Post Oak Hotel.

Gregg & Jo Lynn Falgout at the Nora's Home gala at the Post Oak Hotel.

Jerald Broussard, Dorothy Nicholson at the Nora's Home gala at the Post Oak Hotel.

Lindsey & Steven Looke at the Nora's Home gala at the Post Oak Hotel.

Mike Waterman, Bill King at the Nora's Home gala at the Post Oak Hotel.

Roger & Irene Woolsey at the Nora's Home gala at the Post Oak Hotel.

Taft McWhorter painting on the scene at the Nora's Home gala at the Post Oak Hotel.

The Grooves plays the tunes at the Nora's Home gala at the Post Oak Hotel.

Dancing the night away at the Nora's Home gala at the Post Oak Hotel.

What: Nora’s Home eighth annual “We Are Family” gala

Where: The Post Oak Hotel

PC Moment: In less than a decade, this fundraiser has grown from a modest get-together to a whopping success with $950,000 in the bank for the nonprofit that provides affordable, temporary housing for organ transplant patients. The value of Nora’s Home was poignantly realized through the story of gala chairs Vicki and Nick Massad and their daughter, Taylor. The family shared their transplant experience in which Taylor donated a kidney to her father.

The evening honored billionaire philanthropists Carole and Jim Looke and Paula and Rusty Walter for their long-term support of Nora’s Home, which ensures that transplant patients have a comfortable place to call home during their recovery. Carole and Rusty are twins, scions of Walter Oil & Gas.

On this totally disco-inspired night, a number of guests stepped out in “I Love the Night Life” style.

PC Seen: Jo Lynn and Gregg Falgout, Drs. Lillian and Osama Gaber, Taylor and Ethan Tritt, Chelsea and Christian McDermott, Aaron Schwartz, Caroline Kuntz, Maria and John Zerr, Irene and Roger Woolsey, Bill King, Tasha and Blake Hamilton, Vicki and Carl Baucum, Andrew Benak, and Allison and Jim Tennant.