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Austin Symphony Orchestra
Slack & Davis and Frost Bank teamed up to sponsor Austin Symphony Orchestra concerts on January 5 and 6, 2007. Maestro Peter Bay and the ASO welcome violinist Jaime Laredo and cellist Sharon Robinson for two evenings featuring works by Wagner, Rózsa and Beethoven.

KVUE-TV Five Who Care
Slack & Davis has sponsored KVUE-TV's "Five Who Care" and "Five Kids Who Care" community service awards program for the past five years. Five Who Care recognizes exceptional volunteerism by adults and children. Along with representatives from Frost Bank and KVUE news personalities Christine Haas, Tyler Sieswerda, Olga Campos and Jason Hill, Slack & Davis attorneys and staff honored volunteers at the annual Five Who Care awards dinner in April 2006.

Five Who Care:
Bonner Brown, Interfaith Disaster Response
Rebecca Powers, Impact Austin
Angela Shelf Medearis, CASA
Eileen Van Den Berg, Helping Hand Home
Rosie Wayne, Brackenridge Hospital

Five Kids Who Care:
Allie Booth, Austin High School, Children's Hospital oncology clinic
Avery Deen, age 7, Children's Hospital book collection
Farrah McBride, McCallum High School, Lisa's Hope Chest
Tara McGowen, McNeil High School, Special Olympics and other organizations
Sarah Rafique, Georgetown High School, public library volunteer

Pledging to Better Children's Health
Slack & Davis presented the Children's Medical Center Foundation (CMCF) with a donation for an acute-care or special-care private room during the "Five Who Care" reception in April 2006. The foundation is the fundraising arm for the Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas. Scheduled to open in spring 2007, this state-of-the-art facility will serve sick and injured children in the 46-county Central Texas region.

Left to right: Mike Slack, Slack & Davis; Howard Nirken, DuBois, Bryant, Campbell & Schwartz; Tim Crowley, Frost Bank; Donna Budak, CMCF; Mike Davis, Slack & Davis; Missy Wood, CMCF; Donna Bowen, Slack & Davis; and Mandy Cloud, CMCF.


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Community Connections
Slack & Davis attorneys and staff serve on a variety of community-based boards and committees, and support a variety of nonprofit organizations.
Slack & Davis co-founding partner Mike Davis serves as the Pony League Commissioner for the Oak Hill Youth Sports Association.
Partner Donna Bowen serves on the advisory board of Any Baby Can, a nonprofit organization that helps families with special-needs children.
Receptionist Tami Uptain crochets blankets for sick children via the Linus Connection. She also makes Huggie Pillows for Children's Hospital.
Administrator Bonnie Zook works with Habitat for Humanity via the local chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators.

Ladd Sanger, managing partner in our Dallas Office, supports the programs of Special Care and Career Services.

Slack & Davis also supports numerous scholarship funds and provides legal representation in selected pro bono cases. The following Austin-area, not-for-profit groups have benefited from Slack & Davis contributions of time, talent, in-kind donations and monetary gifts:

Westlake High School Baseball Team