JESSIE MCCABE\rjessiemccabe7@gma
The SASO Boys of Southlake celebrated 10 years of service during its anniversary on Friday, April 2. Founded in March 2011, Scholars and Athletes Serving Others is a mother-son organization that partners with nonprofit organizations around the area to make a difference. Since its founding, the organization has grown to more than 600 members that contributed tens of thousands of service hours to the elderly, homeless, impoverished and special needs communities, even during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“SASO has been a very quiet, humble, hardworking organization for a decade,” president Tracey McDevitt says. “We have helped so many organizations in Southlake, in DFW and nationally, and I truly just wanted to honor the women who had the vision to start an inclusive service organization where everyone is welcome. What a gift that has been to Southlake.”
The SASO Boys of Southlake gathered on Friday, April 2 to celebrate their 10-year anniversary at the Southlake Town Square pavilion. Besides recognizing and honoring the graduating class of 2021, the SASO Boys also assembled party bags and packages for the Dallas nonprofit The Birthday Party Project. Founding member and Southlake Mayor Laura Hill even issued a proclamation at the beginning of the celebration.
“You’ve stepped up in an amazing way to make something very special,” Mayor Hill remarks. “You haven’t just impacted Southlake — you’ve impacted the DFW area. We’re so proud of each and every one of you.”
To learn more about the SASO Boys of Southlake, visit SASONow.com.