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International:
14th
Annual Women Who Care Awards
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Lynda
Carter
To be
honored at The 14th Annual Women Who Care Awards
Benefiting
United Cerebral Palsy of New York City
on May 7th in
New York City
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Judith Light,
2014 Women Who Care Award Honoree, will present 2015 Women
Who Care Award to Lynda Carter
Susan Lucci
and Thomas Roberts to Co-Host Awards Luncheon
Honorees
include Judy Woodruff & Al Hunt, Joan Hornig
and Ernst & Young
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Edward
R. Matthews, CEO of United
Cerebral Palsy of New York City (UCP of NYC), and Loreen
Arbus, Founder & Chair of Women
Who Care, announced today that Lynda
Carter, actress and singer, will be honored at the Women
Who Care Awards, to be heldThursday,
May 7th at
Cipriani 42nd Street.
The luncheon benefits United
Cerebral Palsy of New York City and
celebrates the accomplishments of extraordinary women as
professionals, philanthropists and caregivers, who have
broken glass ceilings and inspired others through their
professional and charitable endeavors. Ms. Carter will
receive The Women Who Care Luella Bennack Philanthropy
Award. |
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Judith Light, Emmy®,
Golden Globe & two-time Tony award-winning actress,
activist, and
2014 Women Who Care Award Honoree, will return to Women Who
Care to present the 2015 Women Who Care Award to Lynda
Carter. |
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Susan Lucci, star
of the hit series “Devious Maids,” Emmy® award-winning actress
of “All My Children,” host of Investigation Discovery’s
“Deadly Affairs,” and New
York Times best-selling
author, will return for the third consecutive year as host
of the luncheon. Thomas
Roberts, award-winning and Emmy® award-nominated anchor,
will join Susan Lucci as co-host for his first time. |
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Lynda Carter,
best known for winning our hearts as Wonder Woman, is an
accomplished singer who has performed to rave reviews before
sell-out crowds around the world. In addition to her long
acting career, Lynda has the distinction of producing and
starring in five highly rated network television specials,
many of which were Emmy nominated. She has appeared onstage
with many of the world’s most popular singers, including Ray
Charles, Tom Jones, Kenny Rogers, Bob Hope, George Benson,
and Ben Vereen. Lynda made her professional singing debut at
age 14 in Tempe, Arizona. In 1972 she won the Miss World-U.S.A.
title and shortly thereafter outdistanced hundreds of other
actresses for the part of Wonder Woman, a character she
infused with such depth and humor that it has become one of
the most indelible characters in television history. Her
fame led to her becoming the “face” of Maybelline Cosmetics,
and she remained Maybelline’s top model for over a decade.
But her roots remained with her music. “Singing is in my
soul,” says Lynda. “I was on the road performing in my teens
and traveled from the Catskills to Las Vegas, and from San
Francisco to the saloons in Texas.” An engaging storyteller,
she takes her audience on a journey where her life story and
her music intertwine. Though Lynda continued to act in films
and television, when she had children she left the road to
raise her young family. She returned to live performing in
2006, appearing on the London stage with an acclaimed star
turn in Chicago.
In 2007 Lynda started touring again in venues across the
country with her band of Nashville all-stars. Lynda has
brought her concert to major venues across the country,
including the Kennedy Center and Jazz at Lincoln Center. Her
first CD, At
Last, was
released in 2010 and her second, Crazy
Little Things, came
out in 2011. Last year she appeared as a special guest star
on the hit TV series “Two and a Half Men”. Lynda resides in
Potomac, Maryland, with her husband Robert A. Altman, and is
a staunch and outspoken supporter of many charities,
including Father Martin’s Ashley Treatment Center and God’s
Love We Deliver, along with numerous human rights and
equality organizations. |
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Loreen
Arbus is
Founder/Chair of Women
Who Care. Susan
Spencer, Editor-in-Chief of Women's
Day, will be
Honorary Chair of the event, and Donna
Hanover, journalist/radio personality and former First
Lady of New York City, returns as Honorary Co-Chair. Tamsen
Fadal, Emmy® award-winning Anchor of PIX 11 News, will
be a new Women
Who Care Co-Chair.
She joins returning Co-Chairs Robin
Givens, actress/director/author, Ali
Stroker of
“Glee Project” and “Glee” fame, and Emmy® award winner Paula
Zahn, host of “On the Case with Paula Zahn.” Hearst
Corporation returns
as lead sponsor of Women
Who Care. |
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In addition
to Lynda
Carter, honorees for this year’s luncheon include news
journalists Judy
Woodruff & Al
Hunt, social entrepreneur Joan
Hornig, and Ernst
& Young (EY). There will be a special presentation by Charlie
Rose. |
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The Women’s Who
Care/Luella Bennack Award is
presented each year at the Women Who Care Luncheon, in
memory of Luella
Bennack, the late wife of Frank
Bennack, long-time Hearst Corporation
CEO, long-term supporter of UCP of NYC and Women Who Cares’
lead sponsor. Luella believed that philanthropy is essential
to increasing the well-being of humankind. In living out
that philosophy, she focused many of her talents on
supporting UCP of NYC while motivating others to follow her
example. Like Luella, all of the extraordinary women who are
honored with her namesake award inspire others through their
care, concern, and deep commitment to charitable endeavors.
Recent honorees of the Luella Bennack Award include Judith
Light (2014), Cyndi
Lauper (2013), Robin
Roberts (2012), Diane
Sawyer, Gayle King, Ann Curry, Marlo Thomas and Lauren
Bush Lauren. |
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Past celebrity
presenters for Women
Who Care include: Oprah
Winfrey, Diane
Von Furstenberg, Jimmy
Smits, America
Ferrara, Cynthia Nixon, Ivanka Trump, Danny Glover, Meredith
Vieira, Alan Rickman, Nicole Miller, Deborah Norville, Alex
Witt, Cynthia
McFadden, Dr.
Oz, Maurice
DuBois, Mike
Woods, Regis
Philbin, Michelle
Bachelet, the
former President of Chile, Frank
Bennack , Jr., Executive Vice Chairman and former CEO of
the Hearst Corporation, and many other VIPs. |
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About Women
Who Care
Women Who Care was
created to honor female role models representing various
segments of the community. It is a celebration of women who
have deep concern for others and are passionately committed
to giving back. Their extraordinary accomplishments and
great character have inspired women around the world to
achieve their full potential. The Women
Who Care Luncheon
is a New York tradition and has generated global media
attention in previous years. Hearst Corporation is the
presenting sponsor of Women
Who Care for
the fifth year in a row. |
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About United Cerebral
Palsy of New York City
United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) is the fifth largest U.S. health
organization. In New York City, UCP of NYC is a leading
nonprofit provider of direct
services, technology, and advocacy to children and adults
with cerebral palsy and other disabilities. UCP of NYC
offers a breadth of more than 75 comprehensive programs
including medical, clinical, educational, technological,
residential, and rehabilitative services to over 14,000
individuals and families annually. The
mission of United Cerebral Palsy of New York City is to
create opportunities for people with disabilities to lead
independent and fulfilling lives. www.ucpnyc.org
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For ticket
information, please go to:
http://www.ucpnyc.org/site/c.buIWJcNSKnL6G/b.9230969/k.8CF/14th_Annual_Women_Who_Care_Luncheon.htm
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