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Event Title: 2017
Woman of the Year Gala
Benefiting: Les
Femmes du Monde “Women helping our youth in health
and education.”
When: Wednesday,
November 21, 2017
6:00 p.m. VIP Reception
6:30 p.m. Doors open/Registration
Where: Dallas
Country Club
4155 Mockingbird Lane
Dallas, TX 75205
What: The
evening begins with a VIP cocktail reception
followed by a three course seated dinner and
presentation of the Woman of the Year.
Who: Barbara
Daseke, Gala Chair
Sharon Ballew, President, Les Femmes
du Monde
Woman of the Year: Carmaleta
Whiteley Felton
The Woman of the Year is a supporter who has helped
make this organization and many nonprofits
successful, embracing education for members and
youth, while at the same time, helping others in our
community.
Emcee: Ron
Corning, WFAA Channel 8 news anchor
Tickets: Individual
tickets begin at $250 and are available for a
limited time. Single Patron tickets are available at
$500 each and $1,000. Sponsorships and underwriting
are available. Visit the website for updates: http://www.LesFemmesduMonde.org
Contact: Through
the website at http://www.lesfemmesdumonde.org
2017 Beneficiaries: Proceeds
from the event benefit two beneficiaries: The Child
Life Program at Children’s HealthSM Children’s
Medical Center and the Global Young Leaders Program
of the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth.
The Child Life Program’s primary goal
is to minimize the impact of illness on a child’s
normal growth and emotional and cognitive
development. This involves establishing supportive
relationships with patients and families and
providing them with developmentally-appropriate
information that helps them prepare for, understand
and cope with their healthcare experiences.
The Global Young Leaders and
Education Programs at
the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth seeks
to educate students and teachers on how
international events affect their lives, their
communities, and their country. The goal is to
empower students to become effective, active global
citizens and leaders in the community. Celebrating
its 10th anniversary in 2014, this program has
impacted more than 1 million students and trained
more than 8,000 teachers since its inception in
2004."
Mission Statement: Since
its beginning in 1961, Les Femmes du Monde
is celebrating its 55th year of service.
The mission is to provide funds for the support of
the Children’s Medical Center of Dallas Child Life
Program and the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort
Worth International Education Program.
Membership: Membership
in Les Femmes du Monde is open to the public and
includes many benefits, such as invitations to
events in private homes, the Woman of the Year
celebration, New Member reception, Annual Meeting
and Luncheon, and the opportunity to meet new
friends and learn more about the world we live in.
Les Femmes Du Monde: Dedicated To
Serving Dallas
Les Femmes du Monde has donated more
than $2 million to the World Affairs Council of
Dallas Fort Worth, and more than $670,000 to
Children’s Medical Center.
Past Woman of the Year Honorees (in
chronological order): 1986
Doris S. Dixon; 1987 Ruth Collins Sharp Altshuler;
1988 Caroline Rose Hunt; 1989 Annette Strauss, Mayor
of Dallas; 1990 Vivian Castleberry; 1991 Mary Kay
Ash; 1995 Ebby Halliday; 1996 Catherine Crier; 1997
Kay Bailey Hutchison, U.S. Senator; 1998 Laura Bush,
First Lady of Texas; 1999 Juanita Miller; 2000 Nancy
Brinker; 2001 Gloria Campos; 2002 Florence Shapiro,
Texas State Senator; 2003 Liz Minyard and Gretchen
Minyard Williams; 2005 Karen Hughes, Under Secretary
of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs;
2006 Billie Leigh Rippey; 2007 Dee Wyly; 2008 Anita
Perry, First Lady of Texas; 2009 Yvonne Crum; 2011
Geraldine “Tincy” Miller; 2012 Dr.
Gail Thomas, President and CEO, The Trinity Trust
Foundation; 2013 Mary
Lee Cox; 2014 Virginia Chandler Dykes, Gina
Ginsburg, Lynn McBee, Margaret McDermott, Pat Smith,
Nina Vaca; 2015 Virginia Cook; 2016 Couple of the
Year Nancy and W. Herbert Hunt.
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