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The Army Scholarship Foundation United
for Heroes Mother Daughter Fashion Show and Tea Happens
Monday, April 30, 2018
Bring a friend and join in
supporting the second annual United for Heroes
Tea and Mother Daughter Fashion Show on Monday,
April 30, 2018 at the fabulous Belo Mansion in
Dallas to benefit the Army Scholarship
Foundation and provide educational opportunities
for our military families.
Chaired by Rose
Gault, President of the Army Scholarship
Foundation with Carmaleta
Whiteley Felton as Advisory Chair, this
event is crucial to help provide funding for
scholarships for the children and spouses of
Army families and is supported by numerous
sponsors and underwriters.
Honorary Chairs are Lucy
Billingsley and Carmen
Hancock. This year’s Mother Daughter
Fashion Show will feature the latest spring and
summer fashionable frocks and more styles from Betty
Reiter and children’s fashions from Kidbiz.
Last year’s tea was held at the
Crow Library and featured refreshments and a
delightful presentation by Royal
Chef Darren McGrady, chef to Queen
Elizabeth II, Diana, the
Princess of Wales and Princes
Williamand Harry for
fifteen years. A moving testimonial by
scholarship recipient Ms. Samantha
Nance highlighted the struggles and triumphs
facing many military families today. The event
concluded with a series of mesmerizing musical
performances by professional opera singers Rezeda
Raskiewicz, Jared
Duncan and pianist Igor
Chernyshev.
Models include business and
community leaders and friends who will be
walking the fashion runway along with their
children showcasing the latest styles. A
special musical tribute will be presented by Ellen
Batchof Cherry Valley, California.
Host committee members are Betsy
Crousen, Connie Carreker, Barbara Daseke, Linda
Ivy, Dee Simmons, Karen Seanor, Carmaleta
Whiteley Felton, Wendy Jenkins, Christine
Martin, Kathy Cothrum, Elaine Everitt, Kay
Hammond, Doris Jacobs, Suzanne Palmlund, and Rose
Gault.
Please join us for a fun afternoon!
Since 2001, the Army Scholarship
Foundation has provided hundreds of academic
scholarships to military family members. The
Foundation was established in 2001 by a group of
Army veterans to serve our military families by
helping children and spouses of soldiers fulfill
their dreams of higher education.
Tickets range from $175 to $500
each, and sponsor and underwriter benefits
include preferred seating, special program
visibility, and more.
Mission Statement: The
mission of the Foundation is to provide college
scholarships to the sons and daughters of those
who have served our nation honorably as soldiers
in the United States Army and to provide college
scholarships to spouses of enlisted soldiers
serving on active duty in the United States
Army.
History: In
the year 2000, a handful of U.S. Army veterans
joined together to develop plans for
establishing a foundation to assist the needy
sons and daughters of soldiers and Army veterans
in achieving their dreams of higher education.
It was the vision of these Army veterans that
the Foundation would grow and be able to benefit
an ever increasing number of deserving children
of soldiers.
In 2001, the Internal Revenue
Service recognized the Foundation as a 501(c)(3)
non-profit, making all donations to the
Foundation fully tax deductible to the extent
allowed by federal law.
In 2017, the Army Scholarship
Foundation awarded a record 126 scholarships to
deserving Army family members in pursuit their
educational dreams. Since 2001, the Foundation
has awarded hundreds of scholarships averaging
approximately $1,000 each. Unfortunately, many
highly qualified applicants do not receive
awards due to lack of funding.
The Army Scholarship Foundation
continues today as an all-volunteer
organization, run by caring individuals seeking
to assist Army family members in their
educational pursuits as a small way of saying
"thank you" for the many sacrifices made by Army
families.
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