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Atlanta Women’s Foundation’s “Numbers Too Big To Ignore”
The Atlanta Women’s Foundation’s “Numbers Too Big To Ignore” Luncheon raised more than a million dollars to support women’s and girls’ causes across metro Atlanta. The sold-out luncheon, held November 2nd at the Georgia World Congress Center’s Thomas Murphy Ballroom, featured celebrated actress, model, author, and women’s advocate Brooke Shields in conversation with WSB-TV anchor Linda Stouffer.
“I want women to feel valued,” Shields – who is celebrated for both extensive work as an actor and an advocate – told the crowd of 1600 attendees. “It’s not about ‘I am woman hear me roar,’ rather, ‘I am woman, hear me more.”
Others in attendance included: Event chairs Heather Lamb and Tish Harrison, Juliet Asher, MD., Alice Ball, Liz Blake, Susana Chavez, Ilene Engel, Deborah Goodman, Etta Raye Hirsch, Anne & Tim Sheehan, Lucy Carpenter Vance, Regan Lanier, Liz Blake, Meredith Lackey, Charmaine Ward-Millner, AWF CEO Kari B. Love, Meredith Leapley, Maurice and Theolyn Blackwood,
The luncheon, this year celebrating the organization’s 25th anniversary, serves as a platform to highlight issues impacting women and girls in Atlanta, fostering meaningful dialogue about issues at-risk women and girls face and ways to provide access to economic empowerment. Proceeds this year supported the newly launched “All Girls Forward” initiative, focusing on empowering girls experiencing poverty through education, mental and physical health, and pregnancy prevention, as well as the ongoing programs for impacting the lives of women living in poverty.
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Social Shots by Shaun Matos
This week, SocialAtlanta’s photographer hit the city’s hottest events including the Hype Hair Magazine party, Wine Women & Shoes benefiting Northside Hospital Cancer Institute, and the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power and Potential. That event, tilted “Empower,” was attended by board chair Jane Fonda, featured comedian Wanda Sykes and showcased a performance by the Indigo Girls. The committee was a list of heavyweights that included Mona and Steve Heyer, Swati and Rahul Patel, Ginny Brewer, Beth Park, Caroline Tucker, Karen Spencer Welanetz, Michele Boushka, Alison Gordon, Pola Changnon, Earline Brooks, Wendy and Neal Aronson, Trameka and Jerome Bettis, Taz and ik Bhatia, Amy Kim and John Gira, Rebecca and Sanjay Gupta, Reedy and Phil Hickey, Alex Kaminsky, Linda and Norman Radow, Christine and Bill Ragland, Ted Turner, Marylou and Jim Foley, Susan and Bruce Keenan, Payal and Krishna Rao.
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Ronald McDonald House Charities’ “Hearts and Hands” Gala
Ronald McDonald House Charities held its 15th Annual Gala, 14th Annual Hearts and Hands Gala, presented by The Coca-Cola Company. The evening raised $520,000 to support families staying at the Atlanta Ronald McDonald Houses. Held at the The Foundry at Puritan Mill, the evening honored Bob Ward, longtime supporter and Board of Directors member. Other guests included Helen & Jimmy Carlos, Carmen & Bob Titleman, Tatum DeGoey, Amy DeGoey, Stacie & Cory Stewart, Bob and Wanda Swoszowski and Roberto Mercade.
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