Television personality and acknowledged columnist Joan Lunden will be the honoree and key apostle at the Domestic Violence Crisis Center's seventh anniversary People of Courage Spring Luncheon on May 14 at the Stamford Marriott Hotel.
(Vocus/PRWEB ) May 14, 2009 -- Television personality and acknowledged columnist Joan Lunden will be the honoree and key apostle at the Domestic Violence Crisis Center's seventh anniversary People of Courage Spring Luncheon on May 14 at the Stamford Marriott Hotel.
Joan Lunden
Lunden is one of America's a lot of accustomed and trusted personalities. Her about 20 years, from 1980 through 1997, as co-host of ABC's Good Morning America accept admired her to audiences nationwide, and she has accomplished millions added with her plan as a articulate parenting and women's bloom advocate. She is currently the host of Lifetime Television's Health Corner, educating women on bloom issues, childcare, diet and medicine. She is aswell the host of Hometown Heroes on Direct TV and afresh hosted the award-winning America's Invisible Children on the CW Network. As an author, apostle and entrepreneur, Lunden has continued been an advocate for advantageous families and for 16 years has formed with Michael Bolton Charities in its efforts to action calm abandon and to assure women and accouchement at risk; she has been the emcee of the anniversary Michael Bolton Charity Gala back its beginning. Lunden has taken her women's advancement even further, creating a weekend break for women to appear to crop affliction of themselves alleged Camp Reveille (www.CampReveille.com). Former DVCC honoree Linda Fairstein, the accepted columnist and above New York prosecutor, will serve as Honorary Chair and will acquaint Ms. Lunden.
This added accepted bologna aims to allure added than 600 attendees who abutment the casework the agency provides on account of the victims of calm violence. As the agency's above fundraising event, it affords cogent banking abutment for alarmingly bare agency programs. Although the accident has awash out for several years, bologna board associates autonomous to lower the basal admission amount this year in acceptance of the difficult bread-and-butter environment. A board of about 80 across residents, led by Co - Chairs Trevor Crow of Southport and Denise Massingale-Lamb of Weston, is alive harder to put the accident together. Past Co-Chairs Peggy Brown of Darien and Kathy Kincaid of Westport are confined as advising chairs.
In accession to Fairstein, antecedent honorees cover columnist Lee Woodruff, women's rights activist Gloria Steinem, columnist Anna Quindlen, ABC News political analyst Cokie Roberts and above prosecutor Jeanine Pirro.
Money aloft at the accident will advice DVCC abide its mission to advice victims and their accouchement acquisition means to abide their lives in peace, after the blackmail of violence, browbeating or abuse. The agency offers chargeless and arcane casework that cover cloister and acknowledged services, accumulation and alone counseling, acting shelter, apartment services, children's services, medical advocacy, multilingual services, the PeaceWorks blockage apprenticeship project, association apprenticeship and a 24-hour hotline (1-888-774-2900). With offices in Stamford and Norwalk, DVCC is the alone calm abandon agency confined the communities of Stamford, Norwalk, Westport, Darien, New Canaan, Wilton and Weston.
During budgetary year 2007 - 2008, DVCC provided casework to over 4,000 victims of calm violence. PeaceWorks provided programs to over 17,000 acceptance and conducted workshops and acquaintance contest for about 7,000 adults.
For tickets and advocacy opportunities for the luncheon, alarm (203) 853-0418 or email SpringLuncheon(at)dvccct.org. Individual tickets are $100, and there are abounding opportunities for and levels of sponsorship. Raffle tickets for prizes donated in abutment of the fundraiser will be awash for $10 anniversary starting in aboriginal April.
For added advice about honoree Joan Lunden, amuse appointment her website at www.JoanLunden.com.
Contact: Kathy Lake
Media Relations Advocate
Phone: (203) 853-0418
Email: klake(at)dvccct.org
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