Five to be Honored for “Women of Distinction“ 2005
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Soroptimist International of Huntington
Beach is proud to announce the 2005 Women of Distinction
Honorees. They will be honored at our annual luncheon to be
held April 28, 2005 at the Hilton Waterfront Resort to
commence at 11:30.
Woman of Distinction: Joan Lund
Joan has a passion to serve three causes: Youth, Families in
crisis and Senior Citizens.
Women of Distinction in Health Care: Mary Botticella
Mary is the CEO of Huntington Beach Hospital. Many
improvements and innovative changes have occurred under her
tenure at the Huntington Beach Hospital.
Women Helping Women – International Goodwill &
Understanding: Anita Brace
Anita is a dynamic woman who in her many travels around the
world seeks out areas in need of assistance from schools to
orphanages. She is a founding member of Project Self
Sufficiency.
Women Helping Women: Officer Victoria Shroyer
Victoria is a Huntington Beach Police Officer. She mentors
high school girls and is the model Soroptimist Volunteer who
with her daily work improves the lives of women and girls in
our communities.
Advancing the Status of Women: Dr. Sue Bryant
Dr. Bryant has changed Biological Science since she began
her work in the 1960’s first in London and onto UCI. Dr.
Bryant has worked for the full participation of women and
minorities in the scientific enterprise. In 2005 Dr. Bryant
was selected for the highest honor bestowed by the
Association for Women Science.
Thank you to our Women of Distinction Committee for the
magnificent job.
Thank you to Pat Bone for organizing the lunch menu and room
preparations and for donating one of your incredible
paintings.
Sally Morgan did an incredible job with the Bio’s for the 5
honorees.
Jody Marquez Wood was a tremendous help with the new
invitation design.
Cindy Ford was hitting the beat selling ads for our program
and collecting donations for the raffle.
Ellie selected beautiful awards for our honorees and Debbie
Sims is putting together an awesome program.
Freda is designing beautiful centerpieces while Lisa is
working on the RSVP and check-in.
Maureen has once again collected great donations for our
raffle and Suzanne Boller has once again taken great care
with the proclamations.
Debbie Stock will be taking photos the day of the event and
several of our members will be manning the check in tables.
Our club voted unanimously for the Soroptimist of the Year.
We selected our President Lisa Loughran.
President Lisa has shown herself to be a woman of courage,
humility and integrity as well as a great personal charmer.
She has been a vial effective force in the great growth of
our club. We have gained 16 new members during her year as
President and we still have 3 months to go. To all of us you
have given your heart and in return we give you our
boundless admiration.
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