Join us as Compass Bank presents the 10th Annual Texas Trailblazer Award Luncheon Reach for the Stars benefiting The Family Place. 

Victor Rivers - National spokesperson for the National Network to End Domestic Violence - Celebrity Guest Speaker

At a cocktail reception sponsored by deBoulle last week, Paige Flink, Executive Director, The Family Place, announced Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison will receive the first ever Gerry Beer Founders Award. The award has been established this year to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the Texas Trailblazer Luncheon.

Gerry Beer was a pioneer in the field of family violence, identifying the need for services and shelter for battered women and children at the forefront of a movement to come. When she began her work in family violence, there were no laws in Dallas protecting battered women, no policies for the arrest of batterers, and no shelter to save lives. Gerry secured volunteers and later funding to begin a hotline and outreach counseling.

This grassroots effort grew into The Family Place, which opened one of the first shelters for victims of family violence in the state of Texas in 1978.

The Gerry Beer Founders Award honors a woman who has taken a stand against family violence and whose trailblazing contributions and achievements have made a profound impact on women’s issues.

The Texas Trailblazer Award Nominees:
Anne Davidson, Lynn McBee, Nina Vaca, Virginia Whitehill, Billie Williamson

The award recipient will be announced at the luncheon. Biographies and award descriptions are available at:
http://www.socialwhirl.com/SWFamilyPlace.htm

Chairman: Angela Choquette

Honorary Committee: Celebrating our 10th Anniversary, we are honored to present each Texas Trailblazer Award recipient through the past nine years as our Honorary Committee:
1996 - Louise Raggio;
1997 – Ebby Halliday Acers;
1998 – Norma Lee Beasley;
1999 – Anita N. Martinez;
2000 – Nancy Brinker;
2001 – Vivian Castleberry;
2002 – Elaine Agather;
2003 – Caroline Rose Hunt;
2005 – Colleen Barrett

When: August 23, 2006. Registration 11:30. Luncheon begins at noon.

Where: Frontiers of Flight Museum at Love Field

Sponsorships are available.
Tickets are $100 each, by reservation only. So call ahead to reserve your spot.

For More Information: The Family Place contact: Emily Santillan, 214-443-7717. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Website: http://www.familyplace.org

On television Victor has guest starred on such hit shows as MIAMI VICE, JAG, STAR TREK, C.S.I. MIAMI, and 24.

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