Women in Distress of Broward County To Hold the Starfish Awards.To Honor Community Members Making a Difference One Person at a Time FORT LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla. -- Women In Distress of Broward County, Inc. announced today that over 300 people are anticipated to join forces to raise funds to aid men, women and children who are victims of domestic violence and recognize special honorees at the First Annual Starfish Luncheon, presented by Maroone. The Women In Distress First Annual Starfish Luncheon will honor special supporters who are helping to make a difference in the lives of domestic violence victims. The program will be emceed by WSVN's anchor Lynn Martinez and Randy Rogers. Honorees will include BankAtlantic and Alan Levan and Susie Levan as Corporate Citizens; Silvia Mansons, founder of Women In Distress Auxiliary auxiliary In grammar, a verb that is subordinate to the main lexical verb in a clause. Auxiliaries can convey distinctions of tense, aspect, mood, person, and number. , as Community Leader; and Lois Herman as Community Volunteer. The First Annual Starfish Luncheon will take place on Monday, May 14, 2007, at the Bahia Mar, 801 SeaBreeze Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale. Registration and a Silent Auction will begin at 11:00 a.m., followed by the program and luncheon beginning at 12:00 noon. Funds raised through the luncheon will support the Women In Distress emergency shelter Emergency shelters are places for people to live temporarily when they can't live in their previous residence, similar to homeless shelters. The main difference is that an emergency shelter typically specializes in people fleeing a specific type of situation, such as battered and supportive services to victims and their children in addition to domestic violence prevention and education activities surrounding sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. domestic violence. Individual luncheon tickets are $50.00 and table sponsorship are $500.00. Please use the contact information below to order individual tickets or table sponsorships. The Women In Distress First Annual Starfish Luncheon is presented by Maroone - an AutoNation Company, and sponsored by JM Family Enterprises, Inc., Edwards, Angell, Palmer & Dodge, LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol , Great Florida Bank, Verizon Wireless Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, owns and operates the second largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States, based on total wireless customers. , BankAtlantic, Memorial Healthcare System, Sun-Sentinel, Motorola, Worth International Media Group, Vista Health Plan, Bliss & Nyitray, Inc., and Surealty Title. First Annual Starfish Luncheon Contact Info: Jennifer Stewart Telephone: 954-332-3459 Fax: 954-832-9487 Email: jstewart@womenindistress.org About Women In Distress of Broward County, Inc.: Our mission is to provide victims of domestic violence with safe shelter, crisis intervention crisis intervention Psychiatry The counseling of a person suffering from a stressful life event–eg, AIDS, cancer, death, divorce, by providing mental and moral support. See Hotline. and resources, and to partner with the community in order to Stop Abuse For Everyone (SAFE) through intervention A procedure used in a lawsuit by which the court allows a third person who was not originally a party to the suit to become a party, by joining with either the plaintiff or the defendant. , education and advocacy. Women In Distress of Broward County, Inc. Contact Info: Mailing address and main office: Women In Distress of Broward County, Inc. P.O. Box 676 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33302 Telephone: 954-760-9800 Fax: 954-832-9487 TDD: 954-760-9800 ext. 232 24-hour Crisis Line (English and Spanish): 1-800-500-1119 For more information on Women In Distress of Broward County or to make a donation, please visit our web site: www.womenindistress.org. To receive future Women In Distress of Broward County news releases or announcements directly via email, please register in our e-mailing list by sending your name, mailing address, phone number and email address See Internet address. to: jstewart@womenindistress.org. |
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