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Awards & Recognition
2009 You Gotta Have A Heart Awards 2008 You Gotta Have A Heart Winners Cherie Arnold Heart Award
Awards in 2007 Awards in 2006 Heart Awards in 2006
Awards in 2005 Awards in 2004 Awards in 2003 Awards in 2002
The 2010 For You Network "You Gotta Have A Heart" award winners are:
Best Local Connection Restaurant Host: Ristorante Da Vinci, Long Beach Connection
Best Local Connection: TeleNetwork, Shirley Kerr & Gisella Thomas
Best Member Website: www.tichiwilkersonkaselmovementtherapyfoundation.org, Robbie Motter, Murrieta and South Orange County Connection
Women Home Based Business: Good Stuff CA, Charlotte Ferrell, Long Beach Women Small Business: TCLeary Jewelry, T.C. Leary, North San Diego Best Corporate Enviornment for Women: Health Business Resources Grace Richardson, North Orange County Making a Difference in the Community: Black Women Beating Breast Cancer Alliance, Delores Burgess, San Fernando; The Image Maker & Girls Nurture (3), Joan Rudder-Ward, High Desert
Trailblazer Award: June Davidson, Pasadena Emerging Leader: Sheila Caruso, South Orange County Sphere of Influence:Dr. Barbara Hoffman, South Orange County, Darlene Helstrom, Foothill (2) Women of the Year: Myra Wallace, Long Beach Mentor and Advocate: Robbie Motter, Murrieta and South Orange County Founding Director Award: Denise Thomson, Long Beach Connection Cherie Arnold "Heart" Award: Kay Presto, Rancho Cucamonga Connection Bronze Presidential Volunteer Award: Barbara Eldridge, North San Diego Connection Silver Presidential Volunteer Award: Lillie Montgomery, High Desert Connection
2009 "You Gotta Have A Heart" Awards
The Executive Success Team recognized the Local Connection Directors and presented them with a gift in appreciation of their 'heart' work. The fabulous Cindy Ashton kept the event moving and did an incredible job.
Fifteen awards were presented (listed below).The Bronze Presidential Volunteer award was given to Barbara Eldridge, Director For You Network North San Diego and CEO, Mind Masters while Lillie Montgomery, Director For You Network High Desert received the Silver Presidential Volunteer award for their service to the For You Network. Cindy Ashton read the accompanying letter from President Obama thanking both ladies for their commitment.
Delores Burgess sang "Funny Valentine" and an original piece, "Loving Me," written by her for her one woman stage play "Fighting For The Title." Cindy Ashton closed the afternoon with an incredible rendition of "All I ask of you" from the Phantom of the Opera. It was heartfelt.
Conclusion: The 8th Annual "You Gotta Have A Heart" awards luncheon was very successful.
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The 7th Annual For You/NAFE Have a Heart event was again a great success because of the hard work of event chair Gisella Thomas, and also because of the wonderful people who showed up and all the great For You/NAFE nominees who were in attendance.
This event is held every year and is a way of the For You/NAFE EST Board to honor all its great members in its 19 local connection Southern CA networks. The nominees are nominated by members and by the Directors from the 19 local connection networks.
Benedict Castle in Riverside, CA is a fantastic place with lots of history and charm and it was packed with dynamic For You/NAFE members and guests. The event was filled with excitement and suspense until the envelopes were opened. No one had a clue who the winners would be. All the nominees were terrific and deserving of being selected. Vicki Faust, faculty member of CLHS in Wildomar, CA had a tough time selecting the winners in 14 categories. A total of 97 nomination were submitted this year in the various categories.
As the envelopes were opened and the winners announced, many of those selected were in shock and even tears and it was such a moving event. Each of the winners after accepting their award stepped to the microphone to say a few words. All were thrilled they had been nominated and even more thrilled they won, but each talked about how being a member of FOR YOU/NAFE has changed their lives and about the wonderful friendships they have made, the mentors they have found all because they were members. Coming together as the For You/NAFE network does at their 4 events a year really lets the members know why being a member of For You/NAFE is so special.
The nominees came from all over Southern CA as our networks are in Corona, Culver City, Glendale, High Desert, Long Beach, Moreno Valley, Murrieta, N.Orange County, N San Diego, Pasadena, Rancho Cucamonga, Redlands, Riverside, San Gabriel Valley, S Orange County, Santa Clarita Valley and the San Fernando Valley area. The winners reflect individuals from all these areas.
The winners represent the following areas:
Richtie Wills was awarded the Presidential "Call To Service "Gold" Award" for volunteering and serving over 500 hours to For You Network over the past 7 years. Ritchie is also the Founding Member of the Redlands For You/NAFE network and also serves as the President of the Board of Directors.
Best Restaurant: Sarducci's, San Juan Capistrano, (SOC FY/NAFE Network);
Best Local Connection Meeting: High Desert FY/NAFE local connection (Lillie Montgomery, Director);
Best Member Website: (tie) www.apronexplosion.com (owner Natasha Flowers Redlands FY/NAFE Network) and www.EvelynGray.com (owner Evelyn Gray, San Gabriel FY/NAFE network;
Women Owned Home Base Business:(tie) Presto Productions, Kay Presto (Rancho Cucamonga FY/NAFE network ) and W.I.T. Institute - Doris Roper, North San Diego, FY/NAFE network;
Women-Owned Small Business: Mindmasters - Barbara Eldridge, Director, North San Diego FY/NAFE Network;
Making A Difference in the Community: For You/NAFE Network High Desert, "A Day For You, " This was a day that they honored teens in their community, For You Network Success Team & Members;
Trailblazer: Ruby Miller-Lyman, Rancho Cucamonga FY/NAFE Network and Founding Sponsor of FY Networks;
Women Mentor and Advocate: Carol Pilkington, Santa Clarita, Director, FY/NAFE network;
Sphere of Influence: Cindy McMahon, Corona FY/NAFE Network;
Emerging Leader: Karen Hobson, Murrieta FY/NAFE Network;
Best Corporate Business Environment: American Seminar Leaders, June Davidson, Director, , Pasadena; FY/NAFE Network;
Women of the Year: Shirley Kerr, Past Corona FY Founding Director & Est Board Member;
Founding Director Award: Daniela Bumann, Redlands, FY/NAFE Network; Cherie Arnold "Heart" Award: Robbie Motter, NAFE Western & Mid Atlantic Regional Coordinator and Gold Founding Sponsor For You networks.
The attendees all enjoyed a fantastic lunch, silent auction, door prizes and all brought toiletry and baby items that will be donated to a local women's shelter.
The awards were given out by Helice "Sparky" Bridges, an international motivational speaker and Founder of "Who I Am Matters"
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