FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Women’s Fund of Essex County’s Grant Awards Luncheon Featuring Robin Young, Emmy Award Winning Television Host
Essex County, MA, September, 2015- The Women’s Fund of Essex County will host its 13th Annual Grant Awards Luncheon on Tuesday, October 6, 2015 from 11:30 am until 2:00 pm at the DoubleTree by Hilton Boston North Shore, 50 Ferncroft Road, Danvers, MA. The Annual Luncheon will recognize and honor fifteen nonprofit agencies that provide outreach and life skills to women and girls in Essex County. It will celebrate the success of the grant award recipients and recognize their outstanding efforts to improve the lives of women and girls. In 2015, The Women’s Fund was proud to award $230,000 to local organizations.
Keynote Speaker of the Luncheon is Robin Young. Robin brings more than 25 years of broadcast experience to her current role as host of Here & Now. She is a Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker who has also reported for NBC, CBS, and ABC television and for several years and was a substitute host and correspondent for “The Today Show.”
Robin has received several Emmy Awards for her television work, as well as cable’s Ace award, the Religious Public Relations Council’s Wilbur Award and the National Conference of Christians and Jews Gold Award. She has also received radio’s regional Edward R. Murrow award. Perhaps most notably, Robin was one of the first hosts on the groundbreaking television show “Evening Magazine”.
Founded in 2003, The Women’s Fund of Essex County’s mission is to promote philanthropy and to raise and distribute funds to organizations that provide opportunities and promote solutions for women and girls in need throughout Essex County. Since 2003, The Women’s Fund has awarded over $1 million to over 80 non-profit programs. The Women’s Fund is a field of interest fund of the Essex County Community Foundation located in Danvers, MA.
To purchase tickets to the Luncheon and learn more about The Women’s Fund, please visit www.thewomensfundec.org.
For information regarding the Press Release, contact Susan Beckmann, (617) 733-6367, susan.beckmann@verison.net or Lynn Bryant, (617) 633-9175.
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