March 28, 2024

Celebrating Women

Patricia McGuire

“Women’s Education – Women’s Empowerment” is the theme of this year’s St. Mary’s County Commission for Women annual dinner banquet, set for Thursday, March 22, 2012, at 6 p.m.,  at the Dr. James Forrest Career and Technology Center in Leonardtown.

The Commission will recognize outstanding charitable and civic service to the community with the announcement of their 2012 Woman of the Year award and 2012 Woman of Tomorrow award. The Commission will also present its Lifetime Achievement Award to Everlyn Holland.

Patricia McGuire, president of Trinity Washington University, will deliver the keynote address. Last fall, she was named one of Washingtonian magazine’s “100 Most Powerful Women” for guiding Trinity from a small, Catholic women’s college into an innovative higher-education system for students of all ages and backgrounds, especially women from high-poverty populations.

The cost is $20 per person and reservations must be made by Thursday, March 1. To reserve your seat at the banquet, contact the Department of Human Services at 301-475-4200, ext. 1689.     Payment can also be mailed to:  Commission for Women, c/o Stephanie Figeroux, Department of Human Services, 23115 Leonard Hall Dr., P.O. Box 653, Leonardtown, MD, 20650 or via e-mail to [email protected]. Checks should be made payable to “St. Mary’s County Government.”

Payment must be received in advance.  Proceeds from the banquet will go to the Jane Hale Sypher Scholarship at the College of Southern Maryland, Leonardtown.

Source: St. Mary’s County Public Information Office

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