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The third annual event featuring the YWCA's historic archives:
Founding Mothers: Buffalo & YWCA's Leading Women

Celebrating our Founding Mothers, honoring today's outstanding local women leaders
From L to R: Frances Hubbard Larkin (Mrs. John D. Larkin), Flora Cameron Baird (Mrs. Frank B. Baird), Mary Ann Allen Holloway (Mrs. Isaac Holloway), Katherine Wilcox Hedstrom (Mrs. Arthur E. Hedstrom)

Exhibition with wine reception
and trolley tour:

Thursday, May 22nd, 2014
Forest Lawn Cemetery Chapel
(1411 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo)

5:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Tickets: $50 / person


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2014 Honorees:
Donna M. Fernandes, Ph.D., President/CEO,  The Buffalo Zoo
Erin Heaney, Director, Clean Air Coalition
Christina Orsi, Regional Director, Empire State Development WNY
Stephanie Simeon, Executive Director, Heart of the City Neighborhoods
Janet Sung, M.D., Founder,  Windsong Radiology
Gretchen Toles, Past Chair, Buffalo Friends of the Olmsted Parks

Sponsorship Opportunities (tax deductible)

  • Presenting Sponsor ($5,000)
  • Gold Sponsor ($3,000)
  • Silver Sponsor ($2,000)
  • Bronze Sponsor ($1,000)
  • Program Sponsor - Ads (please submit by May 5)
    • Full-Page ($200)
    • 1/2 Page ($100)
    • 1/4 Page (business card) ($50)

You may pay for you ticket or donation through the YWCA's secure PayPal website. Click on "donate" to be directed to a secure server.  A PayPal account is not required. Simply enter the amount of your admission ticket, sponsorship, or donation, and fill-out the requested information.


For more information contact Nadine DiStefano at nadine@aviju.com / info@ywca-wny.org or call 716-440-4152.
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Presenting Sponsors:
Gold Sponsor:

The YWCA of WNY is a United Way Agency.
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