By Pat Wachtel, President & CEO
At the 2009 Touchstone Awards & 40th Anniversary Celebration on Aug. 6, Girls Inc. quite literally blew out the candles on our first 40 years by honoring 40 women! To kick off the party, our summer campers hosted the popular exhibit reception and taught guests about Girls Inc. programs ranging from karate to economic literacy. Following the reception, guests joined us for lunch and an awards ceremony honoring Ellen Annala and Alpha Blackburn (pictured above) along with the rest of our 40 strong, smart, and bold Touchstone Awards honorees. Girls Inc. national president and CEO Joyce Roché even joined us for the party!
Special thanks to Marianne Glick, Ted Englehart, and Dorothy Schulz Englehart who donated five works of art to the Touchstone Awards. These five pieces of art were raffled off to a few lucky winners at the luncheon!
Thank you to our generous leading sponsors who made the event possible: Lilly Endowment, Inc., Christel DeHaan Family Foundation, Citizens Energy Group, Eugene & Marilyn Glick Family Foundation, Kroger, Lumina Foundation for Education, State Farm, and The National Bank of Indianapolis.
