Join us Thursday, April 8 for our BWA Spring Social at 7th Street Wine Company in Fort Lauderdale.  Spend time with your fellow BWA members, see old friend and make new ones.  Wine tasting and hors d'oeuvres. Invitations and cost will be sent shortly.

It's almost time to start humming "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"...The annual BWA Night at the Marlins is scheduled for Wednesday, May 5. It's a 7:10 p.m. game against the San Francisco Giants. Thanks to a very generous Nancy Olson, Executive Director of the Florida Marlins Community Foundation, BWA members are in for a special evening - an on-field check presentation of a $1,000 grant from the Florida Marlins Community Foundation, and a terrific time in a suite watching baseball and enjoying hot dogs and more. Cost is $50, all of which goes to the BWA Scholarship Fund. If you're interested in tickets - spouses and friends are welcome - please contact Dorothy Klein (dklein@bplfoundation.org) 

Date:  Monday, March 8, 2010

Time:  11:30 a.m.

Location:  The Tower Club, One Financial Plaza, 28th Floor , Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394

Members:  No charge - Guests: $25.00 due at the door

Your dues covers the cost of all of your lunches.  If you invite a guest, please pay $25/guest at the door.  Please do not send a guest in your place.  If you cannot attend, please cancel your guest as well.

• Long-time BWA member Ruth Brown has moved to Raleigh, NC near her two daughters and granddaughter.  Her new address is 10820 Sandy Oak Lane, Apt 432, Raleigh NC 27614 and her telephone is 919-803-7809.

• Suzanne Higgins was named Director of Development of Leadership Broward Foundation, effective February 26, 2010.  Congratulations!

• Pick up the March issue of MORE Magazine to see Melinda Lee in a photo spread about spring fashion trends!

• Congratulations to BWA members Debra Vogel, Chris Madsen, Suzanne Higgins and Cindy Schutt who have been chosen as honorees for the 2010 Leadership Broward Fun Lunch, “The Calendar Ladies of Leadership Broward.”  The luncheon is April 28 at 11:30 a.m. at Signature Grand. Pam Masters is pulling together a table of BWA members who would like to support these honorees.  If you’d like to purchase a ticket and sit at a BWA table, please contact Pam at realtorpam@bellsouth.net or 954-980-7991.

• Nancy Olson and The Florida Marlins Community Foundation is very active during Spring Training at Jupiter.  Stop by the Foundation when you come to a game.  In addition, we have a Kids Clinic on March 14 and a Bowling Tournament with our players on March 27.  All the proceeds raised at Spring Training are used for the Florida State League Scholarship Program.  Since 2000 the Marlins Foundation has contributed $83,000 to this program.  Here are the links to sign up for the events:  www.marlins.com/clinic  and  www.marlins.com/basebowl.

• Alice Lucia and Sandra Andersen of Jones Lang LaSalle were named "2009 Office Brokers of the Year" for the tri county market by NAIOP (National Association of Industrial and Office Properties) they completed 26 leases totaling 662,000square feet with  total lease values $152,300,000.

   

• Dorothy Klein announces the annual Literary Feast event on March 19-20, with 21 nationally known authors, including Russell Banks and Elizabeth Kostova. A businesswomen's luncheon, featuring Mireille Guiliano, author of "Women, Work and the Art of Savoir Faire," will be at noon Friday, March 19 at Pier 66's Pier Top restaurant. $65. LitLIVE!, the free day of author talks and booksignings, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 20, at NSU's Alvin Sherman Library, Davie; Night of Literary Feasts, 6-8 p.m. Saturday, March 20 cocktail reception at Pier 66's Panorama Room, followed by gourmet dinners in private homes and restaurants. $150. For information, 954-357-7384; www.literaryfeastonline.org
• Gilda's Club South Florida Annual Day of Research and Hope  - Educational and panel discusion. Saturday, March 20 from 8:30 a.m to 1:30  p.m. at Signature Grand.  Free to Gilda's Club members; $25 for non-members.
• Gilda's Club South Florida Glamour in the Garden. Women's day of relaxation, beauty, music, makeovers, massage and fashion show by Nose for Clothes: Sunday, March 21, 2010 12-3pm at Gilda’s Club $50pp lunch. Contact Samantha for details: 954-763-6776 or Samantha@gildasclubsouthflorida.org
• Sunday, March 28 - Florida Aids Walk, a 10k walk (optional 5K) to benefit Children's Diagnostic & Treatment Center and other organizations that support children and adults living with HIV/AIDS.  Registration begins at 8:00 a.m, opening ceremonies at 9:30 a.m., & walk starts at 10:00 a.m. at Huizenga Plaza which heads east on Las Olas Blvd. to the beach and back.  Contact Suzanne Higgins at 954-728-1118 or shiggins@browardhealth.org if you wish to sign up to walk with the CDTC team.  For more information, visit www.childrensdiagnostic.org or www.floridaaidswalk.org BWA member Erica Bachelor has formed a fund raising team for Florida AIDS Walk, ericabachelor@mac.com.

• The 4th Annual Starfish Luncheon will be held on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 from 11am – 1:30pm at the Signature Grand in Davie, FL.  With over 400 corporate leaders and business professionals attending, this is an essential public forum to honor and show appreciation for venerable people who are dedicated to changing the lives of domestic violence victims in Broward County. The “Starfish” theme is inspired from the popular starfish story by Loren Eiseley which exemplifies how each and every one of us can make a difference - one person at a time.  To attend, sponsor the event, purchase a journal ad, or donate a silent auction items, contact Courntey Holshouser at cholshouser@womenindistress.org or call 954-760-9800. 

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  Who will be the 2010 Man and Woman of the Year for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society?  Announcement at Grand Finale Black Tie Gala on May 21, 2010 at Hyatt Regency Pier 66 in Fort Lauderdale. www.lls.org/sfl 954-744-5313.  

• Save the Date:  12th Annual Women In Distress 5k SafeWalk-RUN on Saturday, October 30, 2010 at Markham Park at 7:30 a.m.  For more information visit www.womenindistress.org.
  

2010 Meetings:

March 8

April 12

May 10

June 14