Please join me in welcoming our newest BWA member, April Nolan-Kossuth.  April is an interior designer with A.N.K. designs in Fort Lauderdale and her sister is BWA member Lenore Nolan-Ryan. 

Don't forget to update your address, bio and listing on the BWA website.  We will be sending the annual directory next month.  www.browardwomensalliance.org  Member ID: (your email address).  If you forgot your password, the system will email it to you.

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) 

Jorene Jameson of Broward Education Foundation will share information about the School District and how private support is making a difference in public schools.

Date:  Monday, April 12, 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.

• Join the BWA table at Leadership Broward Fun Lunch on April 28 and help us honor 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. Ticket prices are $65 for LB members and $75 for non-LB members. 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.

• Kudos to Mad 4 Marketing President, Christine Madsen, who was recently inducted into the Junior Achievement Hall of Fame as a Laureate. The ceremony was held on March 3rd at the JA World Huizenga Center at Broward College in Coconut Creek and was a great success. Speakers included school children eager to follow in Christine’s footsteps as a successful CEO and role model in the business world.
  
  But wait, there’s more good news for the Mad 4 Marketing team who scooped four Addy awards at this year’s AdFed Gala for their work on South Florida Commuter Services and Quantum Marine Engineering as well as for two self-promotion projects.
  
  For more information about Mad 4 Marketing, visit

  www.mad4marketing.com

• Melinda Lee will be seen in an upcoming national commercial for Heineken Light beer. She plays the role of a "cougar."

• Connie Chaney was part of Kitchen Nightmares television show last month.  The episode was filmed last year.  You can find Connie's debut on www.hulu.com.  She looked great!

• Miya Burt-Stewart is celebrating her birthday on April 10 at Hollywood Vine wine gallery located at 2035 Harrison Street, Hollywood.  BWA members are invited for complimentary wine and hor d'oeuvres from 7-11 pm. 

• Chance to win new 2010 Honda Fit, compliments of Potamkin Honda, to benefit Art & Culture Center. Tickets $20.  Drawing April 27 at Potamkin Honda.  954-921-3274.

• United Way presents, A Tasteful Affair on May 6 from 5:30 to 9:00 at Hyatt Regency Pier 66. Call 954-462-4850

• Healthy Mothers, Health Babies is recognitzing two BWA members, Catalina Avalos and Duree Ross, at the 18th annual Outstanding Mothers and Fathers luncheon on May 7th at Hyatt Regency in Fort Lauderdale.  Contact Amanda Martin at amartin@jhhbbroward.org

• Second Annual Golf for Art benefitting Art and Culture Center.  May 8 at Hollywood Beach Golf Resort.  www.artandculturecenter.org/golf

• 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. 

• Janet Erlick invites BWA members to Disney's Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty on May 14 at 7:30 pm and May 15th adn 16th at 2 pm.  Tickets are $20(mention code BWA for $3 off!)  954-763-6701.  Tickets $60 in advance. Contact Dianne Maddalena at 954-462-4850.

• 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:

April 12

May 10

June 14