The Greater Dallas Chamber has extended the deadline for Athena Award nominations to 5 p.m. Monday. The
award is part of an international program that recognizes the
accomplishments of businesswomen. The Dallas recipient will be honored
at the 2008 Women's Business Conference luncheon on Oct. 14. The local award program is sponsored by Chase. "This
internationally recognized award is a way to shine a spotlight on a
Dallas woman who has made the most of her professional success by
encouraging others and giving back to our community," said 2008 award
chairwoman Phyllis Farragut, a chamber board member who's president and chief executive of Admiral Communications/AV Inc. The
Athena Award is open to women who excel in their field, devote time and
energy to their community and forge new paths, encouraging others to
follow. The Athena Award was launched in 1982 by the Chamber of Commerce in Lansing, Mich. Administered today through the nonprofit Athena Foundation,
more than 5,000 awards have been presented in 500-plus communities in
the U.S., Canada, China, Russia, the United Arab Emirates and most
recently the United Kingdom. For more information or a nomination form, call Emily Morton at 214-746-6776 or e-mail emorton@ dallaschamber.org. Chairwoman Yvonne Crum reports that the Suicide and Crisis Center benefit presented by Stanley Korshak and Modern Luxury Dallas and sponsored by Park Place Porsche raised a record $230,000. The fundraiser's fashion show featured the Fresh Faces of Fashion as selected by the readers of Modern Luxury Dallas. They were spotlighted in the magazine's March issue and included Lisa Calhoun, Rebecca Harris, Hassie Harrison, Dr. Kim Jackson, Liani Kotcher, Allison Lehman, Regina Merson, Jamie O'Banion, Kristen Rahal, Lindsey Sanders, Kari Schlegel and Prashi Shah. These women raised $41,000 of the total. Julie Hersh was honorary chairwoman of the event. The
proceeds will help support the mental health and community outreach
programs of the Suicide and Crisis Center, such as Survivors of Suicide
and TeenScreen. You saw the memorable J.M.W. Turner show at the Dallas Museum of Art and plan to see the King Tut extravaganza there this fall. But wait. There's another must-see. Cash in your World War II gasoline ration stamps and journey all the way to Fort Worth's Kimbell Art Museum to see 92 legendary impressionist paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago. The Impressionists runs from June 29 to Nov. 2.