For the early birds, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof was at SMU for a breakfast benefiting CitySquare on Thursday, March 19. Later in the morning, Nancy Carter gathered the supporters of the 16th Annual Celebrating Women Luncheon together in the Neiman Marcus Downtown couture salon to learn about plans for the Baylor Health Care System Foundation fundraiser.
But before the news was revealed, the past chairs got together for a group photo. These women had all been touched by the disease either firsthand or through a loved one.
After the photo, Baylor Health Care System Foundation President Rowland “Robin” Robinson escorted Celebrating Women mother hen Lindalyn Adams to the “glass house” for the presentation.
Robin welcomed the crowd and introduced NM Downtown GM/VP Jeff Byron, who told how this event was the result of a lunch with Lindalyn, Nancy, NM PR Marjon Henderson and Baylor Foundation’s Susan McSherry and Christina Goodwin.
As he finished his welcome and Robin returned to the podium and suggested that the store’s parking lot would be just the perfect size for the Baylor Mobile Mammography van. Without missing a beat, Jeff said that was an idea to pursue and did what any leader would do. He delegated the project to Marjon.
Nancy then announced the luncheon plans. It will be held on Thursday, October 15, at the Hilton Anatole with journalist/author/breast-cancer survivor Joan Lunden as the keynote speaker. For underwriting, Nancy has tapped Vicky Lattner and Beth Layton.