YWCA March 12 Breakfast Celebrating Women’s History Month Will Feature Sheila Mains as Speaker
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March 12, 2014
From: YWCA of Palm Beach County
Re: “Start with the Y” Breakfast
Date: February 18, 2014
Contact: Allyson Samiljan
561-640-0050, Ext. 115
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Please join the YWCA of Palm Beach County for the third in a series of four breakfast events on Wednesday, March 12, 2014, 7:30 a.m., at the Airport Hilton Conference Center, 150 Australian Avenue, West Palm Beach. In celebration of Women’s History Month, our speaker will be Sheila G. Mains, the founder and CEO of West Palm Beach-based Sheila G’s Original Brownie Brittle Company, who will tell us how she turned a treasured family recipe into a multi-million-dollar company after the industrial advertising agency she worked for “downsized” her out of a job. Her Brownie Brittle and other confections have graced the Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards and Sundance Film Festival and have been featured at some of the country’s finest restaurants and major theme parks.
“We are thrilled to have Sheila Mains as our speaker for March’s breakfast,” said Gayle A. Landen, President of the YWCA. “Her story exemplifies how a resourceful woman can reinvent herself and create a very successful business,” she added.
Proceeds will support the programs of the YWCA including the Mary Rubloff YWCA Harmony House, a crisis shelter for abused women and their children; two Child Development Centers that prepare 3-5-year olds for entry into kindergarten; transitional housing for homeless women and their children; Y-Girls, a leadership and mentoring program for girls ages 8-14; and a racial justice initiative.
Cost is $25 per person; table of 10 for $250; or $50 as a Friend of the YWCA (includes one breakfast ticket).
For more information or to make a reservation, please call 561-640-0050, Ext. 134, or visit www.ywcapbc.org.
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