Intentional Moms! Host funding dinner at Boca Country Club
December 31, 2010 · 0 Comments
Story, photos by Barbara McCormick
BOCA RATON — Volunteers, donors, staff, and friends of the International Moms attended the group’s Annual Funding Dinner celebrated at the Boca Country Club on North Congress Avenue.
Intentional Moms! is a national organization dedicated to empowering mothers of all ages in all stages of parenting. IM! educates and equips all
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moms through seminars, studies, mentoring, and resource referral, with special attention to teen moms, single moms, and moms of adult children.
Catherine Hickem, LCSW, founder, author, teacher, and keynote speaker for the evening, shared that the 2011 IM! vision builds on this year’s outreaches to single moms, homeless moms, and moms in prison to offer formal programming for these groups.
“Our goal is to continue to empower moms and impact children,” she said.
Tanya Andrews, the newly hired IM! executive director, is the daughter of a minister, and mother of a 6-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son.
Andrews earned her Doctorate and Masters Degrees in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Bowling Green State University, and her Bachelors degree in Psychology from Florida International University.
“It has been through my experience as a single mom that I have come to fully appreciate the faithfulness of God,” she said.
Special thanks were given to the board of directors: Jacqueline Perez, Chair; Fitz Carty; Jeannette Lewis; Natalie Little; Paula Martinez; and Holly Schuttler.
Also honored were the members of the Funding Advisory Council: Holly Schuttler, Chair; Jerilyn Ewton; Jeannette Lewis and Dorinda Spahr.
For more information please visit IM! website: www.intentionalmoms.org.
