The Columbia Foundation's 2010
Annual Dinner & 40th Anniversary Finale
October 27, 2010 ~ 6-9 pm
Ten Oaks Ballroom, Clarksville
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We are excited to announce a distinguished keynote speaker for the event, Amy Dickinson. Amy is author of the syndicated advice column “Ask Amy”, and author of The Mighty Queens of Freeville. The highly acclaimed book will be given away to all attendees of the Annual Dinner, and Amy will be signing books at the event. Amy will share her life experiences and perspectives on giving back to local communities. We are truly fortunate to welcome Amy to Howard County!
The 2010 Annual Dinner & 40th Anniversary Finale will be a celebration of giving in our community attended by hundreds of local leaders and community members. We hope you will help us celebrate this important landmark in the Foundation’s history. Save the date!
About Amy Dickinson
Amy Dickinson is author of the New York Times bestselling memoir, “The Mighty Queens of Freeville: A Story of Surprising Second Chances,” a chronicle of her experiences and misadventures as a single mother to her daughter, Emily.
She writes the syndicated advice column, “Ask Amy,” which is carried in over 150 newspapers and read by an estimated 22 million readers daily.
Dickinson is known not only for her wisdom but her wit. Since 2006, she has been a featured panelist on National Public Radio’s comedy quiz show, “Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me.” She is also a sought-after speaker, delivering her inspiring and comic stories of her adventures and misadventures to groups around the country.
Dickinson was born and raised on a dairy farm in tiny Freeville, New York, (pop. 454) on land her family has lived on since the Revolutionary War. After living in New York, London, Washington DC and Chicago, she moved back to her hometown, married a local contractor she had known since childhood, and is now mother to five daughters.
More about Amy Dickinson can be found at www.mysecondchancestories.com
Thank you to our Annual Dinner sponsors:
Platinum: Rouse Company Foundation
Gold: Morgan Stanley Smith Barney/The Jeffrey Group; Planning Solutions Group, LLC
Bronze: Cabinet Discounters; Eric Pakulla/ReMax; Revere Bank
THANK YOU TO OUR 40TH ANNIVERSARY SPONSORS:
Platinum: Ascend One; Horizon Foundation; M&T Bank
Gold: Apple Ford; Tony and Nina Burns; Howard Bank; Lakeside Title Company; Nancy Adams Personnel; The Columbia Bank; The Graham Allen Group/Merrill Lynch Global Wealth; Williamsburg Homes; W.R. Grace