| Alma Powell, Wife of Retired General Colin Powell, to Speak at Third Annual Women's Wellness Conference |
Posted: August 11, 2000 |
Alma Powell, wife of Ret. General Colin Powell, will be guest speaker at the third annual Little Company of Mary Hospital �Simple Abundance: A Day of Women�s Wellness,� on Friday, March 16, 2001 at the Torrance Marriott Hotel.
Mrs. Powell is Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. She also is Chairman of the National Council of the �Best Friends� Foundation, the fund-raising arm of a program that provides adolescent girls with a youth development curriculum to help them make healthy choices regarding friendship, dating, physical fitness and nutrition, alcohol and drug use, and premarital sex.
Mrs. Powell married Gen. Powell in 1962. During her travels with her husband overseas and in the United States, she has served as President of the Armed Forces Hostess Association, as the Army liaison to the National Red Cross and as an advisor to the Red Cross of the Military District of Washington.
As a guest speaker, Mrs. Powell shares the insights and lessons she has learned from her extensive travels and life experiences. Her speech will focus on themes of family values, morals and ethics, volunteerism and the responsibilities of all citizens in today�s America.
�Simple Abundance: A Day of Women�s Wellness� is a full-day conference and luncheon that focuses on promoting the health and well-being of women. The conference includes two sessions in which participants can choose among a number of sessions on such topics as fitness and nutrition, aging and life�s changes, relationships, financial planning and care giving.
A donation of $100 or more is requested from each participant. All proceeds benefit Little Company of Mary�s Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) program, which provides compassionate and comprehensive care and treatment for sexual assault victims. This program now includes two SART Centers � both the center established at San Pedro Peninsula Hospital in 1998 and a new center that opened this month at the Little Company of Mary Women�s Wellness Center in Redondo Beach.
For reservations or more information on the conference, please call (310) 543-6904. |
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