Tickets are now on sale for the Annual Celebration of HOPE award event. Each year, the Celebration of HOPE honors women in our community who serve as role-models, mentors and inspirations to others. Proceeds from the event raise money to provide scholarships to women in Ulster County who are continuing their education or working towards certification.
This year’s Celebration on HOPE brunch will take place at Diamond Mills in Saugerties on Sunday, June 11th from 11 am to 2 pm. Tickets are $65 per person. Sponsorships and program ads are still available.
This year’s honorees include:
- Jennifer Alnwick, Sawyer Savings Bank
- Deborah Ashokeji, Family of Woodstock/UC Family Court
- Lisa Berger, UC Director of Tourism
- Sue Books, SUNY New Paltz retired/RH Mentor
- Sarah Cronk, House of Cronk/RH Mentor
- Sarah Kramer-Harrison, UC Crime Victims Assistance Program
- Lauren Trippodo, Lauren Trippodo Fitness
- Theresa Widmann, Anahata/Radio Kingston
Please join us as we celebrate these incredible role models!
Past Honorees
2022
Lisa Brown
Jennifer Fabiano
Jessica Fish
Renée Gambino
Hillary Harvey
Stephanie Kresser
Peggy Schwartz
Kyle Steller
2019
Cheryl Bowers
Becky Dawes
Angela Lynn Figurelli, Esq.
Linda Freeman
Sophie Halpern, LMSW
Dr. Mindy Kole
Kathleen P. Owitz, MS ED, SAS
Victoria Reed
Stephanie Richers, LCSW
Jon Rogers
Tara Sanders
2018
Melissa L. Banks
Beth Barlow*
Casandra Beam
Ilana Lee Berger
Ingrid Kulick
Jody Mesches
Alexis Mills
Laura Schwarz*
Marsha Sebro Woods
Lauren W. Sheeley, Esq.
2017
Helena Costakis
Celeste Graves
Meg Lachmann*
Victoria Langling
Kelly McMullen
Laurie Morris
Ellen Richards*
Linda Saccoman*
2016
Lynn Bondar
Donna Nisha Cohen*
Anne Kelly
Ellen Pendegar
Connie Snyder
Stephanie Turco
DianaLou Danger-Wolff
2015
Kimberlee Cahill
Carol Dexter
Helen Edelstein
Louise Flood
Andrea Park
Anezka Sebek*
2014
Joan Crawford
Colleen Geraghty
Kathleen Moretti
Carla Paton*
Darlene Pfeiffer
2013
Michelle Matin- Founding Support
Dyson Foundation- Financial Support
Eva Tenuto-Volunteer Support
