
SAVE THE DATE!
13th Annual Champion for Children
Awards Luncheon
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
12 p.m. Luncheon & Awards
More info to follow soon...

Champions 2011 Honorees
Helping Hand Home for Children is pleased to announce that the Champions for Children Awards luncheon breaks its revenue record raising more than $252,000 to help abused, neglected and abandoned children.
Wes Moore, author of the New York Times bestseller, The Other Wes Moore served as keynote speaker. A youth advocate, Army combat veteran, businessman and nonprofit leader, Wes Moore has been featured by The Oprah Winfrey Show, People Magazine, USA Today, Essence, The View, Meet the Press, Charlie Rose and most recently Time Magazine.
Co-Chairs for the 2011 Champions for Children luncheon were Kathy and Joe Petet. Ron Franklin served as master of ceremonies and KXAN’s Leslie Rhode was the special guest awards presenter.
Each year, Helping Hand Home honors caregivers and volunteers who have been selected for their exemplary work with children in need. The 2011 Honorees included: Student Volunteers from St. Stephen’s Episcopal School, Sarah Smith with Foster Angels of Central Texas, Foster parents Marie and Wayne Michels, Cynthia Pennick with Helping Hand Home and Sandra A. Martin, CEO, Center for Child Protection. The 2011 Philanthropic Honoree was the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation.
For more information on the 2011 Champions for Children Luncheon, please contact Julie Freeman at (512) 600-7891 or send e-mail.
Thank you 2011 Presenting Sponsor
Champion Sponsors
The Gardner Foundation
Jeanne & Lew Little
Kathryn & Beau Ross
Schweitzer Family Foundation
Guardian Sponsors
Marsha & David Lockett
Ted Oakley
Mark & Adrienne Thannisch
Pam & Neel White
Advocate Sponsors
BMW and MINI of Austin/Ava and Steve Late
Mr. and Mrs. J. Vaughn Brock
Bury+Partners
Endeavor Real Estate Group
Ken & Cathy Haney
Friends of Helping Hand Home
Hester Capital Management, LLC
Ted & Leslie Keyser
Ron & Tessa Lewis & Family
Moreland Properties/Colleen Lockwood
Bill & Christie Nalle
Kathy & Joe Petet
Smith, Robertson, Elliott, Glen, Klein & Douglas, LLP
STG Design
St. David’s Foundation
Martha & Mike Vollman
James & Zeynep Young
Mentor Sponsors
III Forks
American Bank of Commerce
Active Power
Century Management
Children Blessing Children
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Clark and Mr. & Mrs. Berry Spears
Charlane & Chris Cox and Lolla & Billy Page
Rosemary & Russell Douglass
Enoch Kever PLLC
EZCORP Foundation
Amanda Beck Foster
Foster Angels of Central Texas Board
Dr. & Mrs. Douglas Fox, Jr.
Bonnie & Ron Franklin
Frost
Goodman Survivors Trust
Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody
Heidi & Tom Green
H-E-B
Heritage Title Company of Austin, Inc.
La Corsha Hospitality Group
LCRA Employees’ United Charities
Littlefield Corporation
LS Screening
Lynn & Steve Matthews
Maxwell Locke & Ritter LLP
Jim & Laura McBride
McCoy’s Building Supply
McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, LLP
Tom & Kay McHorse
Metschan Insurance Agency
Moltz | Morton | O’Toole LLP
Carole & George Nalle
Pinnergy, LTD/Kathy & Randy Taylor
C. Lane Prickett, Attorney at Law
Prosperity Bank
Randalls Food Markets
Regions Bank
Rotary Club of Austin
The LaNoe & Paul Scherer Family Foundation
Cynthia & Stan Shaw
Sigma Information Group, Inc.
Stalker Energy, LP
Stepping Stone School
Patti & Jim Stone
Thompson & Knight, LLP
Craig & Sheri Tolliver
UBS Financial Services/Cathy Lusk
The University of Texas System
Washing Equipment of Texas
Phillip & Patti Wilhite/Corporate Investment
Mr. & Mrs. Sam A. Wilson
Wilson & Goldrick Realtors
Winstead PC


Wes Moore, 2011 Keynote Speaker