February 12, 2009 Issue
Popular Broadcaster Keynote Speaker at Great Friend to Families Awards Ceremony
Sheri Lynch of the LINK Radio Network will be the featured speaker at the Great Friend to Families luncheon on Friday, February 27, from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. at the High Country Home Builders’ Plaza.
Known for her quick wit and fun banter on Charlotte’s Bob and Sheri Show, Sheri Lynch of the LINK Radio Network will be the featured speaker at the Great Friend to Families luncheon on Friday, February 27, from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. at the High Country Home Builders’ Plaza.
Lynch’s morning radio show is heard on more than 50 radio stations across the United States, and she has earned many honors, including the Gracie Allen Award, in recognition of her outstanding achievement in the realistic portrayal of women in media.
Listeners at the luncheon will also appreciate her realistic, yet humorous take on the trials and tribulations of parenthood. Lynch is the author of two books about her parenting experiences—Hello, My Name is Mommy and Be Happy, Or I’ll Scream!—both published by St. Martin’s Press. A Publisher’s Weekly review of her latest noted, “Parents will love Lynch’s faux interview with toddler Olivia: ‘I don’t go to sleep; I pass out,’ the kid tells her. ‘And I try to take as many people down with me as I can.’ . . . cleverly captures the angst of child-rearing in this funny memoir.” Another review concluded, “Sheri Lynch is a superb humorist of modern marriage, mores, and motherhood.”
Presented by The Children’s Playhouse, The Great Friend to Families award recognizes sustained contributions by an individual to the well being of young children and their families in the High Country area. The nominees for the award are Cindy Brown Greer (physical therapist, Watauga County schools), Laurie Cimino (Health Department/WIC program nutritionist), Lindsay Cobb (children’s sports coach), Doug Galke (Children’s Developmental Services Agency), Kaaren Hayes (director of Parent to Parent/Family Support Network of the High Country), Karen James (community volunteer at Sugar Grove Developmental Day School and others), Natalie Lewis (founder, Two Rivers Community School), Karee Mackey (4-H), Todd Nolt (Mountain Alliance), Sherrie Norris (reporter, community volunteer), Jane Penley (community volunteer), Denise Presnell (school social worker), Jan Rienerth (co- founder of Western Youth Network), Robin Triplett (parent educator, Parents as Teachers), Mary Willis (preschool teacher, community volunteer) and Judith Winecoff (children’s librarian, Watauga County Library).
The Great Friend to Families award is sponsored by First Citizens Bank; Earth Fare; Mast General Store; Adult and Child Orthodontists and Pediatric Dentists Drs. Mayhew, Scheffler, Hardaway, and Conn; and High Country Home Builders Association. Additional funding was provided by Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation.
Tickets for the Great Friend to Families luncheon are on sale for $20 at www.goplayhouse.org , First Citizens Bank, Earth Fare, or The Children’s Playhouse at 400 Tracy Circle in Boone. For more info, call 828-263-0011.
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