Friday, January 15, 2010

Junior Woman’s Club To Host “Gala On The Green”

El Paso, TX – January 14, 2010 – To celebrate their 75 years of service to the El Paso community, on Saturday February 27, 2010 the Junior Woman’s Club of El Paso will be hosting Gala on the Green at the Coronado Country Club. Program details are as follows:
6:30pm – Cocktails
7:30pm – Dinner and Program
9:00pm – Dancing
Cost $75.00 per person
RSVP to (915) 820-3792 by February 22, 2010
All past and present members are invited to attend as well as those interested in the club

Special guest during the program will be artist, educator and humanitarian Rosa Guerrero whose film “Tapestry”, about creating cultural harmony and understanding, was honored with a national award for documentary filmmaking. (Production of the film was paid for with funds provided by the Junior Woman’s Club; they worked through out 1973 to raise the monies needed for the project). A native El Pasoan, Ms. Guerrero recognizes the role of Mexican-American music and dance in her life. She developed the first intercultural programs within the El Paso Public schools in 1970 where she taught for 20 years. She was also awarded a Life Membership with the Texas PTA and was the first Hispanic woman in Texas history to have a school named in her honor, Rosa Guerrero Elementary.

For more information about the event, please contact Yvette Lugo at 915-241-1161 or email us at epjwcpr@yahoo.com. You may also visit us at www.elpasojuniorwomansclub.org.

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