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12th Annual Mile High United Way’s
Women’s Leadership Luncheon
September 30, 2010
Hyatt Denver Convention Center
Keynote Presenter: Jeannette Walls
Best-Selling Author of The Glass Castle
In The Glass Castle, Walls describes growing up in the desert of the American Southwest and then in a West Virginia mining town with her three siblings and the brilliant, unorthodox, irresponsible parents who manage at once to neglect them, love them, and teach them to face their fears.
The story is at times harrowing and at times hilarious as the children go without food and indoor plumbing yet are encouraged to read Shakespeare and dream of the beautiful glass house they will all one day build. Despite all her hardships, Walls develops the determination to leave West Virginia on her own at the age of sixteen, move to New York City, enroll in Barnard College and eventually become a well-known columnist for New York magazine and MSNBC.com and a television personality.
Sponsorships: Please click here for complete sponsorship information or contact Brooke Mitisek (303) 561-2382, brooke.mitisek@unitedwaydenver.org.
At this time only table sponsorships are available, individual registration will begin in July.
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