35TH ANNUAL “OUTSTANDING MOTHER AWARDS” 2013
| DATE: | Thursday, May 9, 2013 |
| LOCATION: | The Pierre NY Hotel |
| PROGRAM: | 11:00 AM - VIP/Press Reception 12:00 PM - Luncheon & Awards Presentation |
| HONOREES: | 2013 Outstanding Mother Honorees: Margarita Arriagada, Senior Vice President of Merchandising, Sephora, USA Arianna Huffington, President & Editor-in-Chief, The Huffington Post Media Group Dottie Mattison, Senior Managing Director, Guggenheim Partners Debra Messing, Actress |
| MISTRESS OF CEREMONIES: | Mindy Grossman, CEO, HSNi, a 2010 Outstanding Mother Honoree |
| BENEFICIARY: | Save the Children’s U.S. Programs The event will benefit Save the Children's early childhood education, literacy, physical activity and nutrition, and emergency response programs, which reached more than 147,000 children and families in the United States last year alone. For more information, visit savethechildren.org/usa. |
| COMMITTEE: | The National Mother’s Day Committee is part of the National Father’s Day/Mother’s Day Council, Inc., a not-for-profit organization, which channels funds raised by the annual awards luncheons to help meaningful philanthropies dealing with issues affecting mothers, fathers and children. To date, the National Father’s Day/Mother’s Day Council has donated nearly $21 million to deserving family-related charities nationwide, which includes more than $3.8 million in 2010. |
| CHAIRWOMAN: | Laurie Dowley, Elizabeth Arden |