The Links, Incorporated will continue their initiative and deliver on its promise to keep the Flint water crisis at the nation’s forefront with their drive to raise monies to provide financial support for children who have been impacted by lead exposure due to the Flint water crisis.On Saturday, October 22, 2016, The Links, Incorporated National President Glenda Newell-Harris, M.D. will travel to Michigan to join The Links, Incorporated Michigan Chapters Unite for Flint Kids fundraising event along with The Links, Incorporated Central Area Director Glenda Masingale-Manson. The fundraising event is a concert and dance that will benefit much-needed services required for critical public health, medical, community-based and intervention programs that address and mitigate the short and long-term impacts experienced by many Flint (MI) children exposed to lead as a result of the ongoing Flint water crisis.
Earlier in the day, at approximately 1 p.m., the National President, Glenda Newell-Harris, M.D., will travel to Flint to tour the Hurley Medical Center and meet with Hurley Medical Center CEO Melany Gavulic, along with members of the Flint Area (MI) Chapter. Dr. Newell-Harris is the 16th national president of the organization and the first physician elected to lead the 70-year-old women’s organization. Her visit to Flint represents the commitment from The Links, Incorporated and the collaborative work focused on transforming the lives of children with sustainable solutions that impact their current and future health and wellness. In the summer, The Links, Incorporated distributed large antibacterial body wipes, ointment, hand sanitizer and 400 shower filters to the residents of River Park and Atherton East Townhouses.
WHAT: To highlight The Links, Incorporated commitment to Flint, Dr. Newell-Harris, on behalf of The Links Foundation, Incorporated, will present a check with funds donated by the national members to the Hurley Medical Center; and the Michigan Chapters will announce the fundraising donation from The Links, Incorporated Michigan Chapters Unite for Flint Kids event.
WHEN: Saturday, October 22, 2016; Event begins at 7 p.m.; Announcement at 7:45 p.m.
WHERE: MotorCity Sound Board, 2901 Grand River Ave. in Detroit, Michigan.
WHO: The following will be available for media interviews:
- The Links, Incorporated and The Links Foundation, Incorporated National President Glenda Newell-Harris, M.D.
- The Links, Incorporated Central Area Director Glenda Masingale-Manson
- Barbara Whittaker, event chairperson, and member, The Links, Incorporated Oakland County (MI) Chapter
- Reta Stanley, president, The Links, Incorporated Flint Area (MI) Chapter
- Rachel Decker, director of Philanthropic Services and Campaign Director, Community Foundation of Greater Flint
- Delrico Loyd, chair, Hurley Board of Managers, Hurley Medical Center, Flint, MI
The Michigan Chapters of The Links, Incorporated participating in the fundraising event include:
- Ann Arbor (MI) Chapter;
- Detroit (MI) Chapter;
- Flint Area (MI) Chapter;
- Great Lakes (MI) Chapter;
- Greater Wayne (MI) Chapter;
- Lansing/East Lansing (MI) Chapter;
- Oakland County (MI) Chapter;
- Tri-City (MI) Chapter; and
- Renaissance (MI) Chapter.
The Links, Incorporated Michigan Chapters Unite for Flint Kids fundraising concert and dance will feature guest recording artists:
- The Dramatics featuring Willie Ford,
- Saxophonist Randy Scott,
- R&B Singer Millie Scott and
- Motown’s The Velvelettes.
- After the concert, attendees will dance the night away to DJ Mike Two Mike.
The Presenting Sponsors are Lear Corporation and Toyota Motor North America.
Other sponsors include: AVL Americas; BW Limited; Faurecia; JMA Global, LLC; Rogers Chevrolet, St. Johns Providence/Ascension; and Yazaki North America.
MEDIA RSVP:
Media please RSVP (if you have not done so) to LisaWilmore5@aol.com, or by calling 313-980-4766.
Video is allowed during the program presentation. However, no video-taping will be allowed during the musical performances.
For event ticket information, or to make a donation, go to www.MichiganLinksForFlintKids.Eventbrite.com, or see a Michigan Chapter Member of The Links, Incorporated.
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About The Links, Incorporated
The Links, Incorporated, founded in 1946 by a circle of nine friends in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, celebrates 70 years as a premier international women’s volunteer service organization committed to enriching, sustaining and ensuring the cultural and economic survival of African Americans and other persons of African ancestry. The organization has more than 14,000 members in 283 chapters in 41 states, District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The members of The Links are influential decision makers and opinion leaders. With more than two million service hours recorded in the past three years, members regularly contribute more than 500,000 documented service hours in their respective communities annually.
The Links Foundation, Incorporated, the philanthropic arm of The Links, Incorporated, has made more than $25 million in charitable contributions and is focused on creating transformational programming and impacting lives in communities of color through Services to Youth, The Arts, National Trends and Services, International Trends and Services, and Health and Human Services.
For more information, please visit, www.linksinc.org.
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