Mental health organization luncheon set for Nov. 13

Mental health organization luncheon set for Nov. 13

Mental health organization luncheon set for Nov. 13

12:00 AM CDT on Monday, July 21, 2008

Retired Lt. Gen. Russel L. Honoré will be the keynote speaker at the 2008 Prism Awards Luncheon on Nov. 13 at the Hilton Anatole hotel, benefiting Mental Health America of Greater Dallas.

President Tim Simmons said the luncheon will honor the men and women who have served or are serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Dr. Robert Ware Haley will be the honorary chairman.

Gen. Honoré is best-known for his success in leading the response of the Department of Defense to Hurricane Katrina and has served in a variety of command and staff positions in Korea and Germany. The latter positions focused on defense support to civil authorities and homeland defense.

Dr. Haley is a professor of epidemiology at UT Southwestern Medical School and holds the endowed Armed Forces Veterans Distinguished Chair of Medical Research.

Prism Awards are presented annually to those who have contributed significantly to the understanding of mental health and education to remove the stigma attached to mental health needs.

Awards are named for those who have a deep history in the community for drawing attention to the necessity for stable mental health. The awards include the Dr. Carmen Miller Michael Mental Health Advocate Award, the Ruth Sharp Altshuler Award, the Pamela Blumenthal Memorial Award and the Lightner Sams Foundation Child Advocate Award. A host committee is being chaired by Cynthia Figueroa, Sue Ann Gilman and Margaret Keliher.

Tickets are $150 each with tables of 10 costing $1,500.

For more information about the 2008 Prism Awards Luncheon, visit www.mhadallas.org or call Rosa Fleming at 214-871-2420, ext. 106.


Gala on for Nov. 1

The 2008 Richardson Regional Medical Center Foundation's Yellow and Black Tie Gala benefiting the nonprofit Richardson Regional Medical Center and promoting the new Cancer Center will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 1 at the Westin Galleria Dallas.

Proceeds will support medical technology, research and clinical programs at both of the hospital's locations.

They are the Campbell Road campus and the Bush/Renner campus, where a new cancer center and outpatient hospital are under construction.

The evening includes a cocktail reception, seated dinner, live entertainment, live and silent auctions and a presentation of future plans.

Susanne Bock is chairwoman, and honorary chairs are Ed and Linda Armstrong Kelly.

Tickets are $150 each or $1,500 for tables of 10. For tickets and sponsorships, call Jennifer Vitera, 972-498-7678, e-mail her at jenniferv@richardsonhealth .com or visit www.yellowandblacktiegala .com.

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I am glad to see one of my personal hero's LTG Russel Honore will be the keynote speaker at a dinner honoring DR Robert Haley as the honorary Chairman, to those of us that were involved in Operation Desert Storm or the First Gulf War, he is one of the nations leading research experts into Gulf War Illness. I myself feel that LTG Honore should have been promoted to General (4 stars) for his heroic lead of government assistance in the Katrina disaster that was spread across the entire south, not just helping evacuate New Orleans, he spear headed the national effort that was the responsibility of FEMA when President Bush told 'Brownie you're foing a heck of a job" and then Brownie was gone, LTG Honore was the one who did the "one hell of a job".

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