LAS VEGAS - Apr 24, 2006 Rasheda Ali, author, speaker and daughter of legendary boxer Muhammed Ali, will be the mistress of ceremonies for the Create Your Dreams Awards Gala, Saturday May 6, 2006, at Caesars Palace.
She is the author of “I'll Hold Your Hand So You Won't Fall - A Children's Guild to Parkinson's Disease,” her recently released book inspired by watching the interaction between her children and her father — legendary boxer and former three-time Heavyweight Champion, Muhammed Ali, who suffers from Parkinson’s Disease.
Sponsored by the Moms in Business Network, the Create Your Dreams Awards is the only national awards program honoring working mothers and their outstanding accomplishments in the community and in business - all while raising a family.
National honorees will include: Linda Bergendahl Pauling, founder of the Make A Wish Foundation; Jane Deuber, Nicki Keohohou and Grace Keohohou Lee, founders of the Direct Selling Women’s Alliance; Carolyn Gable, CEO of New Age Transportation; Joy A. Thomas, senior director of Baxter Healthcare; Lillian Vernon, founder of the Lillian Vernon Catalogue Company; and Verizon Communications. Two grant recipients and 18 State of Nevada Finalists will also be honored.
Reservations for the awards gala, which will benefit The Shade Tree, Nevada’s largest shelter for abused women and children in crisis, may be made online at ww w.createyourdreamsawards.com.
About Moms In Business Network
Headquartered in Las Vegas, Moms in Business Network and its sister association, the International Association of Working Mothers, are the only national associations representing the interests of nearly 60 million working mothers nationwide and millions more around the world. (
www.mibn.org)
About The Shade Tree
A non-profit organization, The Shade Tree provides safe shelter to homeless and abused women and children in crisis, plus life-changing services promoting stability, dignity and self-reliance. During their last fiscal year, The Shade Tree provided 80,791 nights of shelter to 3,978 women and children in need. (
www.theshadetree.org)
About Rasheda Ali
Through her new book, speaking engagements and television appearances, Rasheda Ali gives encouragement and hope to families worldwide in their personal struggles against Parkinson’s. She is involved with the European Parkinson’s Disease Association, The Michael J. Fox Foundation and the Muhammed Ali Parkinson’s Center at Barrow Neurological Institute. (
www.rashedaali.com)
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Moms In Business Network
Gina Robison-Billups
President
phone: 800-790-MIBN |
The Shade Tree
Rebecca Morris
phone: 702-385-0072 |