For You Network Awards Members at Their 4th Annual For You Have A Heart Awards

For You Network a 501 C3 Nonprofit network held their 4th annual awards Feb 27th at the Reef Hotel in Long Beach, CA

(PRWEB) March 2, 2006 -- The For You Network which has 21 networks in the Southern CA area recently held their 4th Annual For You Network Have A Heart Awards Honoring For You Network Members at the Reef Restaurant in Long Beach, CA.

For you is a 501 c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to helping women grow both personally. and professionally The For You Membership is made up of 42% Small & Home Based Businesses, 35% Corporate Business, 15% Network Marketing Companies, and 8% other.

Members and directors nominated individuals for these awards and over 180 awards were received.The judging of these winners was done by an outside judges panel not connected with the network which was the Soroptimist International group from Fallbrook, California. No one was aware of the winners until the luncheon On Sat. February 25th, when the envelopes were open and the awards were presented by the Master of Ceremony Rodney Allen Rippy who was best knows as the kid in the (Jack In The Box " commercials in the early 1970's, and who has appeared on many other television shows and movies, and who is now the Hurricane Housing Relief spokesman.

In addition to networking, the women and gentleman present enjoyed songs by Gezelle who is the Sister of San Bernardino member Natasha Flowers and the closing song by Marlene Dove a member of Santa Monica and a former performer at Carnegie Hall in New York and who is know locally for her work as the founder and Director of the Omni Youth Music Awards in New York where she brings together local youth talent who perform and receive awards like a mini Oscar and Emmy program for aspiring youth who many today can be seen on TV and in the Movies.

They also were introduced to the Art of Exotic Dancing as seen on Oprah, Hard Copy and many National TV and news media across the country.The performer leading them was Mara Schwartz who is a stockbroker by day in Santa Monica and teaches women this new technique. After she demonstrated it the women all got up and did the moves which brought laughter and excitement to the room. "Wow, some of these women sure had some great moves". says Gisella Thomas the Chair of the event. Many bought CD's to take home and learn more so they could surprise their husbands and/or significant others.

The event was a beautiful event that totally depicted the mission of For You to empower women to step out of the box both personally and professionally and it all starts with "Showing Up" which is one of NAFE Western & Mid Atlantic Director Robbie Motter's famouse sayings. For You is a NAFE affiliate network, NAFE is the largest business women's organization in the US. For network locations check out the For You website at www.foryounetwork.com

The event was chaired by Gisella Thomas a Murrieta, CA resident who was assisted by Margie Cloud from Murrieta, Natasha Flowers from San Bernardino, Shirley Kerr from Riverside, Ethel Lover from Long Beach and Robbie Motter from Sun City, all whom belong to a For You network in their areas.

Not every one that was nominated could be the winner, but those nominated felt that just being nominated by their Directors and/or members was great enough for them. But there were winners who came from all over Southern CA and they were as follows :

Best Restaurant
the recipient : Edwards Steak House- El Monte, CA, (The San Gabriel For You Meeting Location)

Best Local Connection
the recipient: Corona Network, Director Shirley Kerr

Best Website
The recipient: Joan Rudder www.the-image-maker-online.com, High Desert

Best Women Owned Home Based Business
the recipient: Miluna Fausch - Making Wellness Fun, Burbank

Best Women Owned Small Business
the recipient Moira Shepard - Triumph Over Trauma - Burbank

Best Women Owned Home Based Business
the recipient: Margie Padavan, BowTie Production - Long Beach

Making a Difference in the Community
Recipient Shirley Kerr, Corona

Mentor & Advocate
Recipient : Moira Shepard, Burbank

Emerging Leader
Recipient: Linda Ornelas, Burbank

Shepherd of Influence
Recipient: Barbara Huguenin, Murrieta

Women of the Year
Recipient: Moira Sheppard, Burbank

Best Corporation
Recipient, Connie Sparks, Wade Institute, Burbank

Heart Award:
Recipient Cherie Arnold, Rancho Cucamonga

Founding Director Award:
Recipient: Linda Cassidy, High Desert

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