NIGHT OF STARS
GALA RAISES MORE THAN $60,000
FOR BEREAVED
CHILDREN
Recipients
of the Mommy’s Light Angel Award with Laura
Munts, Executive Director (far right) at the
2006 Mommy’s Light Night of Stars Gala:Bob
Armstrong, President, MC3 (West Chester);
Bill, Emily and Alexis DiClemente (Drexel
Hill); Ellen Langas Campbell, President,
NouSoma Communications, Inc. (Downingtown);
Laura Munts, Mommy’s Light Executive
Director (Downingtown)
Downingtown, PA –
November 8, 2006 – The annual Night of Stars
Gala, featuring dinner sponsored by Wachovia and
live and silent auctions sponsored by SmartPark,
was held November 4 at Aronimink Golf Club in
Newtown Square. Attended by approximately 150
people, the event raised more than $60,000 to
benefit Mommy’s Light Lives On Fund.
Mommy’s Light’s
mission is to bring joy and comfort to children
and teens whose mothers are terminally ill or
have died, by helping them keep alive traditions
and simple pleasures they shared with their
mothers. The Downingtown-based organization
relies on corporate and individual sponsorship
to sustain services and cultivate growth.
www.mommyslight.org.
“It was a magical
evening,” said Mommy’s Light’s Executive
Director Laura Munts (Downingtown). ”A
highlight was Alexis DiClemente (Drexel Hill),
celebrating her 16th birthday and
inspiring guests with her story of how Mommy’s
Light has arranged for her family to continue
attending the Nutcracker ballet each holiday
season, carrying on the tradition she and her
sister Emily shared with their mother.
Both girls and their
father shared their stories in Mommy’s Light’s
bereavement educational DVD, When a Mother
Dies…Taking Down the Walls of Silence, a
groundbreaking endeavor that will benefit
thousands of grieving families throughout the
country. The family was presented with a
Mommy’s Light Angel Award at the event for their
outstanding contributions. A symbol of
guardianship, it represents mothers who have
died as well as people who care enough to make a
positive difference in the lives of grieving
children.
Bob Armstrong,
President MC3 (West Chester) and Ellen Langas
Campbell, President, NouSoma Communications,
Inc. (Downingtown) were also honored with Angel
Awards for their significant contributions to
developing the educational DVD.
Linda Swain,
Haverford,
Emmy Award-winning host and producer of the
“Moms on the Move” television program, was the
evening’s Mistress of Ceremonies, with celebrity
auctioneers Kathy Levine, West Chester,
America’s TV Shopping Diva, and Bill Piszek,
Fort Washington, Co-Chairman of the
Copernicus Society of America in Fort
Washington. For more information, call
610-725-9790 or visit www.mommyslight.org.
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Contact: Ellen Langas Campbell,
NouSoma Communications, Inc.
610-458-1580,
ellen@nousoma.com
Photos and interview available.
