Dallas Can Academies, nonprofit high schools of choice serving mostly at-risk youth, will present their Lifetime Achievement Award to businesswoman, wife and mother Natalie Jenkins Sorrell at their 22nd annual Motherhood: The Lifetime Achievement Award Luncheon on Friday, May 8 at 11 a.m. at the Renaissance Dallas Hotel. The luncheon is open to the public and annually recognizes women who exemplify family and community leadership and benefits the students of the five Dallas Can Academy campuses.
Natalie Jenkins Sorrell will be honored for her commitment to education, family and community. Sorrell is the investment officer for the Employees’ Retirement Fund (ERF) of the City of Dallas. She is also active in the community through the Dallas Chapter of The Links, Inc. where she spearheads efforts to educate young minority students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (S.T.E.M). Natalie holds a master’s degree from The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania where she was a Robert A. Toigo Fellow, and a Bachelor of Arts with honors from Spelman College.
Sorrell serves as chair of the investment committee for Big Thought, a Dallas based nonprofit organization focused on creative learning solutions for at-risk youth and is active in the capital campaign for The Methodist Health System Foundation in Dallas. She was also selected as a German Marshall Fellow in 2009 and was a recipient of the 2011 Rising Star of Public Funds Award from Institutional Investor News.
Her husband Michael J. Sorrell serves as president of Paul Quinn College, they have two young children and reside in North Dallas.
During the luncheon, guests will hear from Dallas Can students who will speak about their personal experiences and future education and career goals. Each student-speaker has overcome difficult obstacles to remain in school and will share what the opportunity to complete their high school education has meant for them.
The Motherhood: The Lifetime Achievement Award Luncheon began in 1993 as a tribute to active community volunteers who are also mothers. The proceeds from the annual fundraiser support students of Dallas Can Academies while they earn their high school diplomas. The schools believe helping these students is critical to breaking the cycle of intergenerational poverty and illiteracy.
What: Motherhood: The Lifetime Achievement Award Luncheon
When: Friday, May 8, 2015, 11:00 a.m.
Where: The Renaissance Dallas Hotel, Ellipse Ballroom,
2222 Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, TX 75207
Cost: Sponsorships and tickets are available.
Individual tickets are $125; table sponsorships begin at $1,000.
The public is invited to attend the luncheon. Tickets and sponsorships are available at www.texanscan.org/Motherhood/Dallas.
