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Seven local women have been honored for their achievements by the Business and Professional Women of Nevada County at its recent annual awards ceremony.
The Women of the Year are Colleen Bond and Chris Holland, for founding an adult day care; Cindy Maple and Mary O'Brien, for starting and running the Hospitality House homeless shelter; and Cheryl Morris for her roles as a court advocate for children, bereavement counselor and leader in the Friendship Club.
Bond and Holland are the co-founders of Helping Hands Caregiver Resource Center. They opened their adult day care center in the Penn Valley Seventh Day Adventist Church after the Lutz Center closed, and just recently received accreditation from the state of California.
Helping Hands provides care for 22 dependent adults much-needed respite for their caregivers.
Holland gave a personal account of her experience with her husband's illness and need for day care.
"I realized I was my husband's legacy," Holland said at the Oct. 12 ceremony. "He has always been so supportive and encouraging to me, and through his unfortunate illness, I have found my life's purpose."
O'Brien spoke about how Hospitality House provides a solution for the homeless in the community for those who often had no prospects of food and shelter before.
Morris discussed her many contributions on behalf of children and seniors.
"This is what I was meant to do," Morris said.
Also honored as Women of Achievement were Susan Rogers and Elaine Sierra.
Rogers is an activist for equal representation of women in and by the media, and the editor and publisher of www.medialilteracy.com. Elaine Sierra is a lawyer who has worked on women's issues, particularly reproductive justice.
The event is held each year in conjunction with National Business Women's Week, which was started in 1928 by the National Business and Professional Women's organization.
This year's key speaker was Democratic Congressional candidate Charlie Brown, who said, "It doesn't matter if someone is a man or woman; it's who can get the job done."
The Women of the Year are Colleen Bond and Chris Holland, for founding an adult day care; Cindy Maple and Mary O'Brien, for starting and running the Hospitality House homeless shelter; and Cheryl Morris for her roles as a court advocate for children, bereavement counselor and leader in the Friendship Club.
Bond and Holland are the co-founders of Helping Hands Caregiver Resource Center. They opened their adult day care center in the Penn Valley Seventh Day Adventist Church after the Lutz Center closed, and just recently received accreditation from the state of California.
Helping Hands provides care for 22 dependent adults much-needed respite for their caregivers.
Holland gave a personal account of her experience with her husband's illness and need for day care.
"I realized I was my husband's legacy," Holland said at the Oct. 12 ceremony. "He has always been so supportive and encouraging to me, and through his unfortunate illness, I have found my life's purpose."
O'Brien spoke about how Hospitality House provides a solution for the homeless in the community for those who often had no prospects of food and shelter before.
Morris discussed her many contributions on behalf of children and seniors.
"This is what I was meant to do," Morris said.
Also honored as Women of Achievement were Susan Rogers and Elaine Sierra.
Rogers is an activist for equal representation of women in and by the media, and the editor and publisher of www.medialilteracy.com. Elaine Sierra is a lawyer who has worked on women's issues, particularly reproductive justice.
The event is held each year in conjunction with National Business Women's Week, which was started in 1928 by the National Business and Professional Women's organization.
This year's key speaker was Democratic Congressional candidate Charlie Brown, who said, "It doesn't matter if someone is a man or woman; it's who can get the job done."
