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Kathy McShane, CEO of Ladies Launch Club, Will Be the Keynote Speaker At The Annual Sweet Mother Awards.

Education of young African girls.

Kathy McShane, CEO of Ladies Launch Club, New Canaan Ct has been selected to be the keynote speaker at the Annual Sweet Mother Awards. Eugenia Chinsman, CEO and Founder stated, “It is our mission to support the education of girls and young women in Africa. We work with the Forum of African Educationalists (FAWE) in 33 Sub-Saharan Countries in Africa. Kathy was chosen to be our keynote speaker because of her commitment to the advancement of women and young girls. The Sweet Mother Awards recognizes ordinary women who do extraordinary things. It will be held at the Sheraton Stamford, on September 30, 2017 from 6-9:45 pm.

Ms. McShane stated, “I am honored to have been selected to be a part of this great event. My career has been built around helping women and young girls to excel in their careers and their lives. I believe that education plays a critical role in this. Since we live in a global society, we need to reach out to other countries and support their efforts to educate young girls”.

Ms. Chinsman said “I started this event to celebrate the outstanding strengths of ordinary women. We celebrate

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biological, single, foster and adopting mothers. We praise them for their role in shaping the heart and minds of a

future generation”.

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Ladies Launch Club has a growing membership of more than 400 women who take advantage of its numerous resources to help develop new businesses and grow existing businesses. Ms. McShane brings 25 years of marketing and product/brand development expertise to the Ladies Launch Club organization. Find out more about Ladies Launch Club at http://ladieslaunchclub.com

Sweet Mothers is a Norwalk based organization They support the education of girls and young women in Sierra

Leone. Their funding provides shoes, text books,

school bags, uniforms and school tuition. For more information or to make a donation go to

www://sweet-mother.com. To register for the event go to: http://bit.ly/2x5eW4V

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