Ebby Award

 

Each year, Our Friends Place honors an individual who has made significant contributions to the advancement of girls and/or women in North Texas.  The award is named for Ebby Halliday Acers, the original recipient, to honor her commitment and contributions to our community.

 

The 2010 recipient of the Ebby Award is Suzanne Bryan.

 

Suzanne has been involved with helping girls and women for over 30 years. As one of the first members of the now 40 year old Northwood Woman's Club, Suzanne actively advocated that the club's mission be less social than socially active. The Northwood Charitable Fund was born of this ambition and has given more than $3M to organizations in and around Dallas that help children and women. Suzanne was President of the organization in 1999-2000 and, at one time, has held every Board position available besides working on the Philanthropy Committee numerous times.

 

As tireless and passionate chamption for women and children in need, Suzanne has been recognized numerous times for having the most volunteer hours (more than 600) in a group that devotes over 25,000 hours a year to service. And this in spite of the fact that, as Past-President of NWC, her service hours' requirement is no longer mandatory. Rather than sit on her laurels, Suzanne creates volunteer jobs and then does them!

 

Besides her daily work on their behalf, Suzanne helps organize, then attends and donates to many events for organizations that serve women and children - the Bingo Bash for Contact Crisis Line, Genesis Women's Shelter annual luncheon, the Northwood Woman's Club Kaleidoscope and Dine-by-Design, for which she has created a special table each year focused on abused and neglected children, among others.

 

Her very personal involvement with girls, women, and families in need makes her an outstanding leader that inspires others and worthy of the recognition of the Ebby Award.

 

For questions and additional information about the Ebby Award, please contact Rebecca Rhule at rebecca.rhule@ourfriendsplace.org or 214.520.6268.

Past Ebby Award Recipients:

Ebby Halliday Acers

Sister Margaret Ann Moser, President, Ursuline Academy

Elizabeth Solender, President, Solender/Hall and Past President, CREW

Sarah Losinger, Philanthropist