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Kathleen and Allen Lund of Pasadena will receive the SOAR!
"St. Elizabeth Ann Seton" Award at SOAR!'s Eighth Annual Benefit
Dinner in Beverly Hills May 20.
 This
award is presented annually to individuals who have shown
a commitment of spirit to the community and generosity in
service to the Catholic Church and to the religious who shaped
them in their faith and in their lives.
The Lunds attend St. Andrew Church in Pasadena and are active
in Legatus, the Catholic Education Foundation, the Cardinal's
Award Committee and the Board of St. Francis High School in
La Canada.
Support Our Aging Religious, Inc. (SOAR!) was established
in 1986 to aid and assist religious communities in the care
of their elderly and infirm members. Local recipients of SOAR!
Grants have included Sisters of IHM; Little Sisters of the
Poor; Sisters of Social Service; Sisters of St. Joseph of
Carondelet, and Sisters of St. Louis.
For tickets to the benefit at the Regent Beverly Wilshire
Hotel, call (310) 271-4386.
Good
Shepherd Luncheon: April 24
The 20th anniversary of the Auxiliary for Good Shepherd Center
for Homeless Women will be celebrated April 24 at the organization's
annual "Forget-Me-Not" benefit luncheon at the Wilshire Country
Club.
 Honored
at the luncheon will be Emma Dry, longtime auxiliary member,
for her two decades of service, and three individuals ---
Susan Wendell, David Wendell and Bill Brown --- with the Community
Partners Award for their efforts on behalf of the organization.
Beginning at 11 a.m., the event also will include drawings
for prizes.
Proceeds will benefit the center's Women's Village Project,
the first two phases of which were completed in the past six
years to house and educate 30 homeless women (Phase I) and
to house disabled mothers with minor children (Phase II).
A third phase will offer permanent housing, ongoing education
and training and job opportunities through a country store
and coffee shop.
Good Shepherd Center for Homeless Women is a program of
Catholic Charities of Los Angeles. For information, call Chickie
Byrne, (323) 936-7589.
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