12-Jan-10 12:00 PM CST

2009 ROSE AWARD RECIPIENTS

Woman Within International and Circles of Women South Central (CWSC) were blessed to celebrate two remarkable women from our community at the Share Your Blessings and Rose Award Dinner held on November 19,2009.The Rose Awards are presented annually by Woman Within International to honor women in each region who consistently exhibit dedication and passion in service to our community, as well as other areas in their lives. To date, there are less than 50 women world-wide who have been awarded this honor.

Sasha Van Nes has been a member of the CWSC community for many years, and has served in almost every role imaginable. Sasha attended her Woman Within Training Weekend in Delavan, WI in 1992. Over the years she has staffed more than 25 times, including serving as an Assistant Team Leader (ATL) and Team Leader (TL) on many weekends. Several years ago when weekends were held at Land of My Grandfathers, Sasha was the “kitchen goddess”, which included planning, shopping and cooking all meals for the weekends. Sasha has a genuine passion and desire around our region being successful, and her many years of service on our Board of Directors ensured that women would have a place to come when they were ready to begin their journey. Sasha began her service on the Board as Events Coordinator, later served as Vice-President, and finally as President of CWSC from 2007-2009. Sasha led the charge through two years of a much-needed “face-lift” for our region, and was responsible for the transformation from Envision Connection to Circles of Women South Central. Her persistence and dedication paid off, and our new name, new logo and branding, and our beautiful new website are the results of this effort. Sasha has a genuine love for our weekends and for supporting women, and models an amazing balance of heart, leadership and passion in all that she does.

Donna Dolinky completed her weekend at Luther Hill in La Grange, TX in February 2001. Donna has staffed over 20 weekends various roles, served as ATL on many weekends and is now moving towards serving as a TL. She has also staffed many regional and WW Int’l workshops, including several times at Women Empowering Women, One Day Staff Trainings, Open Circles and the Empowerment Circle Guide Training. Donna is always a reliable volunteer at the CWSC Annual Garage Sale and events such as the 2007 Royal Ball. Her passion for Empowerment Circles (E-Circles) and supporting women motivated her to join the Board of Directors in 2005 where Donna served as E-Circle Coordinator in our region for 3 years. During this time she dedicated a great deal of time and energy in revising the E-Circle Manual, and made visits as a “magician” to support E-circles that were having conflict issues or problems. The career that Donna has chosen allows her to be in service to others on a daily basis. She teaches communication skills to children with Carebral Palsy, Down’s Syndrome, autism and other disabilities. Donna is a gentle and patient teacher and mentor for all women, and provides a strong foundation for our community that is reliable and consistent.

We congratulate and celebrate Sasha and Donna as women and as leaders in our community. We are grateful for and are blessed by their gifts, passion, wisdom and grace that they share so freely with our community, and out in the world.

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