Women Aware to be held Sept. 19

The 32nd annual Women Aware Conference is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 19, at the Black River Coliseum in Poplar Bluff, planning committee members announced Thursday.

“We are very excited about the upcoming conference, speakers and breakout sessions being planned for this year,” said conference director Meredith Rines. “Other action was approval of having both morning and afternoon keynote speakers. Groups or businesses registering 10 or more attendees with receive a 10 percent discount, the group agreed.

Businesses owners and managers may reserve a favorite spot for their booths by emailing Pam Sullivan at psullivan2005@gmail.com. The booth prices are corner, $225; wall, $200; interior row, $175; and not-for-profit organizations, $150.

The next conference planning meeting will be Thursday, March 28, at Productive Staffing, and the group will discuss the theme and other projects.

Prior to the conference planning meeting, the group’s board of directors voted to reduce the luncheon prices from $15 to $10 and to have three luncheons instead of four each year. The change was made since area businesses have been helping sponsor the meetings.

Women Aware Inc. is a community-based organization dedicated to providing an educational and informational conference for women. The group is run entirely by volunteers and supported by businesses in the region. The group’s mission is to create an environment where those attending may gain a fresh outlook on life while gaining the motivation to achieve success in every area of life.

Women Aware, Inc. was founded in the late 1980s to empower women throughout the community and the rural region to live a full life and to find inner strength and gain the confidence needed to become powerful community leaders, family members and so much more, according to organizers.