(Council Bluffs) Pottawattamie County Community Foundation is hosting the inaugural Impact for Women Summit on Thursday, October 28th.
The hybrid event that will be a mix of in-person and virtual attendees, will include special guest speakers, Debi Durham, Director of Iowa Economic Development Authority and Iowa Finance Authority, and Dawn Oliver Wiand, Executive Director of the Iowa Women’s Foundation, to address the observable and real gap in funding of women’s initiatives and childcare in southwest Iowa. The event will conclude with keynote speaker, Elizabeth Smart – a survivor, New York Times best-selling author, and national advocate for change related to child abduction, recovery programs, and national legislation.
Donna Dostal is the President and CEO of Pottawattamie County Community Foundation….
The abduction of Elizabeth Smart was one of the most followed child abduction cases of our time. Elizabeth Smart was abducted on June 5, 2002, and her captors controlled her by threatening to kill her and her family if she tried to escape. Fortunately, the police safely returned Elizabeth Smart back to her family on March 12, 2003, after being held a prisoner for 9 grueling months.
The Founder of the “Elizabeth Smart Foundation”, she has also helped promote The National AMBER Alert, The Adam Walsh Child Protection & Safety Act and other safety legislation to help prevent abductions.
Virtual tickets are $30. For additional information, visit the Foundation’s website at www.ourpccf.org or contact 712.256.7007.
