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Annual Luncheon
Tackle Mental Health


On April 29, 2010, DePelchin honored Janice and Bob McNair with the Kezia DePelchin Award for their outstanding work in the Houston community. The award, which was presented at DePelchin’s Tackle Mental Health luncheon, not only recognized the McNair’s leadership and generosity but also their commitment to improving the mental health and physical well-being of all children in the Houston area.

Dr. Octavio N. Martinez, executive director of the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, served as the keynote speaker at the event, highlighting the importance and increasing need for children’s mental health services in our community. The luncheon raised more than $285,000 to help support the ongoing work and mission of DePelchin Children’s Center.

DePelchin would like to thank everyone who supported and helped make the luncheon a success.

 

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MVP's (Honorees)

Janice and Bob McNair
2010 Recipients of the Kezia DePelchin Award
View Past Kezia DePelchin Award Recipients

Luncheon Co-chairs

Susan Magnani Apple
Jill Kerbow Imhoff

Luncheon Committee
Tonya Adams
Martha Ayres
Ellie Allday amberg
Suzanne Caram
Carole Fawcrett
Linda Krupps
Holly Lanier
Dinah McClymonds
Donyce Rich
Renee Thevenot


2010 Underwriters

Take down the goalposts!

Kinder Foundation

Carry the coach on your shoulders!
Maconda O’Connor, Ph.D. • Palmetto Partners, Ltd.

Douse the quarterback!
Fayez Sarofim & Co.

Dance in the end zone!
The Lillian H. & C. W. Duncan Foundation • The Light Charitable Trust • The Lester and Sue Smith Foundation • WPO Forum and Winstead PC

Chest bumps with the team!
The Stanford and Joan Alexander Foundation • Adam Diamont of Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC • Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. • Houston Chronicle • KTRK-TV/ABC-13 • Flo and Bill McGee • Mehta Family Foundation • Mission Constructors, Inc. • Carol Ann and Robert W. Paddock Fund • Plains Marketing, L.P. • Tom and Pat Powers Foundation • Mary Eliza and Park Shaper • Silver Eagle Distributors • W.S. Bellows Construction Corporation

High fives all around!
Karey and Phillip Dye • Clare A. Glassell • Neuberger Berman L.L.C./Geraldina I. and Scott W. Wise • Dinah and John McClymonds/Liz and Robert Rigney • Lynn and Bill Rafferty • Kelley and Harper Trammell • Vinson and Elkins L.L.P. • Kim and Chuck Watson

The wave!
American General Life Companies • Apollo Power & Light • Susan and Jack Apple/Jill and Royce Imhoff • Philamena and Arthur Baird • BMO Capital Markets • Ellie and Roy Camberg • James and Molly Crownover Family Foundation • Susan Distefano • Mary and Stephen Dyer/Jane and Charles Szalkowski/Baker Botts L.L.P. • Gainer, Donnelly & Desroches, L.L.P. • Joanie and Don Haley • Mary and Jim Henderson • Hewlett-Packard Company • Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo • Karen and John Huff • JP Morgan Chase & Co. • Ginni Mithoff • John S. Moody, Jr. • SuEllen and Curt Mooney • Mutual of America • Peggy and Bill Roe Kathleen and Bill Sharman/The Lancaster Group, Inc. • John E. Stokes • Studio Red Architects • University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work • Carol and Richard Walton • Dr. James T. Willerson


A portion of the flowers at the luncheon were generously donated by The Kroger Co.


Media Contact:
Jerry Heinold
Manager, Marketing & Communications
DePelchin Children's Center
713-802-7651