Help Break the Cycle - New Friends New Life

New Friends New Life restores and empowers formerly trafficked girls and sexually exploited women and their children.

 

By providing access to education, job training, interim financial assistance, mental health, and spiritual support, New Friends New Life helps women and their children overcome backgrounds of abuse, addiction, poverty, and limited opportunities.

 

The stats are astounding!

There are numerous ways in which you can join the mission of helping women leave the degradation of sexually oriented businesses to build new lives for themselves and their children. Learn how you can help here:

http://www.newfriendsnewlife.org/get-involved/

 

2012 WINGS Luncheon Featuring Nicholas Sparks

The 2012 WINGS Luncheon, benefiting New Friends New Life, will be held Thursday, April 12, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency in Downtown Dallas and will feature one of the nation’s most famous novelty writers and New York Times #1 bestseller, Nicholas Sparks.

Sparks has written many books that have been made into film adaptations such as A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, Dear John, The Last Song, and more. Guests will also have the opportunity to have a book signed by the author following the luncheon.  Luncheon Chair is Katherine Lalonde.

11:00am Sponsor Reception

11:30am Luncheon

1:00pm Book Signing

 

There are still a few seats remaining for this wonderful event!  To purchase tickets or for additional information, please contact Kelly Cruse at kcruse@newfriendsnewlife.org or click here http://www.newfriendsnewlife.org/events/wings-luncheon 

New Friends New Life - WINGS Luncheon

Kimberly Clifton, Luncheon Co-Chair; Myrna Schlegel, Honorary Luncheon Co-Chair; Harriet Miers, Luncheon Guest Speaker; Kim Schlegel Whitman, Honorary Luncheon Co-Chair; Katie Pedigo, Exec. Dir. NFNL

Harriet Miers, chief legal counsel to President George W. Bush, addressed a supportive crowd at the Hyatt Regency Dallas on April 15, at the 8^th Annual WINGS luncheon, benefiting New Friends New Life, a Dallas nonprofit organization that enables sexually exploited women to start new lives for themselves and their children. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott introduced Miers and gave an overview of scope and nature of human trafficking in Texas as well as the prevention task force’s legislative recommendations. It was a beautiful event with over 550 guests and Myrna Schlegel and her daughter, RSVP Calendar's very own Kimberly Schlegel Whitman served as honorary chairs. “Serving on the advisory board of NFNL has been a very rewarding experience for me, and my mother and I are so honored to be a part of this special event,” said Whitman. “The luncheon is an important way to serve the women who benefit from the incredible work of the NFNL team. In the past, it has been a wonderful time of friendship and fellowship, and the amazing speakers have shared encouraging messages.”

Lillie Romano, Joy Duncan, Toni Chapman Brinker, Pat Schenkel

7th Annual WINGS Luncheon Benefiting New Friends New Life

Only a few seats are left for the 7th Annual WINGS Luncheon on Tuesday, April 13 at Union Station!! Chairmen Robin Bagwell and Ashlee Kleinert and Honorary Chairman Pat Smith will welcome guests to this fun luncheon catered by Wolfgang Puck.

New York Times Bestseller Author, Greg Mortenson is the keynote speaker. He is the co-author of Three Cups of Tea and author of Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Greg is in the process of building schools in remote, terrorist-ridden areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan, so that children can have the chance for learning and education. He believes education is the key to ending terrorism once and for all.

New Friends New Life is a faith-based agency whose mission is to help women working in sexually oriented businesses find conventional employment and build healthier lives for themselves and their children. Their clients (protégés) are encouraged to further their education and/or career training. In addition, NFNL partners with other agencies to provide legal, medical, educational opportunities and personal counseling to the protégés. They also provide them with life-skills training and biblical principles. If financial assistance is provided, it is for rent, utilities, childcare, transportation and other basic needs.

Individual tickets are $125 each. For more information, contact 214-965-0935.