Six women will be honored during an annual gala and fundraiser for Weld County’s only domestic violence safehouse Saturday evening at Aims Community College in Greeley.
A Woman’s Place, a nonprofit providing free and confidential services to victims and survivors of domestic violence, will host the event beginning at 7:30 p.m. at Aims’ Welcome Center on the Greeley campus. The honorees this year are Lynn Bassett, Celeste Ewert, Pam Hungenberg, Carlene Irion, Madeline Milian and Terri Pappas.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Nearly 3 in 10 women and 1 in 10 men in the U.S. have experienced rape, physical violence or stalking by a partner and reported it impacting their functioning, according to statistics from the National Domestic Violence Hotline.
The gala to benefit A Woman’s Place celebrates women who have been leaders and contributors in the Greeley area. The event, now in its 32nd year, is put on by an all-volunteer auxiliary board called the Friends of A Woman’s Place.
The gala is open to any residents who wish to attend, with tickets priced at $33.85 a person. To purchase tickets, go to bit.ly/AWPGalaTickets.
For assistance in a domestic violence crisis, reach out to the 24-7 crisis line at 970-356-4226.
Bassett is the owner and director of the Dance Factory in Greeley. The studio was founded in 1973 to teach ballet, tap, jazz and hip hop, while also serving as a second home for thousands of students and developing an appreciation of the arts. Bassett also has a background as a dancer, teacher and choreographer.
Ewert is the executive director of Envision, an Evans-based nonprofit working with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and their families. Ewert also works in advocacy for the IDD community with the Alliance Colorado Board of Directors, allowing her to be a representative to ANCOR — the national association for individuals with IDD.
Hungenberg, a Washington state native, is a retired businesswoman and teacher. With her husband, Paul, and three children, the family founded Hungenberg Produce Co. Hungenberg also worked at the North Colorado Medical Center blood bank and taught for 30 years in Greeley-Evans School District 6. Hungenberg is currently a member of the board of directors at United Way Weld County.
Irion is a retired nurse with more than four decades of experience in health care. She worked at North Colorado Medical Center in surgical units, medical management and patient advocacy. Irion has worked with American Legion auxiliary groups and she served two terms on the Weld RE-4 School District Board of Education and with FFA, the ag youth organization.
Milian, who was born and raised in Cuba, came to the U.S. as a middle-school student and devoted much of her life to education. She is retired from the University of Northern Colorado where she worked with undergraduate and graduate students and spent a lot of time leading a teacher exchange program through grants from the U.S. Department of State.
Pappas has also spent much of her professional life in education, working in District 6 as a teacher, administrator, consultant and two-term member of the board of education. She’s on the board of directors of the Greeley Dream Team and is a founder and executive director of the Seva Community, an organization focused on early childhood literacy and family learning.
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