Women of Westland
Fifth Annual
Westland ATHENA Award
Chocolate Fantasy Ball
March 7, 2009
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Kelly Salingue has been a member of the Women of Westland since 2005. During this time, Kelly has made great contributions to the organization. Kelly has been a loyal member and has attended most of the meetings and all of our events. She is always ready and willing to volunteer for any job or event which she showed when she volunteered to step into the position of Vice-President when our vice-president had to step down due to family commitments. Kelly also volunteered to monitor the Woman of Westland website and work directly with our webmaster to ensure that the website is up to date. Kelly was on the ATHENA/Chocolate Fantasy Ball committee and served as decoration chair and also assisted in obtaining donations from local businesses for the silent auction. Kelly’s hard work helped to make this event a success. Kelly co-chaired along with a fellow WOW member, the 50’s Dance with the Reflections. Working closely with her co-chair a great event was created. Dinner, dancing and music were combined to create a memorable time for all. Kelly cares about the success of the Women of Westland – and about her community. She is always promoting WOW throughout the community and other volunteer positions. Kelly was vice-chair for the American Cancer Society Relay For Life Westland 2008 event along with having her own team at the event. For the American Cancer Society she is also a Legislative Ambassador helping to fight for rights of all people and working towards a smoke free Michigan . She also participates in the walk at the Detroit Zoo for the National Kidney Foundation as her father was a recipient of a kidney transplant, doing all of this while working a full time job at Westland Lock & Key and is also an Independent Consultant for PartyLite. Recently she has also joined the City of Westland in becoming green by joining Team Green. She has demonstrated her willingness to contribute time and talent toward strengthening the Women of Westland and is a positive driving force for WOW and numerous organizations. Kelly is a hard working, honest, cheerful addition to our organization and without her, WOW could not have accomplished all that we have.
2008 Westland Woman of the Year
Kelly Salingue
On September 29, 2008, the Women of Westland (WOW) presented this year’s annual Women of Westland Woman of the Year award to Kelly Salingue. Ms. Salingue was selected by the WOW membership to receive this honor because she lives the organization’s mission of assisting women in their professional and personal growth on a daily basis.
2008 ATHENA Award Winner The ATHENA Award recognizes a man or woman who has attained and personifies the highest level of professional excellence in her/his business or profession, has devoted time and energy to the community in a meaningful way and has opened the door of leadership opportunity for women. Sue has won numerous awards for her writing and for her sections from the National Newspaper Association, Suburban Newspapers of America and the Michigan Press Association. She and her Garden City staff have twice been recognized by the Michigan PTA for coverage of education and schools, and she was honored by the Wayne-Westland Community Schools for her exemplary coverage of educational issues. Mason also was the Westland Civitans' Citizen of the Year for 2007. She also served some 15 years on the Schoolcraft College Women's Resource Center Advisory Board and is currently a member of the events committee of the Garden City Public Schools' Foundation for Educational Excellence.
Sue Mason
Sue Mason was nominated by St. Damian School teacher Kim Rourke, who was impressed with Mason's coverage when NASA astronaut Sunni Williams visited the school
2007 ATHENA Award Winner
Dr. Lynn Malinoff
Lynn is a Research & Development Specialist, Teacher Consultant, Special Projects Coordinator, Safe & Drug Free Schools Coordinator, and Service Learning Coordinator for the Wayne-Westland Schools. She has written hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants for the School District in addition to implementing new programs for service learning and literacy. She also teaches Educational Leadership at EMU and volunteers her time mentoring women who have an alcoholic in the family.