By Ariyana Griffin 
AFRO Staff Writer 
agriffin@afro.com

The Bethune Height Recognition Program of the National Council of Negro Women’s (NCNW) Mid-Atlantic Region will take place at Martin’s West, 6817 Dogwood Rd, Baltimore, MD 21244, on September 7 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. This year, the organization celebrates the 50th anniversary of the luncheon.

The Bethune Height Recognition Program of The National Council of Negro Women’s Mid-Atlantic Region is celebrating 50 years of service. The luncheon will be held at Martin’s West in Baltimore on September 7. The program is named after NCNW Founder
Mary McCloud Bethune Cookman (left) and Dr. Dorothy Irene Height, who served the
organization as chair and president.

NCNW has 300 campus and community-based sections and 32 national women’s organizations around the country. The organization stands on strong roots of advocacy and empowerment dating back to 1935 when NCNW was founded by Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune.

This year’s luncheon is expected to have over 400 guests and serves as a way to highlight volunteers, community members and members of the organization. They will also raise money for a donation to NCNW in the name of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune and Dr. Dorothy Irene Height.

“We make an annual donation of $300, that money is used to support activities in the community for women and children of african descent,” Catrice Vandross, a co-chair of the NCNW’s Mid-Atlantic Bethune Height Recognition Program told the AFRO.  The Bethune Height Recognition Program was founded in 1974 as a way to help raise funds for NCNW

The Recognition Program recognizes and uplifts the  achievements of honorees. “The Bethune/Height Recognition Program honors Bethune Achievers, persons who contribute $300.00 or more, Life Members, and Legacy Life Members who contribute, join or upgrade through the Program,” said the organization. 

Tilynn Cobb, Monique Robinson-Poole and Awanya D. Anglin Brodie are this year’s special honorees. The theme for this year’s luncheon is “Fifty Years Honoring a Dedicated Mission: Together the Mission Shall Continue.”

“We chose this theme because we want to look back and honor the 50 years of our dedication to the mission and the realization that together our mission will continue,” Vandross told the AFRO.
For more information on the luncheon and The National Council of Negro Women please visit ncnw.org.

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