Marlin Barad, who’ll receive the 28th Golda Meir Award at a Sept. 24 luncheon at Green Gables Country Club, was chosen because she displays “leadership that is inspiring to many.”
In fact, says Allied Jewish Federation President Doug Seserman, she’s “the type of woman for which the award was created.” The Golda Meir Award is given by the AJF’s Jewish Women’s Philanthropy Center. Past recipients include Charlene Loup, Ruth Toltz, Carol Karsh, Marlene Siegel, Carol Mizel, Essie Perlmutter, Arlene Hirschfeld, Robyn Loup and Robin Chotin.
A longtime leader in local Jewish community affairs, Barad was first recognized with the Charlotte Tucker Young Leadership Award. Since then, she has been given the Jewish National Fund Gates of Jerusalem medal, Yeshiva Toras Chaim’s Shem Tov award, and the Colorado Agency for Jewish Education’s Spirit of CAJE award. In 2005, she was a 7News Everyday Hero for her role as a volunteer mentor and tutor at the University of Denver’s Bridge Project.
She is currently serving as chair of the Greater Denver/Boulder Jewish Community Study’s Boomer Research and Development Focus Team; prior to that, she was lay chairperson for CAJE’s Florence Melton Adult Mini School.
Barad has a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Colorado and is married to attorney Edward Barad. They have three grown children: a doctor, an engineer and an actress.
Luncheon tickets can be purchased by calling 303-316-6486.
It’s all good
The annual blessing of Flight For Life staff and transport vehicles is at 10 a.m. today at the Mayo Aviation terminal at Centennial Airport. Operated by St. Anthony Central Hospital, Flight For Life Colorado became the nation’s first medical air ambulance program in 1972 when it conducted its first helicopter rescue. Thirty-five years later, FFL Colorado has grown to a fleet of four choppers, three fixed-wing aircraft and three critical care ground transport ambulances.
Hope House Colorado, aiding teenage moms by providing the resources, education and support needed to build healthy and loving homes for their children, is having a family carnival on Saturday. It starts at 11 a.m. at Heritage Community Bible Church, 5615 W. 64th St., Arvada; admission is free and attractions include pony rides, music and a picnic lunch. Call 303-429-1012.
Big woo(f): Dozens of plastic puppies that Eero Aarnio created for use as home decor accessories have been distributed to a host of artsy folk to decorate for a July 27 auction held at Mod Livin’, 5327 E. Colfax Ave. Proceeds from the 6 p.m. event go to the Downtown Animal Care Foundation, which helps low-income families pay for veterinary services that their pets might need. Mod Livin’ owners Jill Warner and Erick Roorda invite prospective bidders to view the primped pooches at the store during business hours. Call 720-941-9292.
The recent Dani’s Disco Ball, held at Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret, raised $12,000 for The Children’s Hospital Teen Clinic and the cancer research programs supported by Dani’s Foundation … Another group with a $12,000 profit is the Alliance of Professional Women, who raised that amount at City Lights, Boardwalk Nights. The money goes to APW’s scholarship fund and Village Bank, which grants microcredit loans to women in developing nations who are wanting to start or expand a business.
Former Channel 2 reporter Ernest Gurule is Bell Policy Center’s new communications director. He comes to the nonprofit, nonpartisan agency by way of the University of Colorado at Denver, where he was press secretary, and the Colorado Senate, for whom he was communications officer.
Society editor Joanne Davidson can be reached at 303-809-1314 or jdavidson@denverpost.com. She also contributes at.
