Delver Woman’s Club hosts 70th luncheon
5/22/2015, 2:05 p.m. | Updated on 5/22/2015, 2:53 p.m.
The Delver Woman’s Club hosted its 70th annual luncheon May 16 at Ebenezer Baptist Church’s Fellowship Hall. The theme: Entrepreneurship: Overcoming Obstacles.
Freda D. Thornton, CEO and president of FWL & Sons Inc., which owns and operates five McDonald’s restaurants in the Richmond area, spoke at the event, which linked student members of Future Business Leaders of America with successful business leaders.
FBLA representatives attending the luncheon, from left Shanice Charity of Armstrong High School; Eria Smith of George Wythe High School; Chaniya Neverson of Huguenot High School; Asia Carroll of John Marshall High School; James Carney, teacher and FBLA adviser at John Marshall; Nia Williams of Thomas Jefferson High School; Kiera Cheatham of Varina High School; and Delver scholarship recipient Mia Washington of Old Dominion University.
Betty D. Lewis of the organization’s Economic Interest Group received the Delver of the Year Award.
