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Perfect 10 Countdown: Going for the Gold Gala 2018 – DAY 10

It’s DAY 10 of the Going for the Gold Gala Perfect 10 Countdown!

This year, one of our two Champions Award honorees is Olympic gymnast Nadia Comaneci!

Did Nadia inspire you? If so, you can pay it forward for deserving urban youth who want to learn gymnastics. Nadia will be honored at the 2018 Going for the Gold Gala, which benefits the Wendy Hilliard Gymnastics Foundation .
The WHGF has provided free and low cost gymnastics for over 17,000 youth.
Please help us reach our goal – by donating in honor of Nadia who so inspired the world to love gymnastics!

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Thank you Nadia for your ongoing support of the Wendy Hilliard Gymnastics Foundation!

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We are reaching far and wide for support of our gymnastics programs that have already served over 17,000 youth with free and low cost gymnastics!

Every dollar goes to our gymnastics programs and scholarships – so donate here and please join us!

Find out more info about our Going for the Gold gala here.

 

Take a look at last year’s event

 

Click here to see ALL of our Perfect 10 Countdown posts.

Perfect 10 Countdown: Going for the Gold Gala 2018 – DAY 9 – Nadia Comaneci

It’s DAY 9 of the Going for the Gold Gala Perfect 10 Countdown!

This year, one of our two Champions Award honorees is Olympic gymnast Nadia Comaneci!

Did Nadia inspire you? If so, you can pay it forward for deserving urban youth who want to learn gymnastics. Nadia will be honored at the 2018 Going for the Gold Gala, which benefits the Wendy Hilliard Gymnastics Foundation .
The WHGF has provided free and low cost gymnastics for over 17,000 youth.
Please help us reach our goal – by donating in honor of Nadia who so inspired the world to love gymnastics!

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Thank you Nadia for your ongoing support of the Wendy Hilliard Gymnastics Foundation!

_____

We are reaching far and wide for support of our gymnastics programs that have already served over 17,000 youth with free and low cost gymnastics!

Every dollar goes to our gymnastics programs and scholarships – so donate here and please join us!

Find out more info about our Going for the Gold gala here.

 

Take a look at last year’s event

 

Click here to see ALL of our Perfect 10 Countdown posts.

Perfect 10 Countdown: Going for the Gold Gala 2018 – DAY 7 – Gala Honorees

It’s DAY 7 of the Going for the Gold Gala Perfect 10 Countdown!

“It takes a village” is my favorite quote to describe my foundation and especially our annual fundraiser. We have always had champions from the corporate, community, non-profit and other sports support and generously give to our event.

Simon M. Lorne, Chief Legal Officer and Vice Chairman of Millennium Management LLC will receive our 2018 Going for the Gold Corporate Award.

“Wendy Hilliard, through her Foundation, has used gymnastics as an entry point to provide discipline and incentives for goal-oriented behavior to a large number of children in generally underserved communities.  I am humbled to receive this honor from the Foundation, and will treasure it greatly.” Simon M. Lorne

We also want to recognize our past honorees and emcees for their wonderful support as well!

Honorees

2017
Billie Jean King
David O’Brien

2016
Daniel Doctoroff
Wendy Hilliard
Anne Williams Isom

2015
Abie Grossfeld
Christina Minardi
John B. Rhea

2014
Jay Kriegel
Gail Marquis and Audrey Smaltz
Rose Voisk

2013
Geoffrey Canada
Linda Dunham

2006
Bill Hladick and Joanne Sotres

Emcees:

Shannon LaNier 2013
Maurice DuBois 2014 & 2018
Sarah Hughes – 2015
Carol Jenkins 2016 & 2017

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Thank you Simon for your ongoing support of the Wendy Hilliard Gymnastics Foundation!

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We are reaching far and wide for support of our gymnastics programs that have already served over 17,000 youth with free and low cost gymnastics!

Every dollar goes to our gymnastics programs and scholarships – so donate here and please join us!

Find out more info about our Going for the Gold gala here.

 

Take a look at last year’s event

 

Click here to see ALL of our Perfect 10 Countdown posts.

Perfect 10 Countdown: Going for the Gold Gala 2018 – DAY 2 – Bart Conner

It’s DAY 2 of the Going for the Gold Gala Perfect 10 Countdown!

This year, one of our two Champions Award honorees is Olympic gymnast Bart Conner!

Bart is truly one of my favorite gymnasts! We always have such a great time and a few hearty laughs – whether it was performing in a show, commentating TV events together [he has good rhythmic jokes 🙂 ] or meeting up at the Olympics.
He has been a long time supporter of the WHGF and I am so honored that he is taking the time to come to NYC for our Going for the Gold Gala!
Bart Conner is a three-time Olympian (1976, 1980, 1984) and won two gold medals (team and parallel bars) at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. He has been inducted into every sports hall of fame out there: USOC Olympic Hall of Fame, USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame, the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame, and the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame. Today, Bart runs the Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy with his wife Nadia Comaneci.

Watch Bart performing in 1976:

Thank you Bart for your ongoing support of the Wendy Hilliard Gymnastics Foundation!

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We are reaching far and wide for support of our gymnastics programs that have already served over 17,000 youth with free and low cost gymnastics!

Every dollar goes to our gymnastics programs and scholarships – so donate here and please join us!

Find out more info about our Going for the Gold gala here.

 

Take a look at last year’s event

 

Click here to see ALL of our Perfect 10 Countdown posts.