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Spotlighting HCOA Supporters Energy and determination characterize Betty C. Jukes. Betty has been "working" for our community for over thirty years. After moving from Orlando in 1967 with her husband, Harry, Betty immediately became involved in the Houston Community. Within her first year in our city, she founded two federated junior women’s clubs, the first Junior Woman’s Club and the Houston Junior Women’s Club. She served as president of both these groups. At the Huffington Center on Aging, Betty is involved with our Development Board, and most recently served as Luncheon Chair for the highly successful Women’s Health Summit. Over 850 people participated in this program. Betty has a distinguished record in the history of Houston fundraising, as she has been a participant and fundraiser with many other organizations. As President of the University of Houston Moores School of Music Society in 1996 and 1997, Betty was instrumental in the fundraising efforts to construct the Moores School of Music building and as general chairman, celebrated the grand opening with "Six Evenings of Note." Last year, the Moores School of Music Society conferred upon her the title of President Laureate. Betty’s other community involvement includes the March of Dimes, Theatre Under the Stars, Houston Symphony, Houston Grand Opera, Houstonians of the Year Dinner, the International Festival’s Mayor’s Ball, the Proud Partner Luncheon, Houston Youth Symphony & Ballet and many others. On the national and international levels, Betty has coordinated programs for the World Wildlife Fund, the Charles and Anne Lindbergh Memorial Fund, the USMA West Point Glee Club tours. She also helped establish the Mercury Seven Foundation, of which she served as International Coordinator and is a life member. Betty is a member of Northwood University’s Women’s Board, St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, and Tanglewood Garden Club. She is a life member of the Methodist Hospital Auxiliary and the American Heart Association. We salute Betty’s determination and energy that contributed to the success of the Women’s Health Summit as well as the other programs in which she has been involved. Thank you, Betty! |
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