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Anchors Aweigh

MOTHER’SCHOICE

GALA DINNER

Many of the 500 guestsattheannual
Mother’s Choicefundraisingdinner,
held in the ballroomoftheJWMarriott
hotel, sportednauticalensemblesin
keeping withthethemeoftheevening,
Under the Sea.Thethemetiedinwith
the charity’skeymessagefor2019,Hope
Anchors, whichCEOAliaEyresput
into contextduringheraddresstothe
gathering. “AtMother’sChoicewework
in the midstofcrisis,steppingintothe
darkest momentofsomeone’sstory,and
we give themhope,”shesaid.“Hope
is an anchorthatprovidesthecourage
to grow andhealthroughthestorms
of life’s trialsandadversity.”Mother’s
Choicewasfoundedin 1987 byasmall
groupofvolunteersconcernedwith
theplightofthecity’sunderprivileged
familiescopingwithunexpected
pregnancies.Today,itcontinuestohelp
thoseinneed,transformingthelivesof
youngwomen,babies,andspecialneed
childrenandtheirfamilies.

Stephen and Diana King

James Chu, Yijia Tiong and Yen Kuok

el Marwah and Alia Eyres

Harry and Indra Banga, and Ravi and Shalini Gidumal

Emelda Wong-Trainor, Peter Cheung, Francisco

Anton-Serrano and Angela Cheng-Matsuzawa

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