BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. Sponsors Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts' Leading Women Awards

Sept. 22, 2009 - PRLog -- (Boston, MA) Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts is pleased to announce the BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. is a $15,000 Leadership Sponsor of the Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts’ 2009 Leading Women Awards. This year’s event is being co-chaired by Laura Sen, President and CEO, BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc; Pam Hamlin, President and Managing Partner, Arnold; and Colette Phillips, President & CEO, Colette Phillips Communications, Inc. The 18th annual event will take place on Thursday, October 29th at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston.  

“BJ’s Wholesale Club is proud to support this year’s Leading Women Awards to help raise essential funds for programs that help today’s girls develop into strong, confident women,” said Laura Sen, President and CEO, BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc.

Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts will honor Jackie Glenn, Chief Diversity Officer, EMC Corporation; Paula Adina Johnson, M.D, M.P.H., Chief, Division of Women’s Health and Executive Director, Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Julie Kahn, Vice President/New England Market Manager for Entercom; Barbara Lee, Principal of The Barbara Lee Family Foundation and Sue Morelli, President and CEO of Au Bon Pain. In 2008 Leading Women Breakfast began a new tradition with honoring a man at the event with the award - Leading Man in a Supporting Role. This year, Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts will honor Chancellor J. Keith Motley, Ph.D., of the University of Massachusetts – Boston as Leading Man in a Supporting Role.

The Leading Women Awards Breakfast is the Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts’ signature fundraising event which brings hundreds of women and other members of the greater Boston business community together to celebrate women leaders, honor our awardees, and to support the Girl Scout mission. These Leading Woman Awardees exemplify the Girl Scout mission to build woman of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place. Scouting inspires, challenges, and empowers girls to discover their values and passions. Innovation and creativity are at the very core of the Girl Scout experience. The role these women play in the community is a true inspiration to our Girl Scouts, and we are very proud to honor them!

Since 1992, the Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts has honored over 180 women leaders with the Leading Women award. The Leading Women Awards raises funds to support Girl Scout programs which are relevant to today’s girls, their interests in fitness and health, science, technology, engineering, and math and, most importantly, serving their communities. Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts strives to meet the needs and challenges girls face today and give them the tools to set them on their path to future success. The Girl Scout experience is open to all girls. The funds raised through our Leading Women Awards event help develop and deliver innovative programming to help today’s girls become tomorrow’s leaders.

For more information on sponsoring or attending this event, visit www.girlscoutseasternmass.org/donate

About Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts

Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts serves more than 45,000 girls ages 5-17 and 17,000 adult volunteers in 178 communities across Eastern Massachusetts with the mission to build girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place. The Girl Scouts provide girls with the opportunity to DISCOVER their world, CONNECT with and build an understanding for others and TAKE ACTION to make the world a better place. Girls are guided by committed and caring adults who make learning fun. Girl Scouting helps each girl achieve her personal leadership pathway to the future. The Girl Scouts organization has a rich history and has been the nation’s leading expert on girls for nearly 100 years.

About BJ’s Wholesale Club

BJ’s Wholesale Club is dedicated to providing its members with high-quality, brand name food and merchandise at prices that are significantly lower than the prices found at supermarkets, supercenters, department stores, drug stores and specialty retail stores. BJ’s offers low BJ’s Member Pricing on a huge selection of groceries, top-brand apparel and accessories, small appliances, consumer electronics, fine jewelry, and other quality merchandise.

Headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts, BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. is a leading operator of warehouse clubs in the eastern United States. The Company currently operates 184 clubs and 103 gas stations in 15 eastern states. Shop online or learn more about BJ’s Wholesale Club at www.bjs.com.

Giving back has always been at the very core of BJ’s culture.  Through charitable giving, community relations programs and product donations, BJ’s supports and enhances programs that provide vital services within each community we serve.  For more information about BJ’s corporate commitment to the community, please visit, www.bjs.com/about/community/.