29th Annual Women’s Forum Raises $170,000

Nearly 550 guests attended the 29^th Annual Women’s Forum to see Humanitarian, Correspondent, and New York Times Best-Selling Author Jenna Bush Hager bring a unique vantage point about her upbringing and life today. The event, hosted at the Golden Nugget on June 6^th, raised $170,000 to benefit Greater Atlantic City Charities including Atlantic City Day Nursery, Boys & Girls Club, CASA, and Jewish Family Service.

Guests enjoyed a delicious lunch and the opportunity to bid on more than 110 auction items including Singer Pink concert tickets, Taylor Swift swag gift basket, designer handbags, chic jewelry, electronics, hotel stays, dining offers, spa packages, restaurant and shopping gift cards, wine baskets, and more.

“We were delighted to have Jenna Bush Hager as this year’s distinguished speaker at the Women’s Forum. Our candid conversation about her career, raising children, and growing up in a well-known family provided the audience with a keen insight into Jenna’s life,” said Brett Matik, event co-chair. “The sold-out program and auction afforded Greater Atlantic City Charities the opportunity to raise funds to support four local nonprofits.”

Growing up in the public eye, Jenna cultivated an innate sense of purpose by experiencing first-hand how small changes can make large differences in a single life. As a humanitarian, Jenna traveled to improvised areas around the world to address pressing issues of our time – health, education, and economic inequality. She serves as a role model and inspires young leaders to give back in schools, communities and abroad.

For nearly five years, she has been welcomed into audience members’ homes as the co-host of Today with Hoda & Jenna. In addition, Jenna has penned the book, Everything Beautiful in its Time, which shares moving, funny stories about her beloved grandparents and the wisdom that shaped her life. She has also written Ana’s Story: A Journey of Hope, Sisters First with her twin sister, Barbara, and Our Great Big Backyard and Read All About It with her mother, Laura.

The Women’s Forum is made possible by the support of its generous community and business sponsors – Anheuser-Busch, AtlantiCare, Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, F.C. Kerbeck, Golden Nugget Atlantic City, Harrison Family Foundation, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, The Law Offices of Melissa Rosenblum, and Walmart. As a completely volunteer committee, 100% of the proceeds are donated directly to local charities.

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(Left to right): Women’s Forum Co-chair Brett Matik shared the stage with Humanitarian, Correspondent, and New York Times Best-Selling Author Jenna Bush Hager during the 29^th Annual Women’s Forum on June 6^th at the Golden Nugget in Atlantic City. Nearly 550 guests attended the event which raised $170,000 for the Greater Atlantic City Charities including the Atlantic City Day Nursery, Boys & Girls Club, CASA, and Jewish Family Service of Atlantic & Cape May Counties. (Photo courtesy of Tom Briglia of Photographics Photography)

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Nearly 550 people attended the 29^th Annual Women’s Forum hosted on June 6^th at the Golden Nugget in Atlantic City. Keynote speaker Jenna Bush Hager hosted a candid conversation about her career, raising children, and growing up in a well-known family. The event raised $170,000 for the Greater Atlantic City Charities including the Atlantic City Day Nursery, Boys & Girls Club, CASA, and Jewish Family Service of Atlantic & Cape May Counties. (Photo courtesy of Tom Briglia of Photographics Photography)

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Women’s Forum

Founded in 1994, The Women’s Forum supports the Greater Atlantic City Charities in its mission to assist local organizations in need. Throughout the past two decades, the Women’s Forum luncheon has featured guest speakers including: Brooke Shields, Lisa Ling, Deepak Chopra, Suze Orman, Jane Seymour, Leigh Anne Tuohy, Andy Cohen, Giuliana Rancic, Jane Pauley, Amy Robach, Carla Hall, and Ali Wentworth. To date, the Women’s Forum, a completely volunteer organization, has raised more than $2.3 million for area nonprofits.