Meredith Hankins, general manager of Salon L’Etoile in Manayunk, will be competing for the title of Woman of the Year for the next 10 weeks, where she has agreed to utilize her leadership abilities to conduct her own fundraising campaigns for LLS. The male and female candidates with the most votes are named the Chapter’s Man & Woman of the Year. Their totals are then considered in naming national titles. Money raised will benefit LLS’ mission to cure blood cancers and to improve the quality of life for patients and their families.

Winners will be announced at the Grand Finale at Vie in Center City Philadelphia on Thursday, April 25^th. The night will be a celebration of all the candidates’ collective efforts as they enjoy cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, live and silent auctions, and dinner and dancing. In 2012, 12 candidates collectively raised over $442,000.

To make an online donation towards Meredith Hankins’ fundraising efforts, please visit http://www.mwoy.org/pages/epa/philly13/mhankinfc4. For more information about the campaign, please contact Campaign Manager, Rick Moll, at (610) 238-0360, ext. 6784 or Richard.Moll@lls.org, or visit their website at www.mwoy.org/epa.