Shelby About Town
Ashley Judd is heading to H-Town, while Charlie Hartland & his 11 daughters takeon a mission
Ashley Judd headlines the Children's Assessment Center luncheon on April 4.
Charlie Hartland, from left, at the Mission of Yahweh kick-off with MonicaHartland, Brad Marks and Joanna Hartland.
Mary and Tony Gracely hosted the Mission of Yahweh evening.
Oscar and Lynn Wyatt, pictured here at the Opera Ball, hosted Eva Marie Saintand Ben Mankiewicz at their River Oaks home.Photo by Gary Fountain
At Mission of Yahweh event.
They're calling it a "Charlie's Angels" event and why not. The Mission of Yahweh gala, actually dubbed "A Heavenly Evening," is being chaired by Insperity veep Charlie Hartland and his 11 daughters. One of those daughters is Hannah McNair, married to Houston Texans vice chairman Cal McNair, and that duo will serve as honorary chairs.
The family recently celebrated the upcoming gala — May 6 at River Oaks Country Club — with a little fete at the River Oaks home of Mary and Tony Gracely. No coincidence there. Mary Gracely along with Martha Turner and Rose Cullen will be honored as philanthropic angels. Foundry United Methodist Church, which has supported the homeless shelter for women and children for 25 years, will also be honored.
More than 125 guests turned out to celebrate the upcoming event including Margaret Williams and Jim Daniel, Pam Lockard, Glenn Bauguss, Monica Hartland and John Blaisdell, Carol and Dr. Tom Sawyer, Warner Roberts, most of the Hartland girls, Maryann and Jodie Hoffer and more.
The Hartland family was big on the scene at the Mission of Yahweh at Christmas when John Blaisdell and Monica Hartland led the charge to provide Christmas gifts and cheer to the resident families.
Star power
Only a few weeks after the premiere of her ABC series Missing,Ashley Judd will take the spotlight in Houston as guest speaker at the Children's Assessment Center's annual "Spirit of Spring" luncheon. Expect the focus to be on her humanitarian efforts when she headlines the April 4 fundraiser at the InterContinental Houston Hotel.
Diane Caplan and Nancy Golden chair the event that will feature special guest Neiman Marcus fashion director Ken Downing and a Neiman's fashion presentation. You can reserve your seats here.
Sight 'ems
Academy Award-winning actress Eva Marie Saintand Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz schmoozing over cocktails with the cognoscenti at the River Oaks home of Lynn and Oscar Wyatt. The duo was in town for the free screening of On the Waterfront at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. See Joe Leydon's entertaining interview with Marie Saint here . . .
Houston Symphony "Rock Me Admadeus" ball chairs Tara and David Wuthrich lunching at La Griglia and savoring the new twist on the black-tie gala that they have in store for the March 23 fete at The Corinthian (fasten your seatbelts and get ready to rock) . . .
French Ambassador to the United States Francois Delattre front and center at The Wynden where he was guest speaker at a French American Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Key players in the room included chamber president Christian Escudié, chairman Jean-Francois Bonneté, Becca Cason Thrash (seated next to the ambassador), Byron Hood and Peter Brown. On the Ambassador's agenda while in Houston — taking his family to the rodeo.
