Party Watch
Mayor Parker and spouse engage luncheon crowd with their personal story of adoption
What:Spaulding for Children inaugural "Home Is Where the Heart Is" luncheon.
Where:Houston Country Club.
The 411: Who better to address the adoption and foster care agency's fundraiser than Mayor Annise Parker and Kathy Hubbard, who talked about adopting two young girls. KPRC Channel 2 meteorologist Frank Billingsley served as emcee and revealed that he was adopted in his home state of Alabama.
Linwood Olson and her daughter, Kristen Olson Lyons, chaired the event that drew a crowd of 250 and raised $75,000 for the agency that helps abused and neglected children find loving adoptive homes.
Who: John Olson, Joe Lyons, Brooke Bentley Gunst, Lisa Laux Kalavar, Ruthie Johnson Miller, John Montgomery, Liz Anders, Nellie Connally, Anne Chao, Harris Fontaine, Nancy Fontaine, Suzann Richardson, Will Richardson, Sandy Leffler and Susie Dilg.