DePelchin Children’s Center will present the Kezia Payne DePelchin award to the Honorable James A. Baker, III and his wife at the 13th annual DePelchin Children’s Center Luncheon on April 19.
The award recognizes the Bakers’ leadership and commitment to improving the lives of people, both children and adults, throughout the world.
Baker, who served as former chief of staff for Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, shares a connection with DePelchin Children’s Center. His grandfather, Captain James A. Baker, wrote the charter that incorporated DePelchin as a not-for-profit organization, and his grandmother, Alice Graham Baker, was active in the organization, then known as DePelchin Faith Home.
The DePelchin’s annual luncheon will be hosted at the Hilton Americas – Houston and is expected to draw an audience of more than 500 to recognize and celebrate the ongoing work of DePelchin. Proceeds from the event will go to support DePelchin’s mission of strengthening the lives of children by enhancing their mental health and physical well-being.
At the luncheon, the Texas Bowl will present DePelchin with its annual donation from the proceeds of the 2010 game. DePelchin has been the Texas Bowl’s official charitable beneficiary since 2006.
The luncheon committee chairs include Penny and John Butler, Tegan and John Baker, Elizabeth Winston Jones and Sam Jones, Klinka and John Lollar, Sandra and Adams McHenry, Melinda and Michael Perrin, Mary Leslie and Craig Plumhoff, and Liz and Robert Rigney. President George H.W. Bush and Mrs. Barbara P. Bush are honorary hosts of the luncheon.
To learn more about DePelchin Children’s Center visit www.depelchin.org.
