Abigail Kirsch will be honored by Student Advocacy at May 19 awards dinner in Tarrytown, N.Y.

March 10, 2011 - PRLog -- (TARRYTOWN, N.Y.) - Abigail Kirsch, founder of Abigail Kirsch Catering Relationships, will be honored at Student Advocacy’s 16th Annual Overcoming the Odds Awards Dinner on Thursday, May 19, at 6:30 p.m., at the historic Tappan Hill Mansion, located at 81 Highland Avenue in Tarrytown.

   Ms. Kirsch is the recipient of culinary certificates from Cordon Bleu in Paris and The Culinary Institute of America. She has become one of the foremost authorities in the catering industry, and her philanthropic efforts and career achievements place her among the most respected and influential women entrepreneurs in the country.

   The Overcoming the Odds Awards Dinner is an annual fundraising event for Student Advocacy, a Westchester not-for-profit organization providing educational advocacy services aimed at ensuring all children receive the education they need and are legally entitled to so that they can go on to earn a high school diploma.

   The annual dinner also recognizes four deserving students from Westchester and Putnam Counties who have overcome odds to achieve school success.  Past Award winners have included students who have faced severe learning disabilities, life altering family issues (such as homelessness, domestic violence and substance abuse) and serious, often life-threatening illnesses.  

   Through recognition of these students at the dinner, Student Advocacy honors the strength and tenacity of these young people.

   For more information about the dinner, placing an ad in the Event Journal, or purchasing tickets for the event, contact Martha Jordan, Student Advocacy Assistant Director, at (914) 347-7039, ext. 119, or at mjordan@studentadvocacy.net.

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