The Foundation of Wesley Woods Announces Honorees for 2022 Heroes, Saints & Legends Awards

ATLANTA - March 17, 2022 - PRLog -- WESLEY WOODS ANNOUNCES ALL-FEMALE LINEUP OF HONOREES

FOR 2022 HEROES, SAINTS & LEGEND AWARDS

The annual Heroes Saints & Legends Awards and Gala returns in September 2022

ATLANTA (May 2021) – For the first time in the history of Heroes, Saints & Legend Awards, all three honorees are women.  The Foundation of Wesley Woods (https://www.wesleywoods.org/foundation/) will present the awards at their Heroes, Saints & Legends (https://www.wesleywoods.org/foundation/special-events/hsl/) Gala on September 15, 2022. The annual event honors individuals who have transformed Atlanta's community through a lifetime of achievement and commitment to leadership, service, and philanthropy.

The 2022 honorees are:

• Billye Aaron, a retired educator of Spelman, Morehouse, Morris Brown, and South Carolina State colleges, former television personality, and nonprofit executive including the United Negro College Fund and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, director emeritus, and wife of baseball legend Hank Aaron;
• Dr. Judy Greer, retired educator serving a 33-year tenure at Oxford College of Emory University, and first female full professor;
• Virginia Hepner, retired President and CEO of the Woodruff Arts Center, former banker and currently director of Cadence Bank, Oxford Industries, Inc., National Vision Holdings, and the Westside Future Fund non-profit.

Since the event's inception in 1990, 109 of Atlanta's most exemplary leaders have been celebrated and more than $7.2 million have been raised for charitable care, pastoral care, and wellness programming at Wesley Woods.

"While Wesley Woods is a critical Atlanta institution for providing affordable housing for our region's older adults, we provide so much more", said Diane Vaughan, president of the Foundation of Wesley Woods.  "Funds raised through Heroes, Saints & Legends opens the door to housing and meals to those who have outlived their resources, on-site chaplains providing pastoral care, and innovative wellness programming to help seniors live independently for as long as possible."

"We welcome sponsors with an array of 2022 opportunities to show both individual and corporate support for the older adults at Wesley Woods, said Vaughan.  "And we encourage the community to join us in September as we shine a light on our 2022 honorees and support Atlanta seniors that have made Wesley Woods their home."

The 33rd annual Heroes, Saints & Legends (https://www.wesleywoods.org/foundation/special-events/hsl/) will be held on Thursday, September 12 at Flourish by Legendary Events, 3143 Maple Drive Atlanta, Ga.  For additional information on the 2022 honorees, visit here (https://www.wesleywoods.org/foundation/special-events/hsl/).  For sponsorship information, please visit www.wesleywoods.org/heroes.