Community Engagement

NANCY KOLB AWARD CELEBRATION – October 28, 2011

FESTIVE HARLEM RENAISSANCE THEMED CELEBRATION HOSTED BY BUSINESS ASSOCIATION OF WEST PARKSIDE (BAWP) TO HONOR THE MANN

50 guests including Mann Staff, friends, community constituents and Parkside neighbors gathered to network in costume attire and celebrate the prestigious honor

The Mann Center for the Performing Arts was honored by the Business Association of West Parkside (BAWP) as the third recipient of the Nancy Kolb Award. The BAWP bestows the honor each year to an organization that demonstrates business acumen and leadership in supporting business and economic development and outreach in the West Parkside community. The award is named in honor of its first recipient, Nancy Kolb, former president of The Please Touch Museum. This was the first nomination and win for the Mann.

The Mann is proud to be recognized by the West Parkside business community and its neighbors and looks forward to continuing the important mission of providing access to the arts through outreach initiatives and programming.

Catherine M. Cahill, Mann Center President & CEO with Justin P. Klein, Esq., Mann Board of Directors Chairman

Catherine M. Cahill, Mann Center President & CEO, Justin P. Klein, Esq., Mann Board of Directors Chairman, Rhoda A. Blount, Mann Center Director of Education and Community Engagement, Vanessa Lowery Brown, State Representative

Marjorie Ogilvie, Business Association of West Parkside, Catherine M. Cahill, & Miller Parker, Business Association of West Parkside

Alayna Sands, Mann Center Executive Assistant with Heather Smalley, Mann Center Education Associate

Justin P. Klein, Esq., Mann Board of Directors Chairman, Nancy Newman, Mann Center VP Institutional Advancement, & Lucinda Hudson, Parkside Residents Association, Mann Center Virtuoso Committee and honorary member of Mann Board of Directors

Julia Diggs, West Philadelphia Senior Center with Catherine M. Cahill