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Women of Grit & Grace Luncheon

march 5, 2025

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM MST

Infinity Park

4400 E. Kentucky Avenue, Glendale, CO

A Ladies’ Luncheon in recognition of International Women’s Day and the incredible women living in the Pearl of Africa: Uganda. Hear from Musana’s Co-Founders and CEOs, Andrea & Haril Kazindra, about Musana’s inspiring work in Uganda. Plus, hear from guest speaker, New York Times best-selling author  – Elisabeth Hasselbeck!

Attire: Smart Casual

For information about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Nicole Unger at nicoleunger@musana.org 

guest speaker

Elisabeth Hasselbeck

Elisabeth Hasselbeck graduated from Boston College in 1999, where she played on their Division I softball team while majoring in Studio Art. After graduating, Elisabeth designed footwear for PUMA. In 2002, she competed in Survivor: The Australian Outback, taking fourth place. For the next ten years, she co-hosted the daytime talk show, The View on ABC, and became an Emmy Award recipient. In 2013, Elisabeth joined FOX & Friends, where she served as a co-host for two years. As a gluten-free celiac, Elisabeth is a New York Times best-selling author. She founded a gluten-free food company, and is the owner and CEO of Y’allsome – Southern Goods that do good- whose mission is helping kids find forever families with the top 10% of sales. Elisabeth has been a member of TeamRWB – a veterans nonprofit for over a decade. Elisabeth is married to former NFL quarterback and current ESPN analyst, Tim Hasselbeck, and they have three children, Grace, Taylor and Isaiah.

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Karen Leigh

CBS4 NEWS ANCHOR

Karen Leigh says, “I couldn’t be more grateful to wake every day in this beautiful state and earn a living doing something I love.”

Karen says she knew the moment she landed at DIA in 2008, that she had come home.

An Arkansas native, she grew up loving the great outdoors — and what better place to explore than Colorado!

A four-time Emmy winner, with 20 years of experience, Karen respects the TV business and accepts its challenges, changes and demands.

She’s covered floods, tornadoes, wildfires, the Aurora theater shooting and traveled to California for Super Bowl 50 for week-long coverage on our beloved Broncos and their remarkable win.

Covering Peyton Manning on the memorable year preceding his retirement is something she says she’ll never forget.

Karen says, “So often, we spend days covering disasters and tragedies – it was rewarding to share coverage of something that we all love and can be proud of – our Denver Broncos.”

On settling down in Denver, Karen says, “I cannot express enough my love for this community and what it represents. Our neighbors are strong, resilient, passionate, loving, caring, generous and intelligent people. Full of imagination and desire to make our state better for everyone. I’m so proud to call myself a Coloradan.”

For Karen, free time means working in her yard, playing golf with her husband, and spending as much time as possible with her daughter and her close friends. Supporting her church community is also close to her heart.

She loves animals and is currently still trying to train the newest edition to their family: a Bernese Mountain Dog named Eze.

As for charities and organizations, Karen says “I find it tough to champion one cause. My mom recently passed from ALS. So I try to support the local chapter of ALS Colorado – Wyoming. The others that tug on my heart; Musana, Second Wind Fund, Women’s Foundation of Colorado, WillStrong Foundation and always the MS Society.”

“There are so many ways to love on your neighbor, whether just being kind or by pitching in to the organization or nonprofit that speaks to you,” she says.

“Getting involved is easy here … there are so many ways to help and in turn enrich your own life!”

Interested in sponsoring MUSANA eventS?

If you’re looking to make a meaningful impact, we invite you to get involved with Musana events. By participating, you’ll not only experience some of the most exciting events in town but also contribute to providing transformative solutions to combat poverty in Uganda. Our innovative model has been proven, and we want to continue making generational change with partners like you.
Join us! You’ll be glad you did!

"I sponsor Musana events because it's one of the best examples of non-profit work that actually helps a community instead of crippling it, and making it more dependent on hand-outs from America. Musana empowers the local community to do for itself what it is completely capable of doing under its own power. Locals leading locals creates a model of sustainability, accountability and ownership."
David Morrison
Prosperion Financial Advisors
Email Nicole Unger (nicoleunger@musana.org) for additional information and for sponsorship package purchases.

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