Inspirational Teacher Tierney Cahill to Speak at Hood Hargett Breakfast Club
CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 4, 2010 … The inspirational Tierney Cahill, a former Congressional candidate and Nevada school teacher, will be the featured speaker at the next meeting of Hood Hargett Breakfast Club, Charlotte’s premier networking organization. The event will be at Carmel Country Club March 12 at 7:30 a.m.
Cahill ran for Congress, with little campaign funding, against an incumbent lawmaker to prove to her sixth grade students that any American can make a legitimate run for office. Although she lost the election, she won a respectable percentage of the vote and taught her students the value of civic duty.
Cahill’s story inspired an upcoming movie starring Halle Berry titled Class Act, and it was featured in the nationally published book “Teachers: The Enlightened, the Exceptional, the Extraordinary.”
“Tierney has such an inspirational story,” said Jenn Snyder, executive director of Hood Hargett Breakfast Club. “She is proof that one person can change the lives of many, and we can’t wait to hear her speak.”
More than 40 local and regional businesses are members of Hood Hargett Breakfast Club. The monthly breakfast events provide an opportunity for members to network with each other and entertain clients and prospective clients. More information about attending this and other Breakfast Club events can be found at www.hoodhargettbreakfastclub.com.
At each breakfast event, a local student athlete is awarded a $1,000 scholarship as part of the Liz Murray Scholarship Fund. Hood Hargett Breakfast Club has awarded more than $180,000 to more than 150 local high school students.
About Tierney Cahill
Tierney Cahill, a mother of three and teacher at Sarah Winnemucca Elementary School in Reno, Nev., dedicated herself to running for the District 2 Congressional seat in 2000. Her campaign raised $7,000, but her opponent – two-time incumbent Jim Gibbons – raised $320,000. Nevertheless, she won an unexpected 34 percent of the vote and inspired many people in the process. Her personal memoir, “Ms. Cahill for Congress,” was published in 2008 by Random House.
About Hood Hargett Breakfast Club
Hood Hargett Breakfast Club is a “category exclusive” business development organization that hosts networking events throughout the year for its members and guests. The goal of these events is to provide success-minded business owners with first-class venues to entertain their clients and prospects. These opportunities to develop new business relationships, and enhance existing ones, are key to the ongoing success of Hood Hargett Breakfast Club and its members. For more information, visit www.hoodhargettbreakfastclub.com.
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