Tammy Darvish honored by LLS at its prestigious Leukemia Ball
Longstanding WANADA and community leader Tamara Darvish of DARCARS was recognized by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) with its James L. Eichberg Lifetime Achievement Award at its 2013 Leukemia Ball last weekend in DC. LLS says the award is bestowed on one with outstanding accomplishments who has demonstrated significant dedication and commitment to the community and the LLS mission which works to improve the lives of patients and their families battling blood cancers.
Ms. Darvishs involvement as chairman of The Bobby Mitchell Hall of Fame Classic is well known in the metropolitan area being an annual event she and WANADA have supported since 2001, during which time more than $5 million has been raised for LLS of the National Capital Area.
In other community endeavors, she chaired The Washington Auto Show Snow Ball, F.B.O. the Boys and Girls Clubs and other worthy causes; she co-founded the Parkinsons Foundation Moving Day initiative; directs the Aleethia Foundation Friday Night initiative for injured/wounded military veterans; and is an ongoing supporter of the Childrens Inn. In the educational realm, she helped foster a ten-year Toyota auto career initiative with the DC Public Schools that gained her recognition by her alma mater, Northwood University, that honored her with its Dealer Education Award and subsequently an honorary Doctor of Laws degree.
As past chairman of WANADA and currently an NADA Board member, she is the recipient of numerous industry leadership awards, to include the 100 Leading Women in North Americas Auto Industry and the Time Dealer of the Year Award.
The Leukemia Ball this year filled the ballroom of the vast Walter E. Washington Convention Center with scores of supportive Washingtonian notables. Over the 26 years the Leukemia Ball has occurred here in Washington, it has headlined entertainers the likes of Smokey Robinson, Bill Cosby, Jerry Seinfeld, Dianna Ross and Jay Leno.
WANADA is proud to add its congratulations to Tammy for the well-deserved recognition by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society!
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