All Council Event – Get It Right Today, Not Tomorrow
Posted December 2, 2010
Guest Speaker: Mercedes Ramirez Johnson
When you’re 21, you have your entire life ahead of you…
…at least that’s what Mercedes Ramirez Johnson thought on the morning of her twenty-first birthday. But by day’s end, her picture-perfect life was shattered – her parents and 158 other people were dead, and she was critically injured, stranded in the mountains of Colombia.
Mercedes knows from hard-earned experience the dangers of assuming there will always be a tomorrow. She is one of only four people who lived through what experts have called an “unsurvivable” airplane crash. After 18 harrowing hours stranded on a mountainside, doctors gave her only a 20 to 30 percent chance of survival.
During those hours, when she thought her life might be over, she prayed for a second chance at life and vowed that if given that gift, she would make it count. Today, Mercedes speaks to people and organizations worldwide, sharing her inspirational story and the concept that was first born on that mountain – the concept of Second Chance LivingTM.
ALL-COUNCIL LUNCHEON
Who: Members, Partners, Guests
When: Thursday, December 9, 2010, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm
Where: Dallas Marriot Las Colinas, 223 West Las Colinas Blvd., Irving, TX 75039
Cost:
Members: $29
First-time guests at Member Rate: $29
Corporate Partners: $29
Guests: $45
