CHARLESTON — The foundation of area leaders is growing brick by brick, and another row looks to be added next week at the Community Leaders Breakfast featuring bricklayer-turned-author Lynn Donohue.A junior high dropout who became a professional mason and eventually established her own construction company, Donohue now operates a non-profit organization for at-risk youth about 20 miles from where she grew up in Massachusetts."I got out of the situation I was in and created a different life for myself," Donohue said in a telephone interview. "It really only happened because I didn’t accept doing what I was doing."The Community Leaders Breakfast will last from 7 to 9 a.m. March 14 at Eastern Illinois University’s Grand Ballroom in Charleston. In addition to Donohue’s keynote address, the event will feature the 2008 Class of 20 Under 40 — individuals under the age of 40 who have met with success in their fields — as well as the latest five recipients of the Jefferson Awards for Public Service.Tickets cost $15 and must be purchased in advance.
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Saturday, March 22, 2008
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