November 22, 2004

Frances Preston Gives Keynote at Women United in Giving Fundraiser

Frances W. Preston, President Emeritus of BMI, gave the keynote address at the recent "Come to the Table for a Celebration of Thanks/Giving," a celebration of United Way and the "giving" community of Nashville. More than 450 attended this second annual luncheon at Loew's Vanderbilt Plaza Hotel, raising $112,000 for Women United in Giving of United Way of Metropolitan Nashville.

Laura Allen, Frances Preston, Alexia Lipman, Sandra Lipman and Linda Rebrovick

Sandra Lipman received the inaugural "Women United in Giving - Spirit of Giving" Award. Laura Allen and Linda Rebrovick co-chaired the event, which encouraged attendees to donate warm clothes and nonperishable food goods to the Bethlehem and Cayce Family Resource Centers.

AmSouth's Lisa Harless, Sylvia Roberts, BMI's David Preston, Tennessee State Museum's Leigh Hendry

Frances Preston

BMI represents more than 500,000 songwriters, composers, and publishers with more than 7.5 million works.