Thursday
Night Banquet Speaker - Wally Amos Wally,
of "Famous Amos" fame, is recognized for his
award-winning cookies. Wally is an entrepreneur,
author, literacy advocate and now founder of his
2nd cookie business, "Uncle Noname Company". A
dynamic, energetic and motivational speaker, Wally
has very positive, uplifting words and stories to
share. He speaks from experience with his personal
successes and failures, too. Some of his thought:
"It's not what happens to you that counts, but how
you respond"; "Attitude is not the result of
success. Success is the result of attitude". Wally
applies his life lessons not only to business, but
also to efforts to promote literacy. Since 1979,
Wally has been a National Spokesman for Literacy
Volunteers of America. He has received several
awards including the Horatio Alger Award, and The
National Literacy Honors Award. In 1990 he received
the Caring Award by the Caring Institute in
Washington, D.C. because of his outstanding work.
He donates a portion of his cookie sales to Cities
in Schools, a national dropout prevention
program.
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