Extreme Makeover Home Edition: Leigh Anne Tuohy To Be Keynote Speaker at El Paso YWCA

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January 19, 2011 12:30:31 by Candace Young

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Extreme Makeover Home Edition’s newest design team member, Leigh Anne Tuohy, will be headed to El Paso, Texas this Spring to share her inspirational story at the 18th Annual YWCA Women’s Benefit Luncheon. Read on to find out more…

Before Leigh Anne Tuohy joined Ty Pennington and the other Extreme Makeover Home Edition design team members in helping to change the lives of deserving families, she was known for being the real-life mom whose actions inspired the movie, The Blind Side. Now, Leigh Anne has been asked to share that story at the YWCA Women’s Benefit coming up in April in El Paso, Texas.

Sue Darnell, president-elect of the board of directors of the YWCA told the El Paso Times, “We are really excited to have her come to speak. Because of the movie and her great story, she is somebody that will bring a lot to El Paso and will be of great interest to El Pasoans.”

Of course, Leigh Anne’s inspirational story is that she and her husband Sean took in sixteen-year old teenager Michael Oher after realizing he was homeless. They legally adopted Michael in 2008, after which he went on to win a football scholarship to the University of Mississippi. Today, Michael is an offensive lineman for the Baltimore Orioles.

This story was told in the movie, The Blind Side, in which actress Sandra Bullock played Leigh Anne and won an Academy Award for her performance.

Why was Leigh Anne chosen as keynote speaker? Sue Darnell told the El Paso Times, “One of the hallmark programs of the Y is helping the homeless through our Transitional Living Center, and obviously she has done that in a personal level with her son Michael. She has a lot to offer the city through her own experiences with helping homeless people and the joys and benefits that could bring.”

The YWCA hopes Leigh Anne’s story will prove inspirational for those in the audience. All money raised will support programs that help children and/or families in transition in the El Paso area.

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