Altrusa International of Richardson, Inc. held its annual “Outstanding Women of Today—Builders of Tomorrow” awards luncheon earlier today at the Richardson DoubleTree Hotel. During the event, a ceremonial check for $488,452 was presented to the City representing more than 14,040 hours of volunteer time provided by the organization during the past year.

Also at today’s event, Altrusa honored 24 women as “Outstanding Women of Today,” chosen for exemplifying leadership and determination in improving the lives of others in the categories of Health Care, Nonprofit, Government, Education and Business. The honorees included the City of Richardson’s Baby Raley (Assistant Director of Human Resources) and Susan Jin (Police Records Supervisor) (click here for complete list of names).

Altrusa provides support to City departments and local agencies including the Richardson Public Library and Richardson Reads One Book event, RISD, and Network of Community Ministries.