

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: ATHENA Awards & Lunch
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 09 Apr, 2026 at 12:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: The ATHENA Leadership Award celebrates exemplary leadership and is reflective of a quote by Plato: What is honored in a country will be cultivated there.

We are especially pleased to announce that the Founder of ATHENA International, Martha Mayhood Mertz, will be joining us for this year’s ATHENA Awards Ceremony.  Her attendance makes this celebration even more meaningful as we honor the leaders who embody mission and values. 

Gratiot’s ATHENAS are community champions who sustain and inspire the vibrancy of our community. They have achieved the highest level of professional excellence; contribute time and energy to improve the quality of life for others in the community; and actively assist others, particularly women, in realizing their full leadership potential.

2026 DUE DATES
Nominations: March 13
Sponsorship:  March 27
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/alma/athena-awards-and-lunch/200029653180743
- **Event Categories**: 
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 10

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://gacc.gratiot.org/annual-athena-awards/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=alma-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Alma
- **state**: MI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Masonic Pathways
- **lat**: 43.387749636395
- **long**: -84.663945316498
- **full address**: Masonic Pathways, 1247 Masonic Dr, Alma, MI 48801-1167, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Gratiot Area Chamber of Commerce (https://allevents.in/org/gratiot-area-chamber-of-commerce/20586945)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 09 Apr, 2026 at 12:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Masonic Pathways, 1247 Masonic Dr, Alma, MI 48801-1167, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Gratiot Area Chamber of Commerce
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about ATHENA Awards & Lunch ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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