Bay Area Rehabilitation Center will be hosting the 2nd Annual HEALTH CARE LEADERSHIP BANQUET AND SILENT AUCTION on Thursday, September 10, 2009 from 6:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.  This exciting event will be held at the Goose Creek Country Club in Baytown, Texas.

This year Bay Area will be honoring DR. LOUIS B. HUGHES.  Dr. Hughes had a private practice in Baytown for 46 years in Baytown, before joining the the team at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital Family Practice Residency Program, where he been teaching residents on a voluntary basis since 1982.  Dr. Hughes is married to Edwina Hughes who he met while Dr. Hughes studied medicine at Tulane University in New Orleans.

The special guest speaker for the event is MS. ANGELA L. BRADEN.  Ms. Braden is hailed by many to be one of the most gifted and captivating speakers to recently emerge.  Although she lost all of her eyesight as a child, she didn't allow her disability to define her destiny.  She overcame the many barriers of being blind and earned a bachelors degree in Communication Studies from the University of North Texas, as well as a masters degree in Speech Communications from Texas Southern University.  While in college, Angela received a number of scholastic awards from various organizations, such as the Coca-Cola Foundation, the National Honor Society, the National Dean's List, and the American Council for the Blind.

Angela is currently part of the teaching faculty at Lone Star College in the Greater Houston area.  For nearly all of Angela's students, she is the first teacher that they've encountered with a disability.  Therefore, the educational experience for Angela's students is quite unique and extraordinary, to say the least.