● Saturday, February 22, 2024 ●
Benefitting
the Triangle’s First & Only Recovery High School
Featuring Guest Speaker
Darryl Strawberry
and Emcee
Renee Chou
Saturday, February 22, 2024
6:00 pm
NC State University Club
4200 Hillsborough Street
Raleigh, North Carolina 27606
Formal Attire / Black-Tie Optional
Featuring dinner, spirit-free cocktails, speakers, auctions, and a paddle raise
About Wake Monarch Academy
Wake Monarch Academy is the Triangle’s first and only recovery high school. Our mission is to provide a recovery-based environment for students to successfully pursue academic, personal, and professional goals. We’re a private, nonprofit organization that provides a high school experience in a peer-driven setting.
*Stats based on June 2024 graduates
Celebrated
1200+
sober days
Average
3.0+
GPA
Graduated
3
students in 2024
About Darryl Strawberry
Darryl Strawberry is described as a legend by many who have been dazzled by the dynamics of his game, the power he possessed at the plate and the story of redemption that continues to bring hope to so many lives.
He has earned the legendary nicknames and phrases of one of the most feared home run hitters in the game of baseball, Straw’s Sweet Swing, Strawberry’s Field Forever and The Legendary Straw Man!
Though Darryl was extremely successful in his career, his personal life was plagued with addictions, abuse, divorces, cancer, jail-time and other issues. Darryl finally found true redemption. Come hear his story.
About Renee Chou
Renee Chou is a three-time Emmy award-winning anchor/reporter for WRAL-TV News. She’s anchored WRAL Morning News now for nearly 10 years. You can wake up with her every weekday morning on WRAL from 4:30 to 7 a.m. and from 7 to 8 a.m. on Fox 50. She also anchors WRAL’s Noon Newscast, anchoring 4.5 hours of live TV every day in addition to special assignments. She joined WRAL in October 2004 as a general assignment reporter. Through the years, she served as the weekend morning anchor and weekend evening anchor.
About Darryl Strawberry
Darryl Strawberry is described as a legend by many who have been dazzled by the dynamics of his game, the power he possessed at the plate and the story of redemption that continues to bring hope to so many lives.
He has earned the legendary nicknames and phrases of one of the most feared home run hitters in the game of baseball, Straw’s Sweet Swing, Strawberry’s Field Forever and The Legendary Straw Man!
Though Darryl was extremely successful in his career, his personal life was plagued with addictions, abuse, divorces, cancer, jail-time and other issues. Darryl finally found true redemption. Come hear his story.
About Renee Chou
Renee Chou is a three-time Emmy award-winning anchor/reporter for WRAL-TV News. She’s anchored WRAL Morning News now for nearly 10 years. You can wake up with her every weekday morning on WRAL from 4:30 to 7 a.m. and from 7 to 8 a.m. on Fox 50. She also anchors WRAL’s Noon Newscast, anchoring 4.5 hours of live TV every day in addition to special assignments. She joined WRAL in October 2004 as a general assignment reporter. Through the years, she served as the weekend morning anchor and weekend evening anchor.
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