Michelle VallesI spent the evening at the Austin Under 40 Awards sponsored by Deep in the Heart of Texas–What an extraordinary night!   The Austin Under 40 Awards recognizes Austin men and women under 40 who have achieved extraordinary professional success and also perform outstanding community service.

KXAN’s Michelle Valles and co-host Cliff Redd did a brilliant job emceeing the event.  My friends Corey Bell from Trifusion, Jeff Turk from Formaspace, and Rob Johnson, Chief of Staff at the Lieutenant Governor’s office were all nominated.  Not only did Corey win the Business award he won the night’s top honor–Austinite of the Year.  Awesome!

The event raises money for Sunshine Camps–a camp for underprivileged kids.  One of the methods used is a silent auction.  AroundAustin donated a picture.  It was thrilling to see a high bid of $400 on the picture.  Cool huh.

To get more information about the event go to http://www.austinunder40.org/