There is a little bit of deja vu for Gigi Hankins as her daughter Gracie competes in the Alabama Distinguished Young Women program.
Gracie was selected as this year’s Elmore County representative over the summer — an honor Gigi won a few years earlier as a teenager. The mother-daughter team are now living the experience from different points of view.
PHOTOS: Elmore County Distinguished Young Women send off tea
Cliff Williams / The Herald The Elmore County Distinguished Young Women organizing committee poses for a photograph before the send off tea for Gracie Hankins who is Elmore County’s representation at the state program next week.
PHOTOS: Elmore County Distinguished Young Women send off tea
Cliff Williams / The Herald Gracie Hankins, second from right, and her mother Gigi, third from right are greeted at a sendoff tea for Gracie. She was selected to be Elmore County’s representative at the Alabama Distinguished Women’s Program next week.
PHOTOS: Elmore County Distinguished Young Women send off tea
Cliff Williams / The Herald Gracie Hankins poses with the Elmore County Distinguished Young Women Committee at her send off tea.
PHOTOS: Elmore County Distinguished Young Women send off tea
Cliff Williams / The Herald Ashley Britt, left, and Harley Richardson write letters of encouragement for Elmore County DYW representative Gracie Hankins at a sendoff tea. The letters will come in handy as Hankins will not be able to contact her friends an family the week leading up to the Alabama DYW program.
PHOTOS: Elmore County Distinguished Young Women send off tea
Cliff Williams / The Herald Gracie Hankins, right, and her mother Gigi, second from left greet guests at a sendoff tea for Gracie who is the 2024 Elmore County DYW.
PHOTOS: Elmore County Distinguished Young Women send off tea
- Cliff Williams 334-740-1116
Cliff Williams / The Herald Gracie Hankins, center laughs with friends at her sendoff tea for the Alabama DYW program Sunday. Gracie will not be able to contact them for a week.
PHOTOS: Elmore County Distinguished Young Women send off tea
Cliff Williams / The Herald Elmore County DYW committee co-chair Mel Reese, left, speaks at a sendoff tea for Gracie Hankins, right. Gracie isn’t the first in her family to go to the Alabama DYW program. Her Gigi did the something.
PHOTOS: Elmore County Distinguished Young Women send off tea
Cliff Williams / The Herald Elmore County DYW committee co-chair Mel Reese, left, speaks at a sendoff tea for Gracie Hankins, right. Gracie isn’t the first in her family to go to the Alabama DYW program. Her Gigi did the something.
PHOTOS: Elmore County Distinguished Young Women send off tea
Cliff Williams / The Herald Gracie Hankins, center, poses with her friends at her Alabama DYW sendoff tea.
PHOTOS: Elmore County Distinguished Young Women send off tea
PHOTOS: Elmore County Distinguished Young Women send off tea
Cliff Williams / The Herald The Elmore County Distinguished Young Women organizing committee poses for a photograph before the send off tea for Gracie Hankins who is Elmore County’s representation at the state program next week.
PHOTOS: Elmore County Distinguished Young Women send off tea
Cliff Williams / The Herald Gracie Hankins, second from right, and her mother Gigi, third from right are greeted at a sendoff tea for Gracie. She was selected to be Elmore County’s representative at the Alabama Distinguished Women’s Program next week.
PHOTOS: Elmore County Distinguished Young Women send off tea
Cliff Williams / The Herald Gracie Hankins poses with the Elmore County Distinguished Young Women Committee at her send off tea.
PHOTOS: Elmore County Distinguished Young Women send off tea
Cliff Williams / The Herald Ashley Britt, left, and Harley Richardson write letters of encouragement for Elmore County DYW representative Gracie Hankins at a sendoff tea. The letters will come in handy as Hankins will not be able to contact her friends an family the week leading up to the Alabama DYW program.
PHOTOS: Elmore County Distinguished Young Women send off tea
Cliff Williams / The Herald Gracie Hankins, right, and her mother Gigi, second from left greet guests at a sendoff tea for Gracie who is the 2024 Elmore County DYW.
PHOTOS: Elmore County Distinguished Young Women send off tea
- Cliff Williams 334-740-1116
Cliff Williams / The Herald Gracie Hankins, center laughs with friends at her sendoff tea for the Alabama DYW program Sunday. Gracie will not be able to contact them for a week.
PHOTOS: Elmore County Distinguished Young Women send off tea
Cliff Williams / The Herald Elmore County DYW committee co-chair Mel Reese, left, speaks at a sendoff tea for Gracie Hankins, right. Gracie isn’t the first in her family to go to the Alabama DYW program. Her Gigi did the something.
PHOTOS: Elmore County Distinguished Young Women send off tea
Cliff Williams / The Herald Elmore County DYW committee co-chair Mel Reese, left, speaks at a sendoff tea for Gracie Hankins, right. Gracie isn’t the first in her family to go to the Alabama DYW program. Her Gigi did the something.
PHOTOS: Elmore County Distinguished Young Women send off tea
Cliff Williams / The Herald Gracie Hankins, center, poses with her friends at her Alabama DYW sendoff tea.
