On the evening of June 14, 2011 Central Bucks East High School Senior, Shannon Traffican, was awarded the Violet Richardson Award by the Doylestown chapter of Soroptimist International. Traffican, one of three women honored that evening, was selected for the Violet Richardson Award for her volunteer work organizing the Walk to Empower, a fundraising and awareness walk to benefit A Woman's Place (AWP).

The Violet Richardson Award, named after the first president of the first Soroptimist club, was created to honor girls between the ages of 14 and 17 who have made contributions to their community in the way of volunteerism by helping other disadvantaged girls; fighting drugs, crime and violence; cleaning up the environment; and working to end discrimination and poverty.

 "It is a true honor to receive this award and be recognized for the work I did for A Woman's Place," said Traffican. "Volunteering for the organization really opened my eyes to how much domestic violence really does affect Bucks County. My goal for the Walk to Empower was to really spread awareness of AWP and domestic violence and receiving this award is proof that I met that goal."

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