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Local Women Appear on Nate Berkus Show

The HopeFULL Company's segment on The Nate Burkus Show will air on Thursday, Dec. 8. The show begins at 10 a.m. on KMSP Channel 9.

Sisters Stephanie Williams and Jessica Welsch, of Minnetonka, launched the one year ago, making products for people who have trouble eating.

Recently, The HopeFULL Company was named one of eight finalists in the Best New Product or Service of the Year category in the annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business. The Stevie Awards honor women executives, entrepreneurs and the companies they run, worldwide.

The sisters traveled to New York this month for an event at the Marriott Marquis Hotel where the winners were announced.

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While they were in New York, Williams and Welsch were invited onto the Nate Berkus Show

Berkus, a Hopkins native, outfitted the sisters with dresses to wear to the awards ceremony. The show will air Thursday, Dec. 8. The Nate Berkus Show is on KMSP (Channel 9) and begins at 10 a.m.

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