Campolo,

Sharpe will kick off festivities, at SW Christian

Hospic's 7th benefit dinner

Dr. Tony

Campolo, nationally known inspirational speaker, and Guy

Sharpe, popular local TV personality, will head the list

of celebrities at this year's Seventh Annual Benefit

Dinner and Award Banquet hosted by Southwest Christian

Hospice. Sharpe will serve as master of ceremonies and

Campolo will be the keynote speaker.

The event

is scheduled for Thursday, July 8, at 7 p.m. at the

Georgia International Convention Center adjacent to the

Atlanta International Airport.

Dr. Campolo

is a professor of sociology at Eastern

College in St. David's, Pa. He also is the founder and

president of Evangelical Association for the promotion of

Education (EAPE/Kingdom works), a ministry that serves

at-risk youth in urban America as well as sponsoring

education and economic development programs in third

world countries.

A leader in

evangelical social action, Dr. Campolo is a sought-after

speaker and TV talk show guest. He is the author of 26

books and has a weekly television show on the Odyssey

Network. He is an ordained minister and serves as

associate pastor at Mount Carmel Baptist Church in West

Philadelphia.

Several

awards will be presented, including the 1999 Servant

Leadership Award which will go to Ms. Martha Wade. Wade

has served as a language missionary to Papua, New Guinea

since 1980.

Tickets are

$100 per person. All proceeds will go toward underwriting

overall operating expenses of the Hospice and Hope House

ministries which provides care at no charge to patients

and families served by Southwest Christian Hospice.

For

additional information, call Julie White , 770-969-8354.

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