NAACP preparing for 2000 Freedom Fund Banquet

NAACP preparing

for 2000 Freedom Fund Banquet

The Fayette County NAACP Freedom

Fund 2000 Banquet is shaping up, said branch President the Rev. Edward

J. Johnson.

The annual gala, which celebrates

freedom and funds the NAACP's advocacy programs for civil rights, will

be Nov. 4 at the Wyndham Hotel and Conference Center in Peachtree City.

Five local people will be honored

for outstanding community service or distinguished achievement, and the

event will include a social hour, dinner, keynote speaker, entertainment,

the awards ceremony and dancing.

Ads for the banquet's program

booklet are being accepted. Phone 770-460-9934 for tickets or sponsorship.

This will be the organization's

third Freedom Fund Banquet, and the first to be at the Wyndham.