Barbara Bush will be speaker at Southwest Christian Hospice event

Barbara

Bush will be speaker at Southwest Christian Hospice event

Southwest Christian

Hospice has announced that former first lady Barbara Bush is scheduled

to be the guest speaker at its annual benefit dinner and awards banquet

scheduled for Friday, Dec. 7. The event will be held at the Cobb Galleria

Centre in Atlanta beginning at 7 p.m. Tickets are $100 per person. Reservations

are required and are currently being taken.

"Barbara

Bush is America's most honored, respected and loved first lady,"

a spokesperson said. "She has, in her own way, become the voice of

mothers, families and communities throughout our nation. Through her tireless

efforts as a supporter of AmeriCares, the Leukemia Society of America,

Ronald McDonald houses, the Mayo Clinic Foundation, the Boys and Girls

Clubs of America and, her pride and joy, the Barbara Bush Foundation of

Family Literacy, she continues to empower and encourage those who need

assistance in a variety of areas."

Bush is the

author of "C. Fred's Story" and the bestselling "Millie's

Book," whose profits benefited the literacy cause, and, most recently,

"Barbara Bush: A Memoir," her bestselling autobiography emphasizing

the importance of family, faith and friends.

"We are

elated to have Mrs. Bush as our guest speaker," the spokesperson

said. "You won't want to miss this inspiring evening."

Tickets are

$100 per person or $1,000 per table. Corporate sponsorships are available

in silver ($1,250), gold ($2,500) and platinum ($5,000) categories, and

include one table, two tables and three tables of ten respectively. Corporate

sponsorship includes corporate name recognition in the dinner program

and at each table.

Gifts are tax

deductible and checks should be made payable to Southwest Christian Hospice.

For more information,

call 770-969-8354 or visit the Web site, www.swchospice.org..

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