Annual Spring Fundraiser for Lindner Center of HOPE
Date and Time
Tuesday Apr 21, 2015
Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 10:30 a.m.
Location
Located at the Cincinnati Country Club.
2348 Grandin Rd. Cincinnati, OH
Fees/Admission
Tickets for the luncheon are $75 per person or $750 for a patron table of 10.
Reservations are limited and can be made at https://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?EventID=1688581.
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Contact Information
Jennifer Pierson
Lindner Center of HOPE
(513) 536 -0316
jennifer.pierson@lindnercenter.org
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Annual Spring Fundraiser for Lindner ...
Description
Liza Long to Speak at Annual Spring Fundraiser for Lindner Center of HOPE
Center’s Fundraising Auxiliary to Feature National Speaker as Call to Action to Fight Stigma Surrounding Mental Illness.
Center’s Fundraising Auxiliary to Feature National Speaker as Call to Action to Fight Stigma Surrounding Mental Illness.
Liza Long, author of the nationally recognized essay, “I Am Adam Lanza’s Mother”, will be the keynote speaker at Showering You With HOPE, luncheon and auction, on Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. at Cincinnati Country Club.
Ms. Long is a writer, educator, mental health advocate, and mother of four. One of her children suffers with bipolar disorder. In 2007, she started writing a blog called The Anarchist Soccer Mom, where she first published her December 2012 essay, “I Am Adam Lanza’s Mother” which discussed her personal tragedy as it intersected with the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. Since her essay published, Ms. Long has become a national speaker and contributor to several publications, and has also written a book, “The Price of Silence: A Mom’s Perspective on Mental Illness.” Read more about Liza Long at lizalong.com.
The title of Ms. Long’s keynote speech for April 21st is “From Talk to Action: Ending Stigma, Finding HOPE.”
Showering You With HOPE is the 7th annual spring luncheon presented by High Hope’s, Lindner Center of HOPE’s fundraising auxiliary. Proceeds from the event will benefit patients at Lindner Center of HOPE. The silent auction will begin at 10:30 a.m. with lunch and program at noon. Ms. Long’s book will be available at the event, where she will be available for signing.
Event co-chairs are Anne Ilyinsky and Marcie Warrington.
Media interviews can be arranged with Ms. Long by coordinating with Jennifer Pierson at 513-536-0316. She will also be available at Lindner Center of HOPE on Monday, April 20, 2015 for interviews between 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., finally she will be available at the event on Tuesday, April 21, 2015 beginning at 11 a.m. please call to make arrangements.
Lindner Center of HOPE provides excellent, patient-centered, scientifically-advanced care for individuals suffering with mental illness. A state-of-the-science, mental health center and charter member of the National Network of Depression Centers, the Center provides psychiatric hospitalization and partial hospitalization for individuals age 12-years-old and older, outpatient services for all ages, diagnostic and short-term residential services for adults and adolescents, intensive outpatient program for substance abuse and co-occurring disorders for adults and research. The Center is enhanced by its partnership with UC Health as its clinicians are ranked among the best providers locally, nationally and internationally. Together Lindner Center of HOPE and UC Health offer a true system of mental health care in the Greater Cincinnati area and across the country. The Center is also affiliated with the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine.
