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Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Toasting Teen Journalists
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
From left, Sarah Nell-Walsh, Lauren Estrin, Whitney Munn and Debbie Segal.
The law firm of King & Spalding was the site of “Sip and Shop,” a wine tasting and silent auction to benefit VOX Teen Communications from 6 to 9 p.m. Nov. 14.
The event drew a crowd of about 100 people and raisedabout $17,000 for VOX, where Atlanta teens produce a monthly newspaper and Web site.
Hosts included Paula Frederick, Carolyn Forest, Lynda Greer, Carolyn LaRocco, Debbie Segal, Simit Shah, Carolyn Wingfield and Nancy Zintak.
Catering was provided by Dennis Dean, and the vino was compliments of Diageo, Ansley Wine Merchants, Sherlock’s Wine Merchants and Gallo.
The young people involved with VOX, a non-profit youth-development organization in downtown Atlanta, write articles, take pictures and create the layouts for the VOX newspaper and update its Web site, http://www.voxrox.org.
For information see www.voxrox.org.
A personal cause
CMA nominated songwriter and north Georgia native Monty Powell performs with special guests, country singer Keith Urban and jazz singer Anna Wilson at the Nov. 28 “better start livin’” concert, held at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. It benefits the Alzheimer’s Association.
For Powell, the event has special meaning. His father died four years ago at 66, having struggled with Alzheimer’s for nearly a decade.
“The disease robbed him of himself,” said Powell, who grew up in Calhoun and Resaca and now lives in Nashville. “The care and support we received from the Alzheimer’s Association was spectacular.”
Powell says as eager as organizers are to raise money for the organization, they want to raise awareness, too.
“In the last stages, the victim doesn’t really know what’s going on but the caregiver struggles with the disease until the end,” he said.
The concert starts at 7:30 p.m., and general admission tickets are $100 and $65. Patron tickets, which include premium seating, food, drinks and the “Champion Party with the Stars” following the concert, are $300.
Call 404-728-1181 or see www.alz.org/georgia.
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