Westin Hotel, May 8, 2008 -
6:00 Cocktails 6:30 Dinner/Live Auction/Speaker
Guest Speaker: Jeannette Walls (info below)
s h e l t e r n o u r i s h m e n t e s s e n t i a l s h e a l i n g
Thank you to the hundreds of Calgarians who have shown their support for the Calgary Women's Emergency Shelter by purchasing tickets to this event.
The Turning Points Non-Gala is SOLD OUT.
We are sorry we cannot accommodate everyone who would like to attend. But the Shelter still needs your help. We hope you will support the shelter in one of the following ways:
Make a donation in lieu of tickets
Purchase items from the Shopping List
Meet Jeannette Walls at May 7th book signing
For Non-GalaTicket-holders:
We are counting the days to May 8th! Please check out the important information below.
Preview the Live Auction Items
Preview (or purchase) items from the Shopping List
Meet Jeannette Walls at May 7th book signing
About Jeannette Walls
Critics have called Jeannette Walls’ memoir, The Glass Castle, “spectacular,” “extraordinary,” “incredible,” and “riveting.” In her book, Walls describes growing up in the desert of the American Southwest and then in a West Virginia mining town with her three siblings and the brilliant, unorthodox, irresponsible parents who manage at once to neglect them, love them, and teach them to face their fears.
Jeannette’s story is at times harrowing and at times hilarious as the children go without food and indoor plumbing yet are encouraged to read Shakespeare and dream of the beautiful glass house they will all one day build. Despite all her hardships, Walls develops the determination to leave West Virginia on her own at the age of sixteen, move to New York City, enroll in Barnard College and eventually become a well-known columnist for New York magazine and MSNBC.com and a television personality.
Watch a video with Jeannette Walls.
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