Join the Grove Park Inn for two days and nights full of laug hter as we celebrate our 25th Annual Comedy Classic Weekend! Friday's show showcases Cy Amundson\, Al Jackson\, Julie Scoggins\, David Crowe and Tom Cotter while Saturday's headliner will be comedianne Caroline Rhea!
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Individual tickets start at $45 per night\;
room packages also available
Free Public Forum: What Every American Needs to Know About A
utoimmune Disease
American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (A
ARDA)
Free Public Forum: What Every American Needs to Know About..
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What Every American Needs to Know Abo
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“What Every American Needs to Know
About Autoim
mune Disease”
This FREE conference is open to autoimmune pati
ents\, their families\, healthcare providers\, and the general public.
Saturday\, March 9\, 2013
10:00 AM - 3:30 PM (Registration be
gins at 9:30)
Holiday Inn - Charlotte Airport
Conference
Ballroom
2707 Little Rock Road
Charlotte\, NC 28214
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9:30 AM Registration/Exhibits
10:00 AM Welcome – AARDA and Lupu
s Foundation of America\, North Carolina Chapter
10:05 AM Wha
t is Autoimmunity? – Noel R. Rose\, MD\, PhD\, Director\, Autoimmune Dis
ease Research Center\, Johns Hopkins University
10:45 AM Women and
Autoimmune Disease –Rita Baron-Faust\, MPH\, CHES – author of The Auto
immune Connection
11:15 AM Lupus 101– Stacy Kennedy\, MD\, Rh
eumatologist\, Rowan Diagnostic Clinic
11:45 AM Autoimmune
Diseases of the Skin – Ronea Harris\, MD\, Lead Dermatologist\, Presbyte
rian Dermatology South
12:15 PM Lunch Break **(lunch for pre-
registered attendees)
01:00 PM Coping With Autoimmune Disease
– Robert H. Phillips\, PhD\, Director\, Center for Coping\, Long Island
\, NY
01:40 PM What is the Immune System? - Maeve O’Connor\,
MD\, FACAAI\, Director\,Allergy Asthma & Immunology Relief of Charlotte (A
AIR)
02:10 PM Overview of Rheumatic Diseases - Diane George\,
MD\, Rheumatologist\, Rheumatology Mecklenburg Medical Group
02:40 P
M Do You Adhere to What You Hear? Autoimmune Disease
Patients and Adherence to Therapies - Virginia T. Ladd\,
President a
nd Executive Director
03:10 PM Q&A
Exhib
itors include the Lupus Foundation of America\, North Carolina Chapter\,
Graves' Disease & Thyroid Foundation\, Vasculitis Foundation and the Nati
onal Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Limited Seating - Registration
is Required.
**Dietary restriction? Call us at 586-776-3900.
Am
erican Autoimmune Related Diseases Association
22100 Gratiot Ave\, Ea
stpointe\, MI 48021 www.aarda.org ph: 586-776-3900
Sponsored by edu
cational grants from Genentech and GlaxoSmithKline
A Green Tie & Gala Affair & Debutante Presentation
On Saturday\, March 9\, 2013 the Alpha Psi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa
Alpha Sorority\, Incorporated will sponsor a two-fold event - 'A Green Ti
e & Gala Affair & Debutante Presentation'. This occasion will be held fr
om 7:00PM until 11:00 PM at The Terraces on Sir Tyler.
The scho
larship fundraiser\, 'A Green Tie & Gala Affair' has been held since 2010.
Proceeds enable the Alpha Psi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorori
ty\, Incorporated to award scholarships to deserving college-bound student
s in the Greater Wilmington Area. This formal affair includes dinner\, d
ancing and the reemergence of the debutante presentation. Since 2011\, the
Alpha Psi Omega chapter has awarded six thousand dollars in scholarships
to deserving local young women.
The Presentation portion of th
is occasion will debut four young ladies from New Hanover\, Brunswick\, an
d Pender County Schools. Miss Bria Sherrod attends Pender Early College\
; Miss Brianna Smith attends John T. Hoggard High School\; Miss Roshanna T
hatch also attends John T. Hoggard High School\; and Miss Jahlessa Todd at
tends North Brunswick High School. Historically\, the primary purpose of
the debutante cotillion and/or ball is to introduce young ladies\, who ha
ve reached the age of maturity\, to society. This presentation is the cu
lminating event of various programs\, activities\, and workshops held for
them since March 17\, 2012. The ticket cost is $55.00 per person\, and m
ust be purchased in advance from a member of the chapter.
Chart
ered in 1932\, Alpha Psi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority\, Inc
orporated has provided educational\, family\, health and arts programs and
services to Wilmington and the surrounding communities for 80 years. Fo
unded on the campus of Howard University in Washington\, DC\, in 1908\, Al
pha Kappa Alpha Sorority is the nation's oldest Greek-letter organization
established by African American college-trained women. For over 100 year
s\, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority\, Inc. has provided programs supporting bot
h children and community development. Today\, with more than 250\, 000 m
embers worldwide\, Alpha Kappa Alpha's core mission remains sisterhood and
service.
For tickets and further information:
Contact:
Chrystal Fray Davis
Phone: 910/799-9100
Email: c
hrystal.fray.m7dt@statefarm.com