Our Lady of Elms Holds 21st Annual Author! Author! Fundraiser in Akron, OH

Our Lady of the Elms begin their Author! Author! fundraiser on Wednesday, September 26th. This is their 21st Author! Author! event and funds raised will benefit scholarships for the Akron, Ohio school. To date the series has raised more than $400,000 for student scholarships.

The event is held in the high school auditorium. There is a luncheon and the author speaks. The event is followed by a book signing and dessert. To attend a single event is $25. To attend the entire series is $65. To attend only the lecture and cook signing is $15 for one event and $35 for the entire series.

There are also patron packages that include preferred seating and being listed in the program. Patron tickets are available for $100.

The authors for this year’s series are:

September 26th: Brain Groh, Summer People; Bonnie Bajorek Daneker, The Compassionate Caregiver’s Guide to Caring for Someone With Cancer.

October 24th: Robert Olmstead, Coal Black Horse; Russ Musarra and Chuck Ayers, Walks Around Akron: Rediscovering a City in Transition; Betsy Carter, Swim to Me.

November 14th: Dalia Sofer, The Septembers of Shiraz; Mary Ann Winkowski, When Ghosts Speak: Understanding the World of Earthbound Spiritgs; Connie Schults, And His Lovely Wife: A Memoir from the Woman Beside the Man.

Source: Ohio.com

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