Sarah Weddington to Keynote Planned Parenthood’s Central Oregon Annual Luncheon

Bend, OR – Distinguished lawyer and women’s rights advocate Sarah Weddington will keynote Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette’s (PPCW) Central Oregon Annual Luncheon next Thursday, September 24 at the Riverhouse Convention Center in Bend. Central Oregon residents are invited to hear Weddington discuss both the past and future of reproductive freedom, including the important battles still being fought today.

In addition to Weddington, PPCW President and CEO David Greenberg will talk to supporters about Planned Parenthood’s health care and education services in Central Oregon. Harrison Pride, current PPCW Board Member and past PPCW Bend Teen Council Member, will also speak at the event.

Planned Parenthood’s Central Oregon Annual Luncheon
Thursday, September 24, 2009
11:45 am to 1:15 pm
The Riverhouse Convention Center
2850 NW Rippling River Court
Bend, OR 97701

Attendees will have an opportunity to make a donation to PPCW while at the event.  VIP tickets for the event are also available, which include a meet and greet with Sarah Weddington. VIP ticket holders will attend a private pre-event reception with Weddington and receive a complimentary autographed copy of her book, A Question of Choice. VIP tickets are $125 each.

Central Oregon residents are invited to RSVP for the event or purchase VIP tickets online at www.ppcw.org by September 22, 2009. The suggested minimum donation for the event is $75.
  
For more information, visit www.ppcw.org.

Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette (PPCW) is the largest non-profit family planning and reproductive rights organization in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Since 1963, PPCW has successfully carried out its mission of providing, promoting and protecting access to quality reproductive and sexual health care. Each year, almost 60,000 women, men and teens visit one of PPCW’s eleven health centers. We provide a wide range of education programs and health care services, including low-cost contraceptives, emergency contraception, annual gynecological check-ups, breast exams, cervical cancer detection and treatment, testing and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, and pregnancy testing and options counseling. Approximately five percent of PPCW’s services are for first term abortion care. For more information, visit www.ppcw.org.