Our May 8th luncheon at the Inverness Hotel was a full house! Keynote speaker Augusten Burroughs spoke with on-the-edge honesty about his tumultuous childhood, struggle with alcoholism, and life with his brother John Elder Robison, who grew up with Asperger's (part of the autism spectrum) at a time when the diagnosis didn't exist. We could see why he was ranked as one of the “25 Funniest People in America."
Mr. Burroughs is the author of the best-selling memoir Running with Scissors (on the New York Times bestseller list for more than four years), Dry (the gritty and, not at all glamorous, details of his alcoholism rehabilitation); A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father; and more.
His books were on sale, courtesy of Tattered Cover, at the 11 a.m. book signing, Tattered Cover is donating a portion of the proceeds to the benefit.
We supported a great cause.
Proceeds from the event benefit uninsured and underinsured individuals in critical need of mental health and substance abuse treatment services.
We thank these fine organizations for sponsoring this event!
SPONSORSHIP LEVELS:
Hope
Citywide Banks
Lockton Companies LLC
True Choice
Behavioral HealthCare, Inc.
Highlands Behavioral Health
Voice
Arapahoe & Douglas Counties
Arapahoe House
Aurora Mental Health Center
Cherry Creek Schools
City of Glendale
Community Reach
Intermountain Rural Electric Association
Kaiser Permanente
NAMI Arapahoe/Douglas Counties
Nikolas Golosow, M.D.
Signal Behavioral Health Network, Inc.
To sponsor this event, please contact Carolyn at 303 793 9601.
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