Kerry Events Thread: May 24, 2005

[Vektor]

Please list any upcoming Kerry events and appearances you may know of here. Include any and all info you have, such as time, place, date, cost to attend, etc. If you know of anything going on in another part of the country besides your own local area, list that too!


I encourage everyone to post as soon as they find out about something going on so people have plenty of notice to arrange travel if need be.

Upcoming:
Head Start: Orlando, FLA May 27th

The surviving founding fathers of Head Start and closing session
speaker Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) are among the highlights of
the 2005 National Head Start Association (NHSA) Annual Training
Conference, which will take place May 24 to May 27, in Orlando,
Fla. The NHSA gathering is serving as the largest commemoration of
the 40th anniversary of the founding of the successful and popular
Head Start program, which gets America's most at-risk children
ready to learn in kindergarten and beyond.

Sen. Kerry will be the conference's main speaker at 11:30 a.m.
on Friday, May 27, during the closing general session.

[TayTay]

1. A Teresa Event: Grad Speaker in June

http://www.idahostatesman.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050521/NEWS01/505210319/1001/NEWS

Albertson College picks Teresa Heinz to address graduates
Sen. Kerry's wife is notable social change advocate

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Statesman staff
Edition Date: 05-21-2005

CALDWELL — Members of Albertson College of Idaho's graduating class have chosen philanthropist Teresa Heinz to deliver the address during Albertson College of Idaho's 114th commencement ceremony.

Heinz, chair of the Howard Heinz Endowment and the Heinz Family Philanthropies, will speak during exercises at 10 a.m. June 4 in the Morrison Quadrangle. The wife of Democratic Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, she went by Heinz Kerry during her husband's run for the presidency last year.

Heinz has brought attention to issues of the environment, education, young children, the arts, women's issues and health care, according to class officials.

[whometense]

2. Good for Albertson College,

for being able to appreciate what a wonderful person she is.