Three Cups of Tea with Greg Mortenson: Luncheon SOLD OUT!
Feb 8 2010 11:00 am
This is event is completely sold out. Greg Mortenson will appear at Jones Hall at 7 pm on February 8. Click here for details.
TIME: 11:00 am Check-in/Reception
Luncheon begins promptly at 11:45
TICKETS: Single tickets: $100 and up
Sponsorships: $2,500/$5,000/$10,000 for a table of 10
We are proud to announce "Three Cups of Tea with Greg Mortenson" and invite you to join us in supporting this very important fundraising luncheon. Mortenson is a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, national and international award-winning and bestselling author of Three Cups of Tea and Stones into Schools. All proceeds from the event will benefit Central Asia Institute, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with the mission to promote and support community-based education, especially for girls, in remote regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Ambassador Ryan Crocker, the newly appointed Dean of the George Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, will introduce and engage in a brief dialogue session with Mortenson. Crocker is a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient and former Ambassador to Iraq and Pakistan.
A sponsorship of $2,500-$10,000 includes a copy of Mortenson's newest book, Stones into Schools, for each table guest and an invitation to a private VIP reception with Greg Mortenson and Ambassador Crocker prior to the luncheon.
To become an Underwriter, Sponsor, Table Host or to purchase a ticket, click here. For more information, call 713.599.1271 or email Meredith at PR Boutique.
With your help, Greg's mission for peace through education can continue. Please join us in supporting this extraordinary cause by attending "Three Cups of Tea with Greg Mortenson."
About Greg Mortenson:
Mortenson's remarkable story begins after an unsuccessful attempt to climb K2, the world's second tallest mountain. During the climb, Greg was injured and aided by poor local villagers in a nearby town. Learning that the children who helped him had never been to school yet desperately wanted an education, Mortenson has since dedicated his life to promoting education, especially for girls, in remote regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan. This experience is the basis of his bestselling novel, Three Cups of Tea. Mortenson is the co-founder of nonprofit Central Asia Institute and founder of Pennies for Peace, organizations which raise money for and awareness about the need to build foreign schools.
Called "a template for peace" by the Bloomsbury Review, Three Cups of Tea has revolutionized the way people think about improving the world and encourage peace through education. The book follows Mortenson's mission to fight terrorism and build nations one school at a time. Since its publication in 2006, Three Cups of Tea has sold more than 2.5 million copies in 29 languages. The book has become required reading for U.S. senior military commanders, U.S. Special Forces deploying to Afghanistan, Pentagon officers in counter-insurgency training, and Canadian Defense Ministry members.
Learn more:
- About Central Asia Institute
Pre-purchase Mortenson's books below or buy them at the luncheon from your local Brazos Bookstore!
Location:
- Street:
- Houston Intercontinental Hotel
- Additional:
- 2222 West Loop South
- City:
- Houston ,
- Province:
- Texas
- Postal Code:
- 77027
- Country:
- United States
