First Call – Message in a Bottle
The National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial will be the site of First Call Alcohol/Drug Prevention & Recovery’s third annual Message in a Bottle event on September 17th. The keynote speakers are David Sheff and Nic Sheff, bestselling authors of A Beautiful Boy and We All Fall Down. Lena Price and Tom Cohen are the chairmen.
Also featured in the July 13th issue of The Independent
Photo Credit: Wheat Photography
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Tom Cohen and Lena Price, chairmen |
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