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Events & Celebrations
Speaker Series
An Evening with Greg Mortenson
Sunday, April 6, 6:00pm
The School in Rose Valley is honored to host an Evening with Greg Mortenson, humanitarian and co-author of the New York Times bestseller Three Cups of Tea at the Media Theatre on Sunday, April 6 at 6:00 pm.
Tickets are $75 for an hour-long talk about Mortenson's work building schools across impoverished remote mountain villages in Pakistan and Afghanistan. A limited number of tickets are available for the talk and an additional private tea reception with Greg for $125. Proceeds will go towards building a school in Pakistan and to the SRV Financial Aid Fund.
Don't miss this opportunity to meet with and learn from the man many are predicting will win the Nobel Peace Prize in our lifetimes.
Tickets will go fast for this exclusive event so please call the Media Theatre Box Office at 610-891-0100 or visit http://mediatheatre.org/gregmortenson to purchase tickets.
Please call Laurie Grant at 610-566-1088 with any questions.
Please pass this email on to your family, friends, book clubs, community groups, etc. Thank you!
Past Events
FREE Parent Workshop
Wednesday, January 30, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg
A Parent's Guide to Building Resilience in Children and Teens:
Giving Your Child Roots and Wings
Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Dr. Ginsburg is the author of several books and reports focusing on the health of children and adolescents including But I'm Almost Thirteen: An Action Plan to Raise a Responsible Adolescent, A Parents Guide to Building Resilience in Children and Teens: Giving Your Child Roots and Wings, and Less Stress More Success, coauthored with Marilee Jones, which focuses on aiding young adults with getting into college while remaining socially and emotionally balanced. Dr. Ginsburg is also the Medical Director of Covenant House, Pennsylvania, a care system that serves homeless, street, and marginalized youth in Philadelphia.
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FREE Lecture & Book Signing
Wednesday, February 20, 7:00 p.m.
Dr. David Elkind
The Power of Play:
Rearing Healthy Children in a Stressful World
Dr. David Elkind, author of 18 books and countless articles on child development, is currently Professor of Child Development at Tufts University. He serves as a consultant to state education departments, government agencies and
private foundations. He lectures extensively in the US, Canada and abroad and has appeared on The Today Show,
The CBS Morning News, 20/20 and Oprah. Dr. Elkind co-hosted the Lifetime television series, Kids These Days, and is a past President of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). He may be best known for his popular books, The Hurried Child, All Grown Up and No Place to Go, and Miseducation.
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For additional information on Dr. Elkind, please visit www.apbspeakers.com.
