Former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly, plan to come to Salem for a fund raiser for a local hospital. Perhaps you saw this on my facebook page (facebook.com/vtshow) a few days back. No doubt they’ll use this event to talk up their new found charity against guns. Keep an eye on this one.
From the release:
On Friday, April 26, join us and the Medical Foundation of Marion and Polk Counties for a benefit of their two groundbreaking programs, MedAssist and Project Access. This year’s event, once again held at the Historic Elsinore Theatre, features NASA Shuttle Commander Mark Kelly and a special appearance by his wife, former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords.
Launched in 2002, MedAssist is a prescription assistance program that has provided thousands of low income residents in Marion and Polk counties access to free prescription medications worth millions of dollars.
Project Access provides a full spectrum of medical services at no charge to low income, uninsured residents of Marion and Polk Counties. Launched in 2009, the program has already provided free medical services valued at over $25 million to more than a thousand residents in our communities.
Neither of these programs would be possible without the dedication and commitment of local physicians, hospitals, support staffs and other medical facilities that donate their time, expertise and funds to make them possible.
Tickets are available at the Elsinore Theatre box office and all TicketsWest locations. For more information or to purchase tickets, call the Elsinore Theatre box office at (503) 375-3574 or at any TicketsWest location or online at www.ticketswest.com.