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The Crossroads to Host 2011 ‘Roads of Hope Fundraiser Dinner

WHAT:     The Crossroads will host the 2011 ‘Roads of Hope fundraiser. We are privileged to have community leader and philanthropist, Marion “Mac” Magruder, as this year’s Honorary Chairman. Our 2011 Crossroads Courage Award winner is Howard Pohlenz. The evening will include a silent auction, dinner and a raffle for a chance to win a vintage, early 1960s Lincoln Continental as well as the comedy of Dick Kendall.
 
Tickets are $125 per person, and individual and corporate sponsorships are available. All proceeds raised will directly benefit the expansion of Crossroads programs. In particular, proceeds will help expand the Right Track (RT) program, a new 21-day recovery program specifically tailored to providing the tools that chronic alcoholics and drug addicts need to build hope for a better future. Statistics from the two year pilot program suggest that RT alumni experience a 70 percent increase of success in regaining a self-sufficient, sober life.
 
WHO:       Dick Kendall’s professional comedy career started in the early 1980s at Houston’s Comedy Workshop with the likes of Bill Hicks, Sam Kinison and T. Shaun Shannon of Saturday Night Live fame. Performing Phil Harris skits and taking notes on Bob Hope shows as a kid, prepared him for comedy. Dick’s easy style on stage gives the audience a feel of having had a wonderful evening of laughter with an old friend.
 
WHERE:  The Pointe Hilton-Squaw Peak
                   7677 North 16th Street, Phoenix, AZ
                   The Grand Ballroom
 
WHEN:     Sat., Nov. 5, 2011
                  5:30PM – Raffle and Silent Auction
                  7:00PM – Dinner and Program
 
ABOUT:   Established in 1960 as a non-profit, 501(c)(3) charitable organization, The Crossroads provides transitional living programs for recovering adults who express a willingness and desire to learn a new way of life. Utilizing the basic tools of a twelve-step recovery program, group bonding and support of the many members of The Crossroads family (an estimated 4,000 attend meetings each week), residents develop the skills and self-esteem to transition back into society as productive, respectable individuals. The Crossroads has evolved as a powerful, non-medical recovery discipline that increases a person’s chances of recovery by two-fold or more.
 
MEDIA:    Ashleigh Allen at Gordon C. James Public Relations (602) 274-1988 (office) / (602) 228-8145 (cell), This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
 
INFO:       For more information or to purchase tickets or sponsorships, please contact Brent Downs at 602-281-6574 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .