Best-selling author Lee Woodruff knows all about the unexpected twists and turns one encounters along the road of life. Without a moment’s notice, her life was turned upside down when her husband, former ABC World News Tonight anchor Bob Woodruff, was seriously injured by a roadside bomb during a broadcast in Iraq.
Woodruff will discuss how she found the strength to hold her family together at the 2011 Center for HOPE Annual Luncheon. The event will be held on Monday, June 6 at 11 a.m. at the Country Club of Darien.
Woodruff documented her family’s amazing journey in the New York Times bestseller In an Instant: A Family’s Journey of Love and Healing, a memoir she co-wrote with Bob. In 2009, Woodruff released her second book entitled, Perfectly Imperfect.
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All proceeds will benefit Family Centers’ bereavement and critical illness support services offered through the Center for HOPE and The Den for Grieving Kids. For ticket information or sponsorship opportunities, visit www.familycenters.org or contact Gloria Veeder at 203-869-4848 or gveeder@familycenters.org.
The event will also feature its famous gift basket drawing and silent auction. Items up for bid include a gold and topaz bracelet from Betteridge Jewelers, 4 days and three nights’ accommodations at the London Ritz Hotel, Paris Ritz Hotel and Tucker’s Point Hotel & Spa in Bermuda, a personalized charcoal portrait by Kathy Coe, a boat cruise for six and dinner at The Restaurant at Rowayton Seafood and a tour of the Sirius/XM studios led by Gary Dell’Abate of the Howard Stern Show.
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The 2011 Center for HOPE Luncheon is generously sponsored by Windmill Foundation, M. Bonnie Axthelm Family Foundation, Mitchell’s/Richards, Mystic Aquarium and Institute for Exploration, Rings End Lumber, Marge & Bill Berkley, Jan & Robert Dilenschneider, Wendy & Richard Hokin, Terri & Chris Walker.
