Grand Opening of Operation HOPE Atlanta Office: Thursday, July 29, 6pm @ 191 Peachtree
Downtown neighbors are invited to join this grand opening reception. Let’s welcome this national nonprofit into the neighborhood. Andrew Young will be there. Please RSVP to this free event by calling the number below.
Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Council Communications
City Hall
55 Trinity Ave. SW
Atlanta, GA 30303
Contact: Duke Rose, City Council Communications Specialist: 404-330-6775
Thermice J. Bevelle, City Council Communications Specialist: 404-330-6823
Bruce Morton, City Council Communications Specialist: 404-330-6357
Dexter Chambers, City Council Communications Director: 404-330-6309/392-0159
Date: July 22, 2010
Atlanta City Councilman Kwanza Hall Invites public to celebrate the opening of the Operation HOPE Atlanta Regional Office
ATLANTA – Atlanta City Councilman Kwanza Hall will be joined by Ambassador Andrew Young and John Hope Bryant for a ribbon cutting and open house reception in celebration of the Operation HOPE Atlanta Regional Office on Thursday, July 29, 2010, at 6 p.m. at 191 Peachtree Tower.
“The opening of the Atlanta Regional Office of Operation HOPE in Council District 2 brings a dynamic national nonprofit into the heart of the city,” said Hall. “At a time when many Atlantans are struggling financially, the opening of the office allows us to bring two national programs to their service: the Mortgage HOPE Crisis Hotline and the HOPE Consumer Credit Crisis Hotline.”
Operation HOPE, Inc. is America’s first non-profit social investment banking organization, providing financial literacy, credit counseling and management, computer training, lending services, capital access, dignity and inspiration to the economically disadvantaged.
Founded in 1992, Operation HOPE operates in 70 U.S. communities and seven provinces in South Africa and has served more than 1.2 individuals. The organization has raised more than $900 million in its pursuit of educating, assisting and inspiring the next generation of global stakeholders in financial literacy, economic empowerment and silver rights.
The public is invited. Attendees are asked to RSVP by phone to (213) 891-2900.
What: Ribbon cutting and open house reception in celebration of the Operation HOPE Atlanta Regional Office
Who: Atlanta City Councilman Kwanza Hall
Former Mayor and Ambassador Andrew Young
Operation HOPE Founder, Chairman and CEO John Hope Bryant
When: 6 until 8 p.m. Thursday, July 29, 2010
Where: 191 Peachtree Tower- 191 Peachtree Street, Suite 4000
For more information please contact the office of Councilman Kwanza Hall at 404-330-6038 or khall@atlantaga.gov
