The following is a news release from Buckner International:
Hobby Lobby executive and author Lauren Green McAfee will be the featured speaker for the seventh annual Buckner Spring Tea, a fundraiser benefiting local vulnerable children and families served by nonprofit Buckner Lubbock. The event is scheduled for Sunday, Mar. 31 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Eberley Brooks Event Center. Tickets are now on sale.
Green McAfee works as the corporate ambassador for Hobby Lobby and is the author of “Only One Life: How a Woman’s Every Day Shapes an Eternal Legacy.” She is the granddaughter of Hobby Lobby founder David Green.
Prior to her role with Hobby Lobby, Green McAfee worked for her father, Steve Green, as he founded Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. During her time at the museum, she served as curator, artifact collection manager and director of community engagement. While she was working at Museum of the Bible, Green McAfee finished two graduate degrees: a Master of Arts in pastoral counseling and a Master of Arts in public theology.
Sponsorship opportunities for the event are available for Lubbock-area companies interested in helping the community while receiving prominent brand recognition. To learn more about sponsoring the event, or to purchase individual tickets, visit Buckner.org/Events/Lubbock-2019-Buckner-Spring-Tea.
Funds raised from Buckner Spring Tea will help support Buckner International programs in Lubbock, which includes Buckner Foster Care and Adoption, Buckner Family Pathways for single parents, youth transition programs, and the Buckner Family Hope Center of Lubbock, West Texas’ first Family Hope Center, which will open Mar. 7.
Last year’s Buckner Spring Tea featured comedienne Kay Dodd Stokes.
Buckner Lubbock is a faith-based nonprofit ministry dedicated to transforming the lives of vulnerable children, families and senior adults. Buckner Lubbock is an extension of Buckner International, which was founded in 1879 in Texas and today serves people in the United States and internationally through a variety of programs designed to protect children and build strong families. Buckner’s programs include foster care and adoption, family transition programs, community-based family preservation programs and retirement services for senior adults. Buckner also provides humanitarian aid and crisis relief to poverty-stricken children and families. Learn more and get involved at Buckner.org/Lubbock.
(News release from Buckner International)
