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Willie Geist, Mark Shriver Host Greenwich Fundraiser For Save The Children

GREENWICH, Conn. -- Riverside Yacht Club will host a fundraiser for Westport's Save The Children that will feature NBC “Today” host Willie Geist and Mark Kennedy Shriver on Thursday, April 24, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. 

NBC "Today" show host Willie Geist will speak to Mark Kennedy Shriver of Save the Children on Thursday, April 24.

NBC "Today" show host Willie Geist will speak to Mark Kennedy Shriver of Save the Children on Thursday, April 24.

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Shriver is the son of Peace Corps founder Robert Sargent Shriver. Geist, who is also the co-host of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” will talk with Shriver about his father’s legacy as both the founder of the Peace Corps and the architect of the U.S. War on Poverty, initiated by President Lyndon B. Johnson 50 years ago.

Shriver, senior vice president of strategic initiatives at Save the Children, will also discuss his own mission to help improve the lives of children in the United States and all over the world.

Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres will be served before the program.

Tickets to the benefit range from $125 to $500 and include a signed copy of Shriver’s new book, “A Good Man: Rediscovering My Father, Sargent Shriver.”

Click here to purchase tickets. 

The Riverside Yacht Club is at 102 Club Road in Greenwich.

 

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