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PRESENTING THE 14TH ANNUAL
NORTH ATLANTA INTERFAITH PRAYER BREAKFAST
Featured Keynote Speaker: Alana Shepherd, founder of
The Shepherd Center “The Importance of Faith in
Recovery”
2016 Theme:
“Wake Up America”
2016 Scripture: Isaiah 58:1 “Shout it
aloud, do not hold back. Raise your
voice like a trumpet.”
Enjoy musical performances and
inspirations from spiritual leaders
of diverse faiths
Gold Table Contribution $1000
Silver Table Contribution $500
Proceeds to benefit the Shepherd
Center
For more details, visit our website
www.northfultonrotary.org
Please register by April 25th!
May 5, 2016 7:30am to 9:00am The Metropolitan Club 5985 Windward Parkway, Alpharetta, GA
Questions? Jim Burke, 678.267.5004, [email protected] Bo Wagner, 404.325.0291, [email protected]
Registration Form
North Atlanta Interfaith Prayer Breakfast
May 5, 2016
“Wake Up America”
Presented by the Rotary Club of North Fulton
The North Atlanta Interfaith Prayer Breakfast will be held May 5, 2016, coinciding with the National Day of
Prayer. Join other business, governmental and non-profit leaders as we experience an incredible celebration of
the power of prayer in our personal lives.
Keynote Address given by Shepherd Center co-founder ALANA SHEPHERD
Musical performances
Inspiration from spiritual leaders of diverse faiths
We anticipate capacity attendance. Register early to confirm your seating. $1,000 Gold Level Contribution Logo/Name listed on Program and display banners Premium table location Name displayed on table Reserved table seating for 10 $500 Silver Level Contribution Logo/Name listed on Program Preferred table location Name displayed on table Reserved table seating for 10 $300 Table Reservation Reserved table seating for 10 $30 Individual Ticket Reservation
Name: Email:
Company (or Rotary Club):
Address:
Phone: Fax:
Doors open at 7:00 a.m. ● Program begins at 7:30 a.m. and ends at 9:00 a.m. The Metropolitan Club ● 5895 Windward Parkway, Alpharetta, GA, 30005 ● www.themetropolitanclub.net
To register, please mail this form along with payment (check or credit card info) by April 25, 2016 to:
Rotary Club of North Fulton, PO Box 1131, Alpharetta, GA 30009
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Questions? Jim Burke, 678.267.5004, [email protected] or Bo Wagner, 404.325.0291, [email protected]
Alana Shepherd
Alana Shepherd and her family co-founded Shepherd Center in Atlanta in 1975 to treat spinal cord injury. Through
the years, Shepherd Center has grown from a six-bed unit to a world-renowned, 152-bed rehabilitation hospital
specializing in medical treatment, research and rehabilitation for people with spinal cord injury, brain injury and
other neurological conditions.
Last year, Shepherd Center admitted 992 people to its inpatient programs and 571 to its day patient programs. In
addition, Shepherd sees more than 7,600 people annually on an outpatient basis.
Through the years, Alana has been Shepherd Center’s chief fundraiser and prime mover-volunteer, a woman
known for her upbeat honesty, business savvy and relentless drive. She continues to serve as secretary of the
board of directors at Shepherd Center.
Alana, along with her husband Harold and their son James, founded Shepherd Center after James sustained a
paralyzing spinal cord injury in 1973. Frustrated by the lack of state-of-the-art rehabilitation care in the
southeastern United States, the family galvanized support among the Atlanta community to open a specialty
facility. Alana also recognized early on that she had to help change the community to which patients would return
so these individuals would be accepted and could, once again, assume their place in society.
Her advocacy for accessibility resulted in the addition of lifts to Atlanta’s MARTA bus system and in making
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport one of the country’s most accessible airports.
Alana championed the fight, despite opposition, to bring the International Paralympic Games to Atlanta in 1996.
She changed Olympic/Paralympic history when her efforts led the International Olympic Committee to decree
that all cities seeking to be the site of future Olympic Games must include plans and proposed financing for the
Paralympics, as well access to the same sites and facilities.
Alana, Harold and James Shepherd were awarded honorary doctorate of humane letters degrees in December
2011 by the University of Georgia, in conjunction with the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia,
in recognition of their contributions to healthcare and the state of Georgia.
Alana was inducted into Georgia Trend’s Most Influential Hall of Fame along with Arthur Blank in January 2016.
Among her many other awards, Alana received the 2012 J.W. Fanning Award from Leadership Georgia, the
Georgia Hospital Association’s 2009 Lifetime Heroic Achievement Award for her lifetime of service to enhancing
operations and patient care at Shepherd Center. She also received Atlanta Gas Light’s and WSB Radio’s 2005
Shining Light Award. Alana was included in the Georgia Trend list of Notable Georgians for 2009 and inducted
into the National Spinal Cord Injury Association’s Spinal Cord Injury Hall of Fame in 2008.
Her numerous civic involvements have included serving as former vice president and current member of the
Rotary Club of Atlanta, member of the CDC Foundation’s Atlanta Advocacy Council, member of the Metro
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, the Greater Grady Task Force and secretary of the Board of Directors for the
1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games.
In 1989, Alana was the first woman elected to be a member of the Buckhead Coalition and, in 2003, the first
woman elected as chairman of the Coalition. She was also the first woman elected to Board of Directors of
Genuine Parts and the Board of Directors of Wachovia Bank of Georgia.
Rotary Club of North Fulton North Atlanta Interfaith Prayer Breakfast Keynote Speakers
YEAR SPEAKER AFFILIATION THEME
2002 Millard Fuller Founder of Habitat for Humanity “America United Under
God”
2003 Mark Richt Head Football Coach, University
of Georgia
“Righteousness Exalts a
Nation”
2004 Dr. Fred Craddock Retired Emory University
Religion Scholar
“Let Freedom Ring”
2005 Chan Gailey Head Football Coach, Georgia
Institute of Technology
“God Shed His Grace on
Thee”
2006 Bishop L. Bevel Jones Candler School of Theology,
Emory University
“America, Honor God”
2007 Bill Curry Former NFL Player and ESPN
Commentator
“America Unite in Prayer”
2008 Dr. Betty Siegel Former President, Kennesaw
University
“Prayer! America’s Strength
and Shield”
2009 Katharyn Richt
Inspirational Speaker “Prayer … America’s Hope”
2010 Ken Johnson Former NFL Player “Pray for Such a Time as
This”
2011 Col. Michael D. Steele
(Ret.)
Retired US Army Ranger – Black
Hawk Down
"A Mighty Fortress is Our
God"
2012 Jenny Pruitt Atlanta community advocate and
benefactor
“Blessed is the Nation whose
God is the Lord”
2013 Andrew Young Former US Ambassador to the
United Nations
“Pray for America”
2015 Ross Rossin World renowned portrait painter “Lord, Hear Our Cry”
2016 Alana Shepherd Founder of Shepherd Center “Wake Up America”
