First Lady Karen Pence to Visit Ivy Tech Community College Culinary Class Tomorrow
Will Also Hold Press Conference to Announce Third Annual Phone Drive Initiative with HopeLine from Verizon
Indianapolis – Tomorrow, First Lady Karen Pence will visit Ivy Tech Community College to meet with students studying Culinary Arts. She will be visiting students in a Basic Food Theory Class, where she will donate Indiana First Lady’s Charitable Foundation cookbooks and Indiana-shaped wood cutting boards.   The First Lady’s Charitable Foundation will donate a total of 215 cookbooks and Indiana-shaped wood cutting boards to Ivy Tech culinary students. Later in the morning, First Lady Karen Pence will hold a press conference detailing her phone drive initiative with HopeLine from Verizon. HopeLine refurbishes donated cell phones and provides them to domestic violence survivors, or sells them to raise funds for the program. Last year, the Office of the First Lady collected 1,367 cell phones from state employees for the initiative. Neil Krevda, Vice President of Governmental Affairs for Verizon Wireless in Indiana, will give remarks on behalf of Verizon HopeLine. Details below.
Friday, September 30:
9:30 a.m. EDT – First Lady Karen Pence to visit Ivy Tech Community College Culinary Class
*Media are welcome to attend.
Ivy Tech Community College – Corporate College and Culinary Center (Room 218), 2820 N. Meridian Street, Indianapolis, IN
10:30 a.m. EDT – First Lady Karen Pence to hold a press conference detailing her phone drive initiative with HopeLine from Verizon
Statehouse – outside Room 215, North Atrium, 200 W. Washington Street, Indianapolis, IN
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