Olympic Gold Medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee to be Keynote Speaker at Oklahoma City Friends of Children Banquet – Apr 29

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Olympic Gold Medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee has been named as the keynote speaker at the 2017 Friends of Children Banquet to be held on Saturday, April 29, 2017. Jackie Joyner-Kersee will make an appearance and deliver the keynote address between 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The annual fundraising event will be hosted by the Oklahoma United Methodist Circle of Care and will take place at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1700 Northeast 63rd St. Oklahoma City, OK 73111. Source: Circle of Care

According to the Circle of Care website this year’s annual fundraiser will celebrate 100 years of help, healing and hope to Oklahoma’s children and families in crisis:

“The 2017 event is sure to be our best yet as we celebrate 100 years of providing help, healing and hope to Oklahoma’s children and families in crisis.”

Jackie Joyner-Kersee is a retired Olympic track and field athlete who competed in four consecutive Olympic games in 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996. Joyner-Kersee competed in the long jump and the heptathalon and won three gold, one silver, and two bronze Olympic medals. Joyner-Kersee set a world record for the heptathalon in 1988. She was voted the greatest female athlete of the 20th century by Sports Illustrated and has been involved with many philanthropic efforts since retiring as a competitive athlete.

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