A Step Forward Overcoming Obstacles

SAVE THE DATE: MARCH 7, 2024

We are grateful to those who attended our signature event A Step Forward: Overcoming Obstacles with Pete Hegseth. Their support and generosity ensure that we continue our programming uninterrupted and - most importantly - at no charge to participants.

A very special thank you to PASWFL members, Dr. Larry Sternberg and Dr. Karin Dickinson for their inspiring presentation on living well with PD.

We are forever grateful to our two dedicated and talented Annual Luncheon Co-Chairs, Beth Poorman, and Merrill Fox, who for the last five years dedicated their time and talent to ensure the success of this major fundraising event. The funds raised during the Annual Luncheon are the primary source of funding for the programs provided to our members free of charge.

Our sincerest appreciation to our wonderful sponsors, attendees, and volunteers who have made a world of difference through their attendance.

OUR 2023 LUNCHEON

2023 A STEP FORWARD PETE HEGSETH

Pete Hegseth is the former CEO of Concerned Veterans for America (2012-2015), where he built the largest conservative veterans advocacy organization in America and led the charge for real reform at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Before that, Pete was the Executive Director of Vets for Freedom (2007-2010), leading the "ground truth" charge for success on the battlefield in Iraq and Afghanistan.

In 2012, Captain Hegseth deployed to Afghanistan with the Minnesota Army National Guard where he was the senior counterinsurgency instructor at the Counterinsurgency Training Center in Kabul. Before that, First Lieutenant Hegseth deployed to Iraq with the 3rd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division for their 2005-2006 tour, serving as an Infantry Platoon Leader in Baghdad in 2005, and as a Civil-Military Operations officer in Samarra in 2006. A year before that, Second Lieutenant Hegseth served in Guantanamo Bay (JTF-GTMO) with his New Jersey Army National Guard unit from 2004-2005. Pete was recently promoted to the rank of Major and is currently in the Individual Ready Reserve.

Mr. Hegseth is currently a co-anchor of FOX & Friends Weekends. He joined the FOX network as a contributor in 2014 and continues to provide analysis and commentary across the network's daytime and primetime programming.

Event: A Step Forward Overcoming Obstacles with Speaker Pete Hegseth
Date: Thursday, March 30, 2023
Time: 11:30 AM
Place: The Ritz-Carlton Naples, Tiburon
2600 Tiburon Drive, Naples, FL 34190
Speaker: Pete Hegseth
Honorary Chair: Adria Starkey, Collier County President for FineMark National Bank and Trust
Benefitting: The Parkinson's Association of SWFL
Individual Tickets: $300 (Table of 8 - $2,400)
(Includes lunch and presentation)
VIP Tickets: $500 (Table of 8 - $4,000)
(Includes invitation to pre-lunch private VIP reception)
Registration closes Friday, March 17, 2023
($100 of the individual ticket price is tax deductible)

Individual partnership and corporate sponsorship opportunities are available for 2023
Click for Sponsorship Information
Contact Mary C. Schoeffel at 239-417-3465
or mschoeffel@parkinsonassociationswfl.org

Photos from 2023 Patron Party with speaker Pete Hegseth

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