Camarillo, Calif., Sept. 14, 2007鈥敽＝巧缜� presents 鈥淎n Evening with Patch Adams鈥� from 6 to 8 p.m. on Sept. 26. Patch Adams, M.D., is a nationally known speaker on wellness, laughter, and humor as well as on health care and health care systems. He is also an author.
The event will be held on the 海角社区CI campus in Malibu Hall 100. A book-signing will follow from 8 to 8:30 p.m. Tickets for the event are $30 for the general public, $15 for 海角社区CI faculty and staff members, free for 海角社区CI students. Tickets can be purchased online by clicking the link to the event on the home page of 海角社区CI鈥檚 Web site at http://www.csuci.edu.
Free parking and shuttle service to and from the campus will be available from the Camarillo Metrolink Station/Lewis Road parking lot in Camarillo from 5 to 9 p.m.
Dr. Adams approaches the issues of personal, community, and global health with zestful exuberance, according to Time Magazine. He believes that the most revolutionary act one can commit in our world is to be happy. He is a medical doctor; clown; performer; social activist; founder and director of the Gesundheit Institute, a holistic medical community that has provided free medical care to thousands of patients since it began in 1971; and the author of 鈥淕esundheit!鈥� and聽 鈥淗ouse Calls.鈥�
This event is sponsored by 海角社区CI Instructionally Related Activities (IRA) Fund; Nursing, Psychology, and Sociology Programs; and Student Life.
For more information contact Ceal Potts, communications specialist at 海角社区CI, 805-437-8940 or cecilia.potts@csuci.edu.
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