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SUMMARY:The Doris Buffett Story: Giving It All Away
DESCRIPTION:At 82 years young, Doris, big sister of billionaire Warren
 , is on a mission. When she inherited millions in Berkshire Hathaway s
 tock from a family trust in 1996, instead of clinging to it like a sec
 urity blanket, she dedicated the rest of her life to giving it away—
 all of it—mostly to individuals in trouble through no fault of their
  own. So far she’s given away $100 million of her own money. She say
 s she wants to give it all away; that she wants the last check she wri
 tes to bounce due to “insufficient funds.”\n\nShe began the Sunshi
 ne Lady Foundation, helping battered women, sick children, and at-risk
  kids who otherwise would never have had the chance to go to college. 
 She’s also funding college programs for prison inmates, lowering rec
 idivism. And she does it through “retail philanthropy,” often maki
 ng personal phone calls to those who need help, one by one.\n\nThe boo
 k, written with her full cooperation, begins with her growing up as th
 e primary target of an abusive mother’s rage, goes on to talk about 
 her having to watch every penny to take care of her family as a young 
 wife and mother, and how, years after becoming one of the first invest
 ors in an early Warren partnership and making a fortune, she found her
 self $2 million in debt and almost lost her home in the 1987 stock mar
 ket crash. It’s a life of many trials from which she has only gained
  greater strength and more magnanimity, a life in which she’s been e
 stranged from her three children and endured four horrific marriages a
 nd divorces.\n\nSo much bad luck and pain would harden most hearts, an
 d Doris has suffered through bouts of depression. Yet, she has kept he
 r heart open, focusing on the needs of others. While the Buffett name 
 has not meant a life of ease for Doris, it has created a sense, not on
 ly of responsibility, but of urgency to help others, and to get involv
 ed in a very personal way. She’s been knocked down repeatedly, only 
 to get up, brush herself off, and go on. So there’s no greater joy f
 or her than knowing she’s given someone else a hand up.\n\nJoin Cape
  Fear Literacy Council and members of the Wilmington-area business and
  philanthropic communities for this very special event. Meet Doris Buf
 fett, listen to her describe her highly personalized style of philanth
 ropy, and have her personally sign your copy of her biography, “Givi
 ng It All Away.”\n\nSee www.cfliteracy.org for more details and a li
 nk to the event website!\n\nFor more information visit http://www.cons
 cienceonline.com/events/the-doris-buffett-story-giving
DTSTART:20100813T153000Z
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LOCATION:St. James Parish
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CONTACT:910-251-0911
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