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Elvis Will Be in the Building & Lawrence to Help End Polio the Weekend of June 21!

Screen Shot 2013-06-16 at 7.10.46 PMNo Elvis has not resurfaced, but one of his devotees Joseph Hall who has a show in Branson, will be coming to town the weekend of June 21 to help host a series of events, all of the proceeds of which will go to Rotary International’s End Polio Now fund.

Ten local rotary clubs (including Lawrence Central) have joined together to put this event together.

For more information and links you can go to the Elvis Ends Polio website at http://www.elvisendspolio.org

Here’s the weekend’s schedule:


Friday, June 21, 2013

7:00 p.m. Polio Survivors Panel, Open Mic, Worship Service in historic 9th Street Baptist Church at 847 Ohio, Lawrence, KS. Public is invited.


walkandrunSaturday, June 22, 2013 

9:00 – 10:30 a.m. Elvis 5k Walk & Run to End Polio Now (you can just do the run or you and your group could add a little fun and dress up like the King!) walk-run register button

11:00 a.m. Joseph Hall Media Conference

10:30 – 1:30 p.m. Community Lunch with King and report on worldwide PolioPlus campaign josephhallconcert

2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Guided Tours of Quantrill’s Raid historic sites in downtown Lawrence. Tours begin at 2:00 and 3:00 p.m.

7:30 pm Joseph Hall Concert buytickets button


Sunday, June 23, 2013

9:00 a.m. – Noon Joseph Hall visits Lawrence churches to sing gospel

12:30 – 2:00 p.m. Donor/Sponsor Lunch with Joseph Hall

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