Room to Read Boston - An Evening with John Wood November 5, 2009

Please join us for an evening with Room to Read Founder and Executive Chairman, John Wood, at The Harvard Club of Boston. This special fundraising event will feature a presentation by Wood on the organization's inspiring vision for the future, as well as live and silent auctions.

A VIP cocktail reception with Wood starts at 6 p.m. Doors open for the general reception and silent auction at 7 p.m. Wood will present at 8:00 p.m., followed by a live auction at 8:30 p.m. Jenny Johnson, executive producer at NECN, will serve as emcee for the evening.

Auction items include: a week on Nantucket; a week in Burgundy, France; a weekend on Martha's Vineyard, Patriots tickets and field pass; Red Sox box seats; a private flight to Nantucket (with a round of golf); a signed Wes Welker jersey; a signed Jonathan Papelbon baseball; a weekend on Martha's Vineyard; a private beer tasting for 80 people at the Harpoon Brewery, and many other items!

Music by the HoneyMac Jazz Ensemble; auction services by Eldred's Auction Gallery; photography by Juli Greenwood.

About John Wood: In 1998, John Wood was a rising executive at Microsoft when he took a vacation that changed his life. What started as a trekking holiday in Nepal led Wood to find his unique mission: to change the world one book and one child at a time by setting up libraries and schools in the developing world. He was soon driven to leave his career, and in 2000, Wood founded Room to Read to help children across the developing world break the cycle of poverty through the power of education.

John Wood is a three-time speaker at the Clinton Global Initiative, a five-time winner of Fast Company's Social Capitalist Award and the only non-Asian to be honored with Time Magazine's Asian Heroes Award. He has appeared on Oprah, CNN, PBS and other outlets.

General ticket price: $100; VIP ticket price: $250.

Official Website: http://www.roomtoread.org/events