Mary J. Blige to Headline the Second City on the 'Bringing Hope Home' Bus Tour, Atlanta, to Promote Foreclosure Prevention

Mary J. Blige to Headline the Second City on the 'Bringing Hope Home' Bus Tour, Atlanta, to Promote Foreclosure Prevention

ATLANTA -- On Saturday, April 18 Grammy Award winner and multi-platinum recording artist Mary J. Blige will participate in a bus tour of Atlanta, GA to raise awareness of the foreclosure issue as well as the resources available to homeowners to help with their mortgage. Blige will also participate in a roundtable discussion with community leaders and homeowners who have faced foreclosure to further explore the issue. This tour and discussion are being sponsored by the HOPE NOW alliance.

WHAT: Bus tour and roundtable discussion to examine the
issue of home foreclosure and how it's affecting
Atlanta communities.

WHEN AND WHERE: Saturday, April 18, 2009

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Part 1 of bus tour of Atlanta communities affected
by foreclosure
CLOSED TO PRESS

1:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Media availability with Mary J. Blige, HOPE NOW
Representatives and Atlanta community leaders
Corner of Edgewood Avenue and Peachtree Center
Avenue (outside the Consumer Credit Counseling
Service of Greater Atlanta)
Atlanta, GA 30303

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Roundtable Foreclosure Prevention Discussion
Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Greater
Atlanta
100 Edgewood Avenue
Suite 1800
Atlanta, GA 30303

2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
Part 2 of bus tour of Atlanta communities affected
by foreclosure
CLOSED TO PRESS

MEDIA: Media representatives wishing to take part in the
media availability should be set and in place by
1:00 PM. A mult box will be provided.

Media representatives wishing to shoot video
during the roundtable should be in place outside
the room at 1:00 PM. Cameras will be rotated in
during the meeting.

Press inquiries regarding logistics should be
directed to Taylor Tate at (615) 838-2333

ABOUT HOPE NOW

HOPE NOW is the alliance of counselors, mortgage market participants, and mortgage servicers that is working to help as many homeowners as possible avoid foreclosure and stay in their homes. For more information, including a full list of members, go to www.hopenow.com

Media Contact:
Audrey Gelman (646) 436-3296
Hilary Lefebvre Perry (202) 374-6010

/PRNewswire -- April 15/

Source: HOPE NOW

Web Site: http://www.hopenow.com/

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