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/  

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Source: HOPE NOW

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

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