A Benefit for Clara's House

Proceeds from A Benefit for Clara’s House help provide a treatment atmosphere of warmth, compassion, caring and healing where children, youth and families feel welcome and comfortable while developing their own sense of strength, determination and self worth. Over the past 4 years, A Benefit for Clara’s House has raised nearly $200,000 for St. Cloud Hospital Behavioral Health Services.
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However, before his successes, he battled a drug and alcohol addiction for much of his young life. Sober for more than 22 years, he shares his personal story with others in hopes of making a difference. Diagnosed and successfully treated for Hepatitis C, he has assumed a new role in helping to educate America about the silent viral infection of the liver that affects an estimated four million Americans.

As the author of The New York Times bestseller Symptoms of Withdrawal: A Memoir of Snapshots and Redemption, Lawford illuminates his extraordinary life and the tragedies he has faced - offering a cohesive message of survival, hope, and inspiration. His experiences are powerful and his search for the truth courageous. He manages to blend his unique background and experience, offering up a rare and provocative view of his life and the worlds around him.

Lawford has worked extensively in politics, government and the non-profit sector as well as spending 20 years in the film and television business as an actor, lawyer, executive, and producer.

Currently, he holds positions as a Public Policy Consultant for Caron Treatment Centers and a National Spokesperson for a Hepatitis C public awareness campaign. He spends his time writing, acting and speaking around the world on health issues.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Tufts University, a Juris Doctor from Boston College Law School and a Masters Certification in Clinical Psychology from Harvard Medical School where he gained an academic appointment as a Lecturer on Psychiatry.

A Benefit for Clara's House Sponsors

Speaker Sponsor:

The Clara Foundation

Sponsorship Levels

Presenting Sponsor - $25,000
24 main event tickets ($24,040 tax deductible)
3 Reserved Tables
Radio Advertising
Logo on all print material, including newspapers ads, posters and Web site
Copy of Christopher Kennedy Lawford's books Moments of Clarity and Symptoms of Withdrawal: A Memoir of Snapshots and Redemption

Speaker Sponsor - $10,000
20 main event tickets ($9,200 tax deductible)
2 Reserved Tables
Radio Advertising
Logo in invitation, posers, newspapers ads and Web site
Copy of Christopher Kennedy Lawford's books Moments of Clarity and Symptoms of Withdrawal: A Memoir of Snapshots and Redemption

Underwriter - $5,000
16 main event tickets ($4,360 tax deductible)
2 Reserved Tables
Copy of Christopher Kennedy Lawford's books Moments of Clarity and Symptoms of Withdrawal: A Memoir of Snapshots and Redemption

Patron of Faith - $1,250
8 main event tickets ($930 tax deductible)
1 Reserved Table
Copy of Christopher Kennedy Lawford's books Moments of Clarity and Symptoms of Withdrawal: A Memoir of Snapshots and Redemption

Patron of Charity - $500
4 main event tickets ($340 tax deductible)

Patron of Care - $100
1 main event tickets ($60 tax deductible)
Seated on main floor