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APPEARANCES

future appearances

Margie has scheduled the following speaking engagements. Copies of You Only Die Once and its companion My Personal Planner will be available for purchase at all events. 

When:  Tuesday & Wednesday, May 6-7, 2008
Time: 
 Tuesday, May 6 - 6:30 - 9:00 p.m. - $10 registration fee,
            includes workbook
            Wednesday, May 7 - 9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. - $15 registration
            fee, includes lunch, workbook and an additional component
            for care providers.
Where: Burnham Brook Center, 200 W. Michigan Ave., Battle Creek,
             MI 49017
Topic:  Preparing for the End of Life with Grace and Gusto
Sponsored by:
First Presbyterian Church, Battle Creek, MI
Registration Deadline: April 28 - send check to:
                          
First Presbyterian Church
                            111 N.E. Capital Avenue
                             Battle Creek, MI 49017
Questions?: Call the church at 269-964-3700

When: Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Time:
  11:30 - 12:30
Where: Halliburton office in Houston, TX for employees
Topic: "Letting Go of Stuff" - Encouraging employees to think about helping themselves and others to scale down their life-style and their possessions.

When: August 16, 2008
Time:  9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
What: Interfaith Partners, Care Givers Conference.
Where: St Luke's United Methodist Church 3471 Westheimer Rd., Houston, TX 77027 - 713-622-5710
Topic: "Legacy Wills"  Imagine someone close to you listening to anecdotes about your life. What do want to pass on to them about your life experiences, values that shaped your life, who influenced you, major decisions you made, your priorities, your belief system, your philosophy of life? Think of gifts you want to leave behind other than the tangible things in your life. If you don't talk about these things or record them in some way, they can be lost forever.
Information: Cindy Hartman, of Care Management, Inc. - 281-550-8444

Copies of You Only Die Once and its companion
My Personal Planner
will be available for purchase at all events. 



notable past appearances

July 23, 2007 -  2:00 p.m.
Margie appeared on a program called Daily Cafe on Retirement Living TV Live (RLTV).  This is a new live interactive daily television show for and about mature Americans which airs in 35 million homes nationwide.  Hosts: Felicia Taylor and Sandra Pinckney.

Medical Centers/Hospitals:
 
Shriner's Hospital, Galveston, TX
  Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, New Hampshire
  St. Luke's Hospital, Houston, TX
  Hermann Hospital, Houston, TX
  MD Anderson Hospital, Houston, TX
  Scott and White Hospital, Temple, TX

Conferences:
 
American Society on Aging Conference, Philadelphia, PA
  American Society on Aging Conference, San Francisco, CA
  National Association of  Social Workers (NASW), Houston, TX
    and Arlington, TX
  Texas Counseling Association (TCA) Galveston, TX
  Texas Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (TAMFT),
    Houston, TX 

  Texas/New Mexico Hospice Conference, Dallas, TX

Hospices:
 
Scott and White Hospice, Temple, TX
  Scott and White Hospice, Georgetown, TX
  Georgetown Cancer Treatment Center, Georgetown, TX

  Burlington, VT
  Middlebury, VT
  Houston, TX

Annual Meetings for Funeral Consumer Alliance (FCA) in:
 
Modesto, CA
  Princeton, NJ
  San Francisco, CA
  Austin, TX (AMBIS)
  Houston, TX

Retirement Communities:
 
Eagle's Trace, Houston, TX
  Sun City, Georgetown, TX

 Meetings:
 
AARP Annual Meeting, Houston, TX
  Lakeway Activity Center, Lakeway, TX

Seminars presented at:
 
University of Maryland in Baltimore, MD
  University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA
  University of Houston, Houston, TX
 

Presentations at churches in:
 
Kansas, City KS
  Houston, TX
  College Station, TX
  San Antonio, TX
  Chicago, IL
  Nashville, TN
  Lakeland, FL

Book Clubs in:
  College Station, TX
  Houston, TX

Contact Margie by email at margiejenkins@houston.rr.com or telephone at 832-379-1744 to arrange speaking arrangements.