Pecans on Peachtree Fundraiser Returns to Shepherd Center

November 14, 2007

Media Contact: Alison Damerow (404-350-7645)

ATLANTA - Shepherd Center’s Auxiliary is now holding its annual holiday fundraising event, “Pecans on Peachtree.”

Get ready for some heart-healthy flavonoids in sumptuous dark-chocolate mammoth pecans, the fundraiser’s most popular item last year. Other items include mouth-watering milk chocolate and plain mammoth pecan halves, crunchy praline-coated pecans, and clusters of crunchy pecan halves surrounded by soft caramel, then covered with rich milk chocolate.

By purchasing Shepherd Center pecans, you give two gifts — one to a family member, friend, or business acquaintance, and the other to support patient programs at Shepherd Center.

The fundraiser ends Dec. 24.

Place your pecan orders on the Web at www.pecansonpeachtree.org, or call toll free to 1-877-5-PECANS. Atlanta-area residents may call 404-367-1322.

About Shepherd Center
Shepherd Center is a private, not-for-profit hospital devoted to the medical care and rehabilitation of people with spinal cord injury and disease, acquired brain injury, multiple sclerosis and other neuromuscular problems. Each year Shepherd Center admits more than 750 patients and conducts thousands of outpatient clinic visits. For more information, visit Shepherd Center online at www.shepherd.org.