Great Feedback on Mortenson

We have been receiving really great feedback on the content of Greg Mortenson's Forum program!

Here are a few comments from subscribers who attended:

• I have attended the Richmond Forum for a number of years and I believe Mr. Mortenson's presentation was one of the best I have attended. This I contribute to the fact that it seems as if he is still untouched by politics and the media in his passion.
• Greg Mortenson's eyes shone with a light more than any other speaker I have seen in around 19 years of attending The Forum. He truly has found his passion.
• One of the best Forum programs I can remember and I've been attending forever!

And my personal favorite comment (no, not submitted by my husband!):

• Met my wife's expectations. Need I say more?

Tickets for this event were in incredibly high demand, and from the volume and enthusiasm of the comments we have received, Mortenson did not disappoint.

Thanks in part to Forum subscribers' donations to the Ralph Krueger Memorial Fund, we were once again able to include over 100 area students in this otherwise sold-out program by setting up a student viewing room at the Landmark Theater where students could watch the program on a large screen. Greg Mortenson visited with the students both before the program and at intermission. His passion for education and his ability to connect and communicate with students was clear the moment he walked into the room. I really think he would have been happy to personally meet and talk with each student if only we had enough time.

Thanks to all who attended, including students from Lee Davis High School, St. Catherine's, University of Richmond, Freeman High School, St. Gertrude's, Midlothian Middle School, Collegiate Middle School, and other area schools in Henrico, Chesterfield, and the City of Richmond.

We've been updating our Forum Facebook over the past several days with photos from the evening and people have been sharing their impressions of the program on our Wall, so be sure to visit and share your own thoughts and opinions!