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TexasTowelie

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Wed Mar 1, 2017, 05:09 AM Mar 2017

Washingtonians turn out to help Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky

It was just supposed to be a couple dozen people for dinner at the home of Mark Firmani and his wife, Joy Portella.

Then word spread about the guest of honor, and things got completely out of hand.

“People we don’t even know were calling and asking, ‘Can we bring 10 people?’?” Firmani said the other day.

And that is how a low-key visit to Seattle by Betty Cockrum, the CEO of Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky (PPINK), turned into a full-blown fundraiser for the nonprofit, which has been a favorite target of former Gov. Mike Pence, now vice president of the United States of America.

Read more: http://www.seattletimes.com/life/lifestyle/washingtonians-turn-out-to-help-planned-parenthood-of-indiana-and-kentucky/

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