Remaining 16th Annual Florida Forum Season to Feature P.J. O'Rourke and Tiki Barber
Next Florida Forum Lecture Series Is February 21, 2008

Jacksonville, Florida, February 12, 2008 -- Tickets are still available for the remainder of the Florida Forum Lecture Series, hosted by The Women's Board of Wolfson Children's Hospital (Wolfson):

Thursday, February 21, 2008 -- P.J. O'Rourke, best-selling author and leading political satirist

Tuesday, April 8, 2008 -- Tiki Barber, broadcaster, retired pro football running back, and author

Lectures are held in the Florida Theatre at 7 pm.

With more than one million words of trenchant journalism under his byline, P.J. O'Rourke has established himself as America's premier satirist. The author of 12 books, including his 2007 release, On the Wealth of Nations, both Time and The Wall Street Journal have labeled O'Rourke the "funniest writer in America." The New York Times, 2006, stated that, "If anyone changed comedy forever, it was O'Rourke."

Tiki Barber retired from professional football in 2007, holding every New York Giants rushing record and tied with two other NFL players for yards rushing and receiving. The three-time Pro Bowl player was both a scholar and an athlete at the University of Virginia. Barber joined NBC in 2007 and is splitting his time between the "Today" show and NBC's "Football Night in America." Barber is also an award-winning children's book co-author with his brother, Ronde Barber.

Florida Forum is an annual speaker series begun in 1992, produced by The Women's Board of Wolfson Children's Hospital. It is a benefit which funds select areas and programs to enhance this pediatric health care facility. Each Florida Forum season features high-profile personalities who address informative and entertaining topics. Among the past 47 distinguished speakers, Florida Forum has hosted President and Mrs. George H. W. Bush, Bill Cosby, Katie Couric, Rudy Giuliani, Senator John Glenn, Dr. Henry Kissinger, Queen Noor of Jordan, Secretary of State Colin Powell, General Norman Schwarzkopf, and former Prime Minister of Great Britain Margaret Thatcher.

The Florida Forum has enriched the intellectual and cultural life of Jacksonville for more than 15 years, while contributing more than $4.5 million to Wolfson Children's Hospital. 2007 and 2008 funds will provide for specific needs of Children's Surgical Services, one of the fastest growing areas at the hospital with more than 10,000 surgeries a year.

"Maintaining this children's hospital as a regional referral center requires that we keep on top of ever-changing technological advancements," says pediatric urologist Michael Erhard, MD, chairman of the department of Children's Surgical Services at Wolfson.

For ticket information, contact The Women's Board at 904.202.2886, e-mail , or visit www.thefloridaforum.com.