The News-Courier in Athens, Alabama

June 24, 2008

Michelle Obama attends Alabama fundraiser for husband


BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An estimated two-hundred and fifty-thousand dollars were added to the campaign coffers of presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee Barak Obama.

His wife, Michelle Obama visited the Birmingham suburb of Mountain Brook Monday afternoon to attend a fundraiser. Around 250 donors each paid $1,000 to attend the event.

The fundraiser was held at the home of Birmingham attorney Giles Perkins, a former executive director of the Alabama Democratic Party.

The donations went to the Obama Victory Fund.