The annual Eastern Illinois University Foundation weekend will take place Friday and Saturday at the Neal Welcome Center, the new home of the EIU Foundation.

The foundation’s annual meeting will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, and will feature a presentation by Hammond, the foundation’s financial consultants, on the current status of the Foundation’s investments, a press release stated.

The Hammond presentation will include a question and answer session.

The business portion of the meeting will include the approval of the 2001 minutes, the election of new members, the treasurer’s report and a presentation on charitable gift annuities by Karla Evans, executive director of development.

Interim President Lou Hencken and Jack Schultz, Foundation president, will speak.

Guests are invited to a reception at 4 p.m. Friday to honor the recipients of the Burnham and Nancy Neal Philanthropy Awards. Recipients of the awards this year include the Newton E. Tarble family, Jack Schultz and the Accountancy Advisory Board.

Following the reception, guests are invited to the Foundation Annual Dinner at 6 p.m.

Students interested in attending are asked to RSVP to help preparation for the activities.