Prom Night at Boot, Straps, and More in Beverly on March 12th

Boots, Straps, and More: Bargains for a Cause is hosting Project: Prom Night, an event featuring new and gently used gowns, dressy dresses and accessories for sale at discounted prices.  Project: Prom Night is being held in Beverly at 198 Rantoul Street on Friday, March 12th from 7:30-9:00pm.  Refreshments will be served along with other surprise giveaways.

Donations for Project: Prom Night will be accepted through March 9th.  Donations include new and gently used gowns, dressy dresses, accessories, etc. All donations are tax deductible and benefit Beverly Bootstraps Community Services, Inc. Donate and tell a friend.

Beverly Bootstraps Community Services provides critical resources to families and individuals so they may achieve self-sufficiency.  Bootstraps offers emergency and long-term assistance including: access to food, housing stability, adult and youth education, and counseling.  Beverly Bootstraps Community Services is community funded and supported.

For more information contact Jackie Hersey at 978-921-4710

Wilderness Heals Pledge Hike

To benefit the Elizabeth Stone House on July 16-18, 2010. Registration Opens March 1st, 2010.

When it comes to helping women heal from the effects of violence, we can move mountains!

The three-day Wilderness Heals annual pledge hike is one of New England’s most challenging all-female fundraising hikes.  Join fellow women July 16-18, for a hike through New Hampshire’s White Mountains and help raise money for the Elizabeth Stone House in Boston, Mass.  The Stone House serves women and their children who have experienced domestic violence, mental illness, substance abuse and other forms of trauma.

Registration opens March 1st.  Hikers can choose from seven trail options including a front country option, which offers more manageable trails for those who are new to hiking.  Six trail options offer hikers overnight accommodations in AMC huts and hikers who participate in the back country option sleep in tents.  Each team will include an experienced team leader.  Round-trip transportation from Boston to New Hampshire provided.  The fundraising minimum is $1,200.  Hiker registration fee is $50 and the registration deadline is June 14.  For more information or to register, visit www.elizabethstone.org or call 617-427-9801, ext. 415.

Keeping the Ship Moving: Corrine Johnson Scholarship Fundraiser

Second annual event on March 26, 2010

The Corrine Johnson Scholarship Fund is a nonprofit organization that provides scholorships to local college-bound students who have suffered the loss of a parent, guardian or sibling.

Jimmy Johnson, a senior at Andover High School, lost his mother, Corinne Johnson last year.  The scholarship fund was formed by a friend of Corinne’s, Julie Gadziala, because she was so touched by not only Jimmy’s suffering, but several other kids who she spoke to who shared how hard it as for them.  When she began her research it was apparent that short of the American Cancer Society (if your parent died) and the Military (if your parent died) there were no scholarships that addressed children who had lost a family member.

A 18 karat white gold 1.5 Karat Diamond cluster ring with be raffled off.

Last year the scholarship fund gave out nine scholarships.

The schedule for the event is as follows:

6:00 PM Hors D’oeuvres and Cash Bar
7:00 PM Dinner Buffet and Live Auction featuring Coach Fazio & Coach “Pug”
9:30 PM Fashion show and Dancing featuring DJ - Ted Teichert

Tickets: Adults $75.00, Teens $50.00

For more information visit www.corinnejohnson.net

Wining, Dining and Dancing to Benefit Victims of Domestic Violence

The Party: Jeans & Jewels Fundraiser with Celeb Auctioneer and MC Billy Costa on Saturday, March 13

A dance party with celebrity guest auctioneer KISS 108 and NECN TV Diner’s Billy Costa is being held to benefit families impacted by domestic violence on Saturday, March 13. The Party: Jeans & Jewels fundraiser will feature a live and silent auction, dancing, cocktails and food stations at DiBurro’s in Ward Hill, Haverhill between 6 p.m. and midnight. Proceeds from the event will benefit the programs of the Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center offices in Newburyport and Amesbury.

Local residents Louis Rubenfeld and his wife Cyndi Barry Rubenfeld are co-chairs of the fundraiser and Arthur S. Page Insurance in Newburyport is the presenting sponsor.
“This is such a fun fundraiser. It’s casual but people can dress up their jeans with jewels or fancy tops. The idea is just to kick back and enjoy the evening for a good cause,” says Suzanne Dubus, executive director of the Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center.

This year, one of the live auction items is an opportunity to join Billy Costa and TV Diner crew for a taping of Cookin’ with Costa segment and other live auction items include trips to Africa, a private yacht cruise for up to 49 guests in and around Boston, a weeklong getaway to a home in St. Barts, and Celtics, Red Sox and Bruins tickets – right on the glass, as well as a chance to hit the skies either as a jet fighter pilot for the day, take a sunset flight over Newburyport and Plum Island or enjoy a glider flight at 3ooo feet. Silent auction items include New England weekend getaways, a fishing excursion, children’s party events, jewelry, spas and gift certificates to many local restaurants and retailers. There will be a cash bar and DJ Scott Langlois will provide entertainment, along with harpist Beverly Peeke.

Reservations are $60 per person. For more information or to make reservations, visit www.jeannegeigercrisiscenter.org or call 978-465-0999.

For more than 25 years, the Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center has been helping individuals and families who are at risk because of domestic violence. What began as the compassionate mission of several volunteer parishioners of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Newburyport in 1982, has grown into a nationally-recognized nonprofit organization serving families from Amesbury, Merrimac, Georgetown, Newbury, Newburyport, Rowley, Salisbury, West Newbury and Groveland. The mission of the Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center is to empower community members to live free from fear, intimidation, violence or the threat of abuse by providing support, advocacy and education. Its goal is to end domestic violence and create communities that are safe for all its members. For more information, visit www.jeannegeigercrisiscenter.org or call 978.465.0999.

MSPCA Benefit in Lawrence

6th ANNUAL HAIR OF THE DOG WINE & BEER TASTING and ART SHOW TO BENEFIT MSPCA

Get ready for the 6th Annual Hair of the Dog Wine & Beer Tasting, a benefit for the Methuen MSPCA on Friday evening, April 30th , from 6 to 9 p.m. Hosted for the fourth year in a row by the Essex Art Center at 56 Island Street in Lawrence, the tasting will also feature an art show of works by over 20 Merrimack Valley artists.

In an effort to build on last year’s successful event, which had over 350 attendees and raised more than $10,000 for the Nevins Farm, the event this year will be even bigger and better. We’ve expanded the space this year to include Chester’s (which is right next door through the courtyard) giving us more space for attendees, artists, food and of course wine and beer! As usual the event is jointly sponsored by Essex Art Center in Lawrence and the owners of Andover’s Shawsheen Village Liquors, Michael and Sheri Helman and Whole Foods Market Andover.

The wines and beers will be donated, as always, by the Helmans. Whole Foods Market Andover, is back again this year and is providing another array of delicious appetizers for everyone to sample.

A wide range of artists will have works on view and for sale. They include jewelry makers, potters, painters, sculptors who work in clay, and artists who work in fabric. In keeping with the animal theme, some are even bringing animal-themed art.

Come meet the artists and the Helmans (but not their pets, and don’t bring yours, please). Have some food, a little wine and beer, and listen to the live music of the White Street Band, a Chicago style blues band with a rock and roll edge, while you contribute to a good cause.

The cost of attending the tasting will be $30 at the door or $25 in advance. Tickets can be purchased at Shawsheen Village Liquors, 4 Poor Street, Andover, (978) 475-3636; at the MSPCA, Nevins Farm, 400 Broadway (Route 28), Methuen, (978) 687-7453, Ext. 6105; or online at www.mspca.org/nevinsfarm.

One hundred percent of all ticket proceeds go directly to the MSPCA at Nevins Farm. Ten percent of all wine and art sales will also be donated to the shelter.

For more information, go to www.shawsheenliquors.com and click on “Good Wines for Great Causes.”

5th Annual Hair of the Dog Wine & Beer Tasting and Art Show to Benefit MSPCA

Title: 5th Annual Hair of the Dog Wine & Beer Tasting and Art Show to Benefit MSPCA
Location: Essex Art Center - 56 Island Street - Lawrence
Description: The 5th Annual Hair of the Dog Wine & Beer Tasting, a benefit for the Methuen MSPCA’s Nevins Farm, will take place on Friday, May 1st, 2009 from 6pm-9pm.

The event will be hosted by the Essex Art Center, located at 56 Island Street in Lawrence.

The benefit event comes at a time when three MSPCA animal care and adoption centers in other parts of the state are being closed. The closures will be coupled with downsizing at the organization, which in 2008 lost over $11 million, more than 25% of its endowment. “That loss makes it more important than ever for people to come out and support us this year,” said Sheri Helman, who with her husband, Michael, owns Andover’s Shawsheen Village Liquors. The Helmans founded the event and donate all the beer and wine for the tasting.

Last year, Hair of the Dog raised more than $8000 for Nevins Farm. Once again, 100% of all ticket proceeds will go directly to it; so will 10% of all liquor and art sales. In addition, one of the dog-friendly wineries whose wines are being featured will donate $1 for every bottle of its wine sold at the event.

The winery is Hugh Hamilton of Australia, parent company of JimJim, whose namesake is a canine and whose website proclaims: “This is God’s own country for growing grapes and being a dog.” Featured wines from that vineyard will include “The Rascal,” a shiraz; “The Scallywag,” an unwooded chardonnay; and the new blend, Knick Knack Paddy Wack Ossie Red.

In all, there will be 50 wines from four continents, and crafts beers from some of the best small breweries in the country. There will also be appetizers, donated, prepared, and served by Whole Foods Market Andover.

Last year, Whole Foods became a sponsor of the event, attended by nearly 300 people.

In keeping with the MSPCA’s statement of belief, this year will feature an animal-friendly menu. That means any meat served will be from sources independently confirmed to follow minimum standards pertaining to the humane treatment of animals—i.e., “Certified Humane.” Whole Foods meat department standards themselves stipulate no antibiotics ever, no added hormones ever, and a vegetarian diet for all farm animals. In addition, Whole Foods works only with local farmers and ranchers who raise animals humanely and naturally in a free-roaming setting.

As always, a wide range of artists will have works on view and for sale at the tasting. The artists include jewelry makers, potters, painters, sculptors who work in clay, and artists who work in fabric. In keeping with the animal theme, some are bringing animal-themed art.

Also, back by popular demand, the White Street Band, a Chicago style blues band with a rock and roll edge, will provide live music.

Tickets for attending the tasting are: $25 at the door, or $20 in advance. Tickets can be purchased at Shawsheen Village Liquors, 4 Poor Street, Andover, (978) 475-3636; at the MSPCA, Nevins Farm, 400 Broadway (Route 28), Methuen, (978) 687-7453, Ext. 6118; or online at: www.mspca.org/nevinsfarm

For more information, please visit: www.shawsheenliquors.com
and click on “Great Wines for Great Causes.”

Start Time: 18:00
Date: 2009-05-01
End Time: 21:00

Jeans & Jewels Fundraiser to Benefit Domestic Violence Victims

Title: Jeans & Jewels Fundraiser to Benefit Domestic Violence Victims
Location: Ipswich Country Club
Description: Local businesses and community residents are being invited to have fun while helping families impacted by domestic violence by attending The Party: Jeans & Jewels at the Ipswich Country Club on Saturday, March 21st, 2009 from 6pm to midnight.

The event will feature a live and silent auction, dancing and a night having fun in your best-dressed jeans. Proceeds will benefit the programs of the Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center in Newburyport.

Live auction items include trips to Africa, Tuscany and red-hot Red Sox tickets with silent auction items ranging from New England weekend getaways and spa visits to gift certificates to restaurants and museums.

Cash bar for all guests 21+ and DJ Al Sablone will provide entertainment. Reservations are recommended with tickets at $60 per person.

For more information or to make reservations, please call: (978) 465-0999, or visit: www.jeannegeigercrisiscenter.org
Date: 2009-03-21

Catwalk-4-Cancer Fashion Show Benefitting Breast Cancer

Title: Catwalk-4-Cancer Struts Fashion Show Benefitting Breast Cancer
Location: Central Catholic High School - Lawrence, MA
Description: The second annual Catwalk-4-Cancer Fashion Show will be held on Saturday, March 21st, 2009 at 7pm at Central Catholic High School in Lawrence, MA. All proceeds will go toward breast cancer research. Students and faculty will model the latest Spring fashions by the area’s finest boutiques on a custom-built, 55-foot long runway in Central’s Memorial Gymnasium. The venue will be transformed from a sporting arena into a fashion house. This year’s theme is juxtaposition of pink ribbons and Greco-Roman influence, inspired by the phrase “There’s a Goddess In You.”

A breast cancer survivor will be the guest speaker, and a nationally recognized dance team will perform during the evening. There will be raffle prizes from stores like dino Furs, Elizabeth Grady, Fennell Imaging, and Bella Beads. Fashions will be provided form First Date, Stitch, GiGi’s, Native Sun, Dresscode, Russo Tux, TJK Co., Cristina’s, Irresistible’s, Case di Stile, and CoCo Collection. New york designer Hannah Shaw will debut their Spring/Summer collections. Hair and makeup will be provided by Best-of-Boston winner Indra Salon.

In its second year, the Catwalk-4-Cancer Fashion Show was created by a group of devoted students and teachers from Central who came together under one cause: the fight against breast cancer. Combining an appreciation of fashion with a love for philanthropy, the Catwalk Committee changed Central’s history. The Catwalk was the school’s first ever student-run fashion show, and was the first fundraiser to benefit a predominantly female cause. Last year’s successful debut boasted over 800 guests and raised more than $15,000 for breast cancer research, testing, screening, and education.

Tickets are $15 each and can be purchased by visiting the Central Catholic website: www.centralcatholic.net
Start Time: 07:00
Date: 2009-03-21

An Evening Around the World

Title: An Evening Around the World
Location: DiBurro’s Function Hall - Haverhill
Link out: Click here
Description: Spend and Evening Around the World Saturday, April 11th, 2009 at DiBurro’s in Haverhill.

The 23rd annual event & auction will benefit the children of The Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence. Over 400 people are expected to attend and help to raise funds to benefit some of the poorest, at-risk children in the Commonwealth.

Guest can enjoy an open bar 5:30pm-6:30pm, and the silent auction will run 5:30pm-7:30pm. The dinner will be held at 7:30pm with the live auction beginning at 8pm.

Tickets are $125 per person.

For more information, donation of an auction item, purchasing ticker, or any additional questions, please contact Kathy Boshar at: kboshar@lawrencebgc.com, call: (978) 683-2747, or visit: www.lawrencebgc.com

Start Time: 17:30
Date: 2009-04-11
End Time: 23:00