Leave it to ReuNight Co-Chairs Mary Clare Finney and Kayla and Brian Roughton to come up with something different for this Wednesday’s fundraiser at the Place at Perry’s for The Family Place. They’ve already lined up Jody Dean as the emcee and Lucy Wrubel to supervise the sounds.
Kayla and Brian Roughton and Mary Clare Finney (File photo)
Of course, the food and wines will be more than fabulous and the guests are guaranteed to be the gorgeous, generous set. Unlike the mega-fundraisers, where thousands crowd into a ballroom, this one is chic, intimate and not typical of the usual fundraisers with live auctions. Maybe it’s because their arms are worn out from raising those darn paddles.
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Well, Mary Clare, Kayla and Brian realized that they had a treasure trove of “investments” within The Family Place itself — its programs and people!
Instead of an auction, they’re inviting guests to donate outright for the following “opportunities” to make a difference for good for The Family Place’s clients:
- $500 — provides a child access to the accredited childcare services for one month at The Family Place Safe Campus
- $1,000 — provides one month of medical supplies for all clients at The Safe Campus Clinic
- $2,500 — provides one month of safe living in transitional housing for a family
- $5,000 — provides two months of safe living in transitional housing for a family
- $10,000 — provides six months of taxi services to bring women and children to safety
- $15,000 — provides six weeks of Be Project anti-bullying education for 450 fifth-grade public school students
- $30,000 — supports group facilitators for victims and their children
These services are absolute necessities for women and children escaping abusive situations to break the cycle of their past and start new lives in a positive direction.
If you haven’t gotten your tickets, better get to it and stop eating now because you’re really gonna want to stuff yourself Wednesday!
* Graphic courtesy of The Family Place