Charity Event
Posted on August 14, 2013 under Storytelling with no comments yet
Those of you familiar with my webpage know that I have a separate tab for charity events which I update periodically. In case you haven’t been there lately ( shocking as this may seem ), I wanted to use this column to shamelessly promote an event coming up in September. This is to enable my legion of followers in such far flung places as New Zealand, Egypt, Paris, Edinburgh and Merrill, Wisconsin to book their flights early so that they can get a good seat at the performance!
Phil Milner, my writing colleague and I will be doing an evening of story telling on Thursday, September 26th. at 7:00 p.m. at the auditorium in the Schwartz School of Business at St.F.X. Every penny collected will go to the St. Vincent de Paul, an organization that does fantastic work assisting the poor and needy in the surrounding area.
The facility holds 300 people and our goal is to fill it. Tickets will go on sale at the end of next week and will be available at Brendan’s Fairway, The Tall and Small Café and Brosha’s Short Stoppe. You can also get tickets from Phil or myself. At $20, surely a bargain for an evening of laughter and all for a good cause. There may be some people who would like to make a donation over and above the cost of the ticket. Members of the board of the charity will be on site and can take your donation and issue you a tax receipt right on the spot.
We will be dusting off some of our favorite stories and reading them aloud. There will be an opportunity for audience participation ( this does not include hurling objects in the general direction of the stage ).
There will be one intermission and we will be providing tea, coffee and water.
Now, here’s where you come in. While we will be publicizing the event through the usual channels, there is no better way of getting the word out than by word of mouth. Please help us promote the event by telling your friends, doing Facebook and Twitter posts or standing on Main Street shouting it out at the top of your lungs. On second thought, you might want to take a pass on the last one or you might get charged under the Town’s noise by-law.
We are both pleased and excited to be doing this event and a full house would be very gratifying. Hope you and your army of friends will attend.
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