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6/1 Blind Dog Rescue Alliance - Beef n Beer

Blind Dog Rescue Alliance - Beef n Beer

Date: June 1, 2013

Location: Cannstatters - 9130 Academy rd, Philadelphia, PA

Time: 6p-10p.

Tickets: $30 in advance, $35 at the door.

Roast beef, baked ziti, cole slaw and potato salad will be served. 
Lots of raffle bakets to win as well!

Proceeds to benefit Blind Dog Rescue Alliance, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to rescuing and rehoming blind and visually impaired dogs.

http://www.blinddogrescue.com/events/beefandbeer2013.html

Email dinner@blinddogrescue.org for more information.

www.BlindDogRescue.org

6p-10p, at Philadelphia, PA
6/5 Career Wardrobe - A Perfect Fit

A Perfect Fit: Celebrating the Story of a Suit

http://careerwardrobe.org/donate/financial-support/a-perfect-fit/

At Career Wardrobe their suits tell thousands of stories of hope, determination and opportunity.  Join them for an inspiring evening to raise money to empower women in our community this year as they start their journey toward success.
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 (5:30-9pm)
Crystal Tea Room – 100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, PA 19107

Purchase Tickets
Tickets start at $100

Raffle Tickets
One for $15 or 3 for $40

Event Hosts:  Marilyn Russell, BEN-FM Women to Watch
Everett Gillison, Deputy Mayor and Chief of Staff, City of Philadelphia
2013 Fashioning Futures for Women Award Honoree:
Kathleen Wilkinson, Esq.
Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association and
Partner, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Celebrity Fashion Show
Fashion show featuring local celebrities modeling suits they are donating to help women succeed.  Models scheduled to appear:

Monique Braxton, NBC10
Nicole Brewer, CBS3
Mary Caraccioli, 6ABC
Marian Conicella, Philadelphia Magazine
Cherri Gregg, KYW Newsradio
Karen Hepp, Fox 29
Annie McCormick,6ABC
Melissa Magee, 6ABC
Jillian Mele, NBC10
Dawn Stensland Mendte, WMCN44
Alicia Vitarelli, 6ABC
Erika von Tiehl, CBS3
Vittoria Woodill, CBS3

Agenda:

5:30pm    Cocktail Reception & Silent Auction
7:30pm    Story of a Suit Fashion Show
Fashioning Futures for Women Award Presentation
Live Auction & Dessert
Individual Ticket Options
•    Fashion Diva – $1000 (5 tickets – plus additional benefits)
•    Trendsetter – $500 (3 tickets – plus additional benefits)
•    Mentor – $300 (2 tickets – plus additional benefits)
•    Partner – $150 (1 ticket – plus additional benefits)
•    Individual Tickets – $100 each (Tickets will be $125 after 6/1/13)
5:30p, at Philadelphia, PA
6/6 Ladie's Night Out at Black Label Salon & Spa

Save the date for a ladie's night out at Black Label Salon & Spa! 

Enjoy hors d’oeuvres, refreshments, cocktails, makeup applications, blowouts, manicures, vendors, door prizes and more! 

Hand & Foot Scrubs by the team of LUSH Cherry Hill with delicious vegan and non-animal tested yummy products! 

Origami Owl will be there for you to create your own custom lockets with 20% of proceeds being donated to the dogs of Lilo's Promise. 

Seasons 52 will be supplying amazing desserts! 

Walk the red carpet and have great photos taken of you and your friends by the talented Valerie Bruder! 

Have a fabulous night with girlfriends at this beautiful and fantastic spa and salon! 

Tickets: $50.00. Call 856-207-7818 or email lilospromise@live.com. Tickets need to be purchased in advance. Proceeds will help Lilo's Promise save lives of dogs in need and help their fund to purchase a home for the dogs they rescue!

 

Black Label Salon & Spa

800 W. Route 70

Marlton, NJ

7p, at Marlton, NJ
6/15 Benefit for Melissa Oister

Come out to the benefit for Melissa Oister who is currently battling stage 4 cancer. There will be a benefit on June 15th at Gear Jammers (2295 E Main St) in Douglassville featuring bands, food and a great time. 

Noon-6p, at Douglassville, PA
6/15 Ticked Off Music Fest

Ticked Off Music Fest, a concert dedicated to Lyme disease awareness, will kick off its series in Wilmington, DE at the World Café Live at The Queen on June 15.

After a year of planning, Ticked Off Music Fest will finally kick off its first leg of the series.  The music festival, designed to bring awareness to Lyme and tick related diseases, will take place on June 15, 2013 starting at 4 p.m. at the World Café Live at The Queen in Wilmington, DE.  The line-up for the concert will include: Cliff Hillis, Laura Cheadle, John & Brittany, Melissa Cox, The Zen Engines and schroeder.

Proceeds from Ticked Off Music Fest will go to the TBDA (Tick-Borne Disease Alliance) - an organization dedicated to raising awareness, supporting research and promoting advocacy to find a cure for tick-borne diseases and to the Inanna House - an inpatient recovery center for chronic Lyme sufferers.

The Ticked Off Music Fest was founded in 2012 by Gregg Kirk, who currently hails from the NYC metro area and has been dealing with chronic Lyme for almost a decade.  Lyme and tick-borne diseases are the fastest growing infectious diseases in the country.

For more information about the Ticked Off Music Fest, go to: www.TickedOffMusicFest.com.

For all other inquiries, send email to: info@tickedoffmusicfest.com.

4p, at Wilmington, DE
6/22 Philadelphia NF Walk and 5K Run

You're invited to take part in the Philadelphia NF Walk and 5K Run to benefit the Children's Tumor Foundation.

Location: Doylestown Central Park, 452 Wells Road, Doylestown, PA, 18901

Event Schedule:

Registration/Check-In: 7:30 am - 9:00 am

Welcome: 9:00 am - 9:15 am

5K Run: 9:15 am - 10:00 am

Walk: 9:30 am - 10:00 am

Post-event Celebration/Picnic: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

 

Fees:

Runner: $30.00

Walker: $25.00

Child: $10.00 (Ages 4-12). Children 3 and under are free and do not have to register.

 

Please visit below for information / registration:

www.nfwalk.org/philadelphia2013         

 

Thank you for supporting the Children’s Tumor Foundation’s mission to end NF! To learn more about CTF visit www.ctf.org

7:30a, at Doylestown, PA
6/22 Flapjack Breakfast Fundraiser To Support Autism Speaks

Come help support Autism Speaks and eat unlimited pancakes at the same time!

Unlimited pancakes, link sausage and a beverage choice including coffee, orange juice, soda and tea.There will also be raffles and 50/50. If you are interested please call or e-mail for tickets and/or more info. Tickets are also sold at door.

Adults are $7.00 Kids are $5.00.

Proceeds benefit Autism Speaks.

AutismMom207@comcast.net or call 215-796-5524.

 

Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar

2501 Aramingo Ave

Philadelphia, PA 19125

8a-10a, at Philadelphia, PA
9/22 Faithful Friends' Hawgs for Dawgs

Motorcycle ride and family fun festival to benefit adoptable animals, programs and services at Faithful Friends Animal Society in Delaware. Music, food, games, contests. Enter your motorcycle in the bike show for $5. Entrance to festival is FREE. Motorcyclists must register online or day of event to be in the ride from Rommel Harley-Davidson New Castle (DE) to Middletown. $15/rider, includes pin and access to rider/volunteer hospitality building. www.faithfulfriends.us/event/64

Coleman's Christmas Tree Farm

550 Silver Run Rd (RT 9)

Middletown, DE 19709

Noon-6p, at Middletown, DE

     
 
 
 

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