Picnic/silent auction August 28 at Mud Hens

Posted: Tuesday, August 2, 2011 by: June Remley | Category: Arts and Entertainment


Event: Hot August Night picnic/silent and live auctions to benefit Northwest Ohio Community Shares, a federation of 28 northwest Ohio-based non-profit organizations.

Date/Time: Sunday, August 28, 4 p.m.

Location: Fifth Third Field, downtown Toledo

Tickets: $35/person (or $20/child under 12) and includes admission to the Mud Hens game, an all-you-can-eat buffet dinner, cash bar, 50/50 raffle, and silent and live auctions. Call 419-243-6637 for tickets.

Background: Community Shares is an essential source of financial support and visibility in the community for 28 local non-profits which address some of the most pressing needs facing our community today: health and human services, education and the arts, the environment, and social justice and peace.

Northwest Ohio Community Shares member agencies:
Assistance Dogs of America, Inc
ACLU of Ohio Foundation, Northwest Ohio Chapter
Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc
Beach House Family Shelter
Campaign for Migrant Worker Justice
Children’s Theatre Workshop
Collingwood Arts Center
Equality Toledo
FOCUS
Family & Friends of NODC
Family Promise
Hannah’s Socks
International Boxing Club
League of Women Voters of Ohio Education Fund
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Northwest Ohio
Masterworks Chorale
Maumee Valley Save-A-Pet
MLK Center/Kitchen for the Poor
Mountain Mentors
Nature’s Nursery Ctr. For Wildlife Rehabilitation & Conservation Education
Old West End Association
Perrysburg Symphony Chorale
Scrap4Art
Sylvania Area Family Services
Toledo Area Jobs with Justice Coalition
Toledo Area Ministries
Toledo Repertoire Theatre
Wood County Humane Society
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Press Release Contact Name: June Remley
Press Release Contact Email: [email protected]
Press Release Contact Phone: 419-243-6637
Organization Name: Northwest Ohio Community Shares
Website or Link: www.communitysharesnwohio.org
Organization Address: P.O. Box 4642, Toledo, OH, 43610