The 20th Annual Hospice Memorial Tree fundraiser will begin Monday, December 8 at 11 a.m. at Kinney Drugs on Route 28 in Old Forge.
Donations to The Hospice Tree of Support and Caring enables the volunteers in the Town of Webb to provide a person the dignity, integrity, and personal choice of spending his or her last days at home.
Local members will man the tree through Sunday, December 14 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 to 7 p.m.
An All-Girls Cocktail Party, the second annual gathering to honor the memory of the late Kirsty Sutherland, will be held at the Eagle Bay Park camp of Deb and John Barry on Sunday, August 24 from 6 p.m.
Sara Dempsey, the 2013 and 2014 recipient of the Kirsty Sutherland Culinary Scholarship, and Eric Sutherland. Photo by Gina Greco
The party, at 127 Eagle Point Rd., will include cocktails and non-alcoholic beverages and a variety of Kirsty’s signature appetizers. Continue reading
Raffle items for the Friends of the Old Forge Library’s annual Library Bash are currently on display at the library. Tickets for the annual fundraiser, which will be held Sunday, August 10 from 4 to 6 p.m., are $15 and can be purchased during regular library hours.
Among the prize items and their donors are: Painting “Moose River Rapids” by Louise Watson; Signed “Eighth Army Air Force Series” by author Cheryl Pula; Children’s Books by The Friends of Old Forge Library; Painting in rustic frame made by Cheryl McCarley. Continue reading
Alan Saban, performing arts program manager of VIEW, reports that tickets for the fundraiser, “A Tasty View at Albedor,” has sold out and no tickets will be available at the door for the Saturday, June 14 event. Continue reading
Due to stormy weather on Wednesday, March 12, the fundraising dinner at the Front Door Diner to benefit AYSO, the Kommunity Youth Activity Center, and the Old Forge Little League program has been rescheduled for Wednesday, March 19th.
The dinner will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. and there will be choices of $12 and $15 meals. Take out is encouraged.
Fifty percent of evening’s sales will divided between the three youth organizations.
Thank you to all those who supported our Guest Bartending last Thursday at The Wood’s Inn in support of T.H.E. Loop motorcycle fundraising event.
You helped us raise $360 towards this year’s ride on October 1st, which benefits cancer patients at four local treatment centers.
Thank you also to Joedda and Jay for allowing us this opportunity, and a special thank you to Kelly for letting us be in her way!
Kathy Beauchamp
and Mary Lamphear
Linda and Sarah Cohen of Old Forge have donated an original Lloyd Schafer watercolor to the Old Forge Library for a fundraising raffle.
The painting is on display in the library wing. Chances are available at the library and are $20 each. Only 100 tickets will be sold.
The drawing will take place when all of the tickets are sold.
Schafer was a well known area artist who painted and sold hundreds of watercolor paintings and art works.
Following his retirement as a design engineer at Remington Arms of Ilion, he opened an art studio at Singing Waters outside of Old Forge.
Schafer, who passed away in 2008, was also known for contributing his talent to benefit community projects and organizations.
For many years he donated his paintings for raffles to benefit the library. He was also an active member of the Arts Guild of Old Forge.
More information is available by calling the library at (315) 369-6008.