What a night
Norwell Mariner, MA
July 28, 2005
They were still counting the money on Tuesday afternoon.
Approximately 550 guests attended Mt. Blue's annual garden party and auction Monday night, and although the total figure had yet to be tallied by the following afternoon, Jayne Bowe from Mt. Blue said she's confident event organizers reached their fundraising goal of $30,000.
The money brought in on Monday - through ticket sales, as well as through the sale of items in both silent and live auctions - will be donated to the Duxbury Bay Maritime School (DBMS).
The non-profit school, which is located in Snug Harbor, Duxbury, will use the funds to support two of its summer outreach programs; Maritime Adventures and ACCESSAIL.
In Maritime Adventures, which is held in conjunction with the Crossroads for Kids program at Duxbury's Camp Wing, underprivileged children from Boston learn - tuition-free - how to sail, row, fish and kayak for six weeks in the summer.
The ACCESSAIL program provides people of all age groups who have disabilities to have the experience of summertime sailing in Duxbury Bay.
Bowe said the live auction brought in more than $7,000 on Monday, including a whopping $2,600 which was paid for a guitar that was autographed by members of the rock band Aerosmith, including Steven Tyler who attended Monday night's festivities. Another $2,400 was raised through the sale of four tickets to see the Rolling Stones perform at Fenway Park in Boston later this summer.
At the evening's end, 12 attendees also volunteered to cover the tuition costs for 12 more students - one child each - to attend the Maritime Adventure program this summer, at a tuition cost of $300 each.
"It really was smooth," said Bowe.
July 28, 2005
They were still counting the money on Tuesday afternoon.
Approximately 550 guests attended Mt. Blue's annual garden party and auction Monday night, and although the total figure had yet to be tallied by the following afternoon, Jayne Bowe from Mt. Blue said she's confident event organizers reached their fundraising goal of $30,000.
The money brought in on Monday - through ticket sales, as well as through the sale of items in both silent and live auctions - will be donated to the Duxbury Bay Maritime School (DBMS).
The non-profit school, which is located in Snug Harbor, Duxbury, will use the funds to support two of its summer outreach programs; Maritime Adventures and ACCESSAIL.
In Maritime Adventures, which is held in conjunction with the Crossroads for Kids program at Duxbury's Camp Wing, underprivileged children from Boston learn - tuition-free - how to sail, row, fish and kayak for six weeks in the summer.
The ACCESSAIL program provides people of all age groups who have disabilities to have the experience of summertime sailing in Duxbury Bay.
Bowe said the live auction brought in more than $7,000 on Monday, including a whopping $2,600 which was paid for a guitar that was autographed by members of the rock band Aerosmith, including Steven Tyler who attended Monday night's festivities. Another $2,400 was raised through the sale of four tickets to see the Rolling Stones perform at Fenway Park in Boston later this summer.
At the evening's end, 12 attendees also volunteered to cover the tuition costs for 12 more students - one child each - to attend the Maritime Adventure program this summer, at a tuition cost of $300 each.
"It really was smooth," said Bowe.
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