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Summer Bash To Support Kids
The Summer Bash will be held at Melhorn Manor, 977 W. Main St., Mount Joy, from 4 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, July 30. It will feature food, drinks, live music, games and more, all to benefit the SLK Foundation.
“The foundation is named for the founder’s nephew, Sean Louis Kisielnicki, which is where the letters ‘SLK’ come from,” explained Brittany Garner, event co-chair. The foundation was created by Stephen Trott in 2016, when Trott began looking for ways to help his nephew, who was diagnosed with Hunter syndrome. Trott soon realized that other families needed help for their children with rare diseases as well, and the foundation was born.
“Insurance pays for a lot when you have a sick child, but if you have a rare disease, it’s often harder to get funding through insurance,” explained Garner. “We raise funds for everything from wheelchair ramps to wheelchairs, beds, car seats, medical equipment, medication, meals during hospital stays. We support the child and the family however they need it.” Families of children with rare diseases often face financial burdens, she noted. “If you have a kiddo who requires 24-hour care, you’re usually down to one income because one parent is home with the child and can’t work,” she stated.
Garner and Bradshaw came up with the idea for the Summer Bash as a way to not only raise funds for the organization, but also spread the word about its mission. “Everybody does a gala,” Garner said, noting that she has attended many for worthy causes. “This is something much more casual. It doesn’t have to be fancy to be fun. We’re all there to support the cause and to have fun. It’s casual dress, so come as you are.”
The evening will feature a summer buffet menu by Chef Autry, a cash bar, cornhole and other yard games, live music from Bit-O-Blues and giveaway baskets. Items up for grabs will include jewelry, makeup, Barnstormers tickets, gas cards, car detailing and more. The event will be held both indoors and outside, Garner noted, with plenty of room for indoor-only activities if the weather does not cooperate. The event is sponsored by The Solar Girl.
The foundation has set a fundraising goal of $10,000 for the Summer Bash, with proceeds benefiting families throughout central Pennsylvania. “There’s a tagline for the foundation which I really like that says, ‘A disease may be rare, but hope should not be,’” said Bradshaw. “That’s what this event is about - raising money to give these families hope.”
For more information or to purchase tickets for the SLK Summer Bash, visit https://tinyurl.com/y9sah7d5. For more information on the SLK Foundation, visit www.slkfoundation.org.
Inviting people to the SLK Summer Bash to Support Kids with Rare Diseases are Brittany Garner (left) and Beth Ann Bradshaw.
PUBLIC AUCTION
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Open House Showing Saturday, July 30 & August 6, 12:00-2:00 PM. For Financing, Photos, Full Listing, Terms See Website: www.witmanauctioneers.com Auction For: Craig E. Hasson Quatuor Danel
Gretna Music will present a concert by Israeli pianist Einav Yarden on Sunday, July 24, at 7:30 p.m. and a performance by Quatuor Danel on Sunday, July 31, at 7:30 p.m. Both events will take place in the Mount Gretna Playhouse, 200 Pennsylvania Ave., Mount Gretna.
Yarden will perform Eötvös’ “Dances of the Brush-Footed Butterfly”; C.P.E. Bach’s Fantasy in E-flat major, H. 277; J.S. Bach’s “Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue”; selections from Brahms’ Fantasies, Op. 116; Beethoven’s Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109; and more. Yarden has performed as a soloist for almost a dozen orchestras on stages from Paris to Philadelphia. When the longtime student of the late pianist Leon Fleisher is not performing for a live audience, she is teaching, collaborating, and learning with other musicians and working on CDs.
French string quartet Quatuor Danel’s performance will include Prokofiev’s String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 92; Auerbach’s String Quartet No. 5, “Song of Alkonost”; and Tchaikovsky’s String Quartet No. 3 in E-flat minor, Op. 30. Founded in the ‘90s, the quartet is composed of Marc Danel and Gilles Millet on violins, Vlad Bogdanas on the viola, and Yovan Markovitch on the cello. Quatuor Danel has performed on stages around the globe with specialties in Russian composers and freshening the traditional. Off-stage, the quartet is working on CDs and educating musicians in training.
Tickets range in price, and discounts are available for people age 18 and under, people ages 19 to 30, and adults who bring a young person. For tickets and more information, call 717-361-1508 or visit www.gretnamusic.org.
Gretna Music’s mission is to bring excellent musicians to central Pennsylvania. Established in 1975, primarily as a chamber music festival, the organization now offers jazz, family shows, and other non-classical offerings during the summer at the Mount Gretna Playhouse.
For more information about the organization, visit the aforementioned website or www.facebook.com/ gretnamusic.
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Chance To Win Car Posted
Hospice & Community Care has announced a giveaway drawing for a 2022 Ford Mustang. The winning ticket will be pulled on Monday, Sept. 5, at 4:30 p.m. at the Labor Day Auction at the Solanco Fairgrounds, located on Park Avenue in Quarryville. Those who purchase tickets for the drawing do not need to be present to win.
The Labor Day Auction will take place on both Saturday, Sept. 3, and Sept. 5. Items up for bids will include homemade treats prepared by the Amish community, handmade quilts, original art and tools. Proceeds from the Labor Day Auction and the car giveaway drawing will help patients and families to receive care and comfort while coping with a serious illness, facing the end of life, or grieving a loss.
For more information and to purchase tickets for the car giveaway, visit www.labordayauction.org and click “Take a Chance To Win.” Community members may also view the Mustang and buy tickets in person at several upcoming events; more details are available at the aforementioned website.
For more information, call 717-295-3900.
