Putting the Fun in Fundraiser

Yeah, I’m thinking about you guys. I’m thinking about the people of Haiti, too, but right now I’m thinking about you guys.

See, last year I had to raise $5,000 for Haiti Habitat in order to go on the Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project. And you all came through for me. I didn’t have so much as a party to meet my goal: people just went online and clicked in donations until I was finished. And I went to Haiti and spent a week there that felt like a month. I got to shower with tarantulas and fight vertigo in the heat and try to hammer hurricane clips with my double-vision and spend sleepless nights in the meal tent blogging and sleep in a tent with thirteen other women on a cot under a mosquito net.

Soooo… I wanna do it again! Which means I have to raise $5,000 again. But I want to reward my friends for their unquestioning generosity last year. I want to put the “fun” in “fundraisers” for you. You’re going to love it!

Who doesn’t love lobster? Well, Susannah doesn’t, but as the hostess of the “Peanut Party,” she’s aware that sometimes allergies will keep you home. For everyone else, Jeff Benjamin at Viking Lobster is putting together a menu for our Lobster for Lumber night on June 18^th, and Kate Little will be pairing up wine for us. There will be a basket auction and a live auction — I’ll post more about the auction items as we get closer to the date, but they are FABULOUS! Tickets are $75 and can be purchased by clicking the Lobster for Lumber “Pay Now” button on the right. Hurry – seating is limited!

And who doesn’t love laughing? Well, Susannah sure does, as is evidenced by every night out with her. Rob Lederman at Rob’s Comedy Playhouse will be hosting Headliners for Haiti on July 22^nd from 6.30-9.00. Mark Saldana will be said headliner, and your $25 ticket covers your first two drinks as well. Because Mark is funny, but Mark is funnier to silly drunk people. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased now with the Headliners for Haiti “Pay Now” button to the right.

Are you having fun yet? Because there’s one more, still to be determined. It’s a Guest Bartending Night in late August, featuring all of the Sue Crew (Taylor, Campbell, Currie, Gray, and Deb Oberg, who we love like a Sue). Come to the bar and hear Susannah laugh! Talk to her about her shellfish allergy! And peanut recipes! All of your generous tips that night will go to Haiti Habitat. I mean, monetary tips, not things like, “Wear your sunscreen!” and “Tarantulas are more afraid of you than you are of them!” Because they’re actually not. Not in Haiti…

I hope that makes it more fun for you than listening to me whine and beg. I mean, I’ll still whine about other things, but I won’t beg. As much. Did I mention I love you guys? Because I really, really do.