A fundraiser for The Haitian Well being Basis for earthquake aid in Haiti might be held at Cupacity in Damariscotta from 5:30-6:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 27.
Tickets are $25 per particular person and other people should RSVP prematurely at Sea Smoke Store in Damariscotta for area and refreshment planning functions by shut of enterprise on Wednesday, Aug. 25.
J & J Jamaican Grocery and Reward Store might be offering gentle Caribbean meals for the occasion.
Dean Curran, Damariscotta resident and former U.S. ambassador to Haiti, will give a casual replace on the present scenario in Haiti for occasion attendees.
The Haitian Well being Basis was chosen because the beneficiary of the fundraiser on account of steerage from Curran due to their confirmed 40-plus 12 months observe file of in-country service and decrease working bills as a basis.
“On Aug. 15, I woke as much as the information concerning the Haitian earthquake and my coronary heart sank,” stated Pennington Method, proprietor of Sea Smoke Store. “A number of years in the past, my neighbor Dean Curran, a former US ambassador to Haiti, had gotten me within the nation and its function within the Caribbean so I had been carefully following the information. Then a big hurricane hit the area simply days after the earthquake…compounding the destruction and hindering aid efforts. I referred to as Dean, rallied two wonderful downtown companies and an excellent native graphic designer, and began rapidly planning.”
Torie Van Horne DeLisle designed the poster for the occasion.
Attendance shouldn’t be required to contribute. Contributions at any stage are appreciated and might be made straight at Sea Smoke or through hyperlinks to The Haitian Well being Basis on Sea Smoke’s Fb and Instagram pages.
Pre-event ticket gross sales and donations at Sea Smoke have exceeded $1,100 since Friday, Aug. 20.
All funds will go to The Haitian Well being Basis for in-country earthquake aid. For extra info, go to haitianhealthfoundation.org.