THE KATIE V 5K
The Katie V 5K on October 27th was a great success! Weather didn't dampen spirits as more than 1 00 friends and family participated in the 5K in loving memory of Katie von der Lieth. Thank you von der Lieth family for your donation to Embrace A Family!
DC CONSIGNMENT NATICK FUNDRAISER
DC Consignment Fall Fashion Friday Shopping Event - November 3rd, 2017. We all enjoyed Wine and Cheese and laughs while we shopped and received personal style advise from the wonderful sales people at this great local Consignment store! Thank you to everyone stopped by and thank you to DC Consignment for your generous donation!
BOSTON MARATHON
A Big Thank You and Congratulations to our 2019 Boston Marathon runners!!!
Craig Blais and Danielle Zinck raised over $12,850.00 for Embrace A Family. It was so great to cheer them both on!
ZIA CLOTHING OUTLET
Shopping, Wine and Cheese Celebration
Another successful FUNraiser at ZIA Clothing Outlet where we all shopped 'til we dropped! In April 2019 owner Karen Kostigen once again opened her doors and donated a portion of the day's sales to Embrace A Family. We all enjoyed wine, cheese and of course lots of shopping! Thanks Karen!
Zia Clothing Outlet, 91 Trapelo Road, Belmont, www.ziaclothing.com
STRIVERS MOTHER'S DAY 5K
The STRIVERS Mother’s Day 5K race is a unique event, bringing out the best in the MetroWest Community. Mother’s Day starts off each year with the “gift” of an early morning run with great company!
Moms, daughters, sisters, and girlfriends use this race day as a way to restore, refill, and replenish who you are and all that you do for others. Dads, sons, brothers, uncles, boyfriends, come and support those women important in your life while also celebrating your health and well being.
WINE, DINE & GAMBLE
On Saturday, September 28th, 40 of us boarded a comfortable motorcoach and headed to Mohegan Sun for a fun filled few hours of food, shopping and gambleing. We were served Beer, Wine, cheese & crackers on the way. We spent 4 hours at the Mohegan Sun Resort Casino, some gambled, othrs shopped, but everyone had a great time! We raised over $1,500.00 for Embrace A Family! Thanks to everyone who joined us!
DANA-FARBER'S MAMMOGRAPHY VAN
Dana-Farber's Mammography Van will be coming back to Natick in May 2019 marking our 11th year!
SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT
We want to express our sincere thank you to The Natick Men’s Softball League for hosting the 2nd annual One-Pitch Softball Tournament, a fundraiser to benefit our program Embrace A Family.
Paul Adams, President of the league and commissioner Rodney Spinazola were instrumental in putting this event together.
Ten teams participated which raised over $5,000.00 Congratulations to the winning team. They were given a bright Pink Softball Bat with our logo on it and tee-shirts generously designed and donated by John Connolly. Thank you John.
We sold delicious pizza from many local Natick Restaurants. Thank you to Bills Pizza, Lola's, Pizza Peddler and Agostino's.
Thank you to the Framingham Brueggers Bagels for their generous donation of bagels and cream cheese!
So many came out that day to cheer on the players and so many volunteered. We had a lot of fun and certainly a lot of laughs. Kids were busy with face painting, tattoos, nail painting and friendship bracelets when they weren’t busy cheering on their favorite team.
YARD SALE
"BIG - REALLY BIG!" That's what members of Natick Rotary's "Embrace A Family" program are saying about their giant, multi-family charity yard sale that was held on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011 at Stone's Auto on North Main Street just outside of Natick Center.
It was a successful day! EAF raised over $3,500!
AN EVENING OF MUSIC & "FUN-RAISING" AT NICHOLAS RESTAURANT
112 people attended a really fun night filled with music and food at Nicholas Restaurant. We had some great raffle items and raised over $3,800.
We would like to thank Sharon and John Stoumaras of Nicholas Restaurant for hosting our event. Also thanks to Laurie Young and the Daves's Fault Band who donated their time and talent and entertained the crowd until midnight!
