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| Wednesday, 10 January 2007 | |
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HOLIDAY CHARITY BENEFIT AT CRAWDADDY’S
CHRISTMAS ON THE AVENUE For many years, the City of West Allis' Christmas Parade, Tree Lighting and the Downtown Business Improvement Holiday Stroll have been held on separate days. This year, on Saturday, December 1, 2007, we are going to combine these events to truly create a day-long celebration of the spirit of the season. The Christmas Parade, sponsored by Wauwatosa Savings Bank, will start off the celebration in the late morning. There will be a hunger task force food drive during and after the parade sponsored by Rupena’s, so bring your cans and nonperishable foods! After the parade is done, Downtown Greenfield Avenue businesses will host a variety of fun community activities for all ages. There will be free transportation running through the Downtown throughout the day. At 4 p.m., a community caroling sing-along will occur at City Hall. The event will culminate in the lighting of the City Hall Christmas tree at 4:30 pm.
---------------------------- Thank you to all who participated in our Holiday Charity Benefit efforts in December 2006. This year, Painted Parrot was a gracious host to 105 guests at the Benefit. We sold out of our gift certificate tree within 1 hour making it a very popular offering! Many attendees and others donated wrapped "White Elephant Gifts" for our auction. The unique nature of the auction was a lot of fun and we think that we have found the White Elephant of 2007 to display at next year's event. With all of your generous donations and purchases of gift certificates and auction items, we raised just over $5000.00 this year!!! With that money, we purchased gifts for 40 needy children and 50 needy seniors. Additionally, we purchased 177 food gift cards that were distributed to needy families and seniors in our communities. What a great way to end the year and start a new year! I would like to especially thank our Sponsors, Anchor Bank and Hub South as well as the larger donors including: the West Allis Professional Police Association, Dr. Frederick Walker, Sharon Larson, Majdecki's Sentry, and the many West Allis City Employees who made donations Of course, thank you to Greg and all of his staff at the Painted Parrot. The food and drink were great as was the atmosphere! |
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| Last Updated ( Sunday, 11 November 2007 ) |