With children starting back to school Tuesday, make sure you remember to slow down in the school zones. After-school programs are so very important to many parents and children, and the Boys and Girls Club of Western Nevada is gearing up for the KIDS Auction and World's Greatest BBQ. This 10th annual fund-raiser brings in more than $100,000 to help with operating budget.
Listen to the Drifters as you look over tables loaded with artwork and merchandise donated to raise funds for the club. To help donate auction items or attend, see below.
Not all schoolchildren qualify for the Carson City School District's Homeless Program to receive a new pair of shoes. The Carson City Jaycees will have the fifth annual No Holds Barred Chili/Salsa Cook-off and Beer Tasting fund-raiser. Money will go to the "Happy Feet" program, which puts new shoes on needy children's feet in the Carson City area. There will be lots of food, arts and crafts, live music, plus more than 15 beers for tasting (and purchasing). The Jaycees are looking for chili/salsa competitors and craft vendors.
Members of Soroptimist International of Carson City and the
Carson Advocates for Cancer Care are planning the second annual Strokes for Hopes Golf Tournament, which sold out last year. It raised $17,000 after expenses, and organizers are hoping to receive even more to help provide mammograms for an estimated 1,500 women between the ages of 40 and 49 who are underinsured or
not insured. More information on this event is coming.
National Best Sellers Real Estate' "Boot Scootin' BBQ" is Sept. 20 at the Governor's Mansion from 5 to 9 p.m. David John and the Comstock Cowboys will play, and Molly's Gourmet Catering provides the grub. Reserved tickets are $400 for a table of eight, and Cowpoke tickets are $35 each. Raffle tickets are five for $20.
Gov, Kenny Guinn will speak at the Carson City Republican Central Committee Thursday.
WHO: Carson City Republican Central Committee
WHAT: Gov. Kenny Guinn speaks
WHEN: Thursday
TIME: Social time, 6:45 p.m., meeting, 7
WHERE: Plaza Hotel, second floor
801 S. Carson Street
COST: Free
WHO: Boys & Girls Club of Western Nevada
WHEN: Saturday, Sept. 6
WHERE: Mills Park Pavilion
TIME: 3 p.m.
WHAT: Barbecue, hosted cocktails, auction and concert by the
Drifters.
COST: $75
PHONE: Boys & Girls Club, 882-8820; Carson Station, 883-0900; and
Pi-on Plaza, 883-9000
WHAT: Information on the Strokes for Hope Golf Tournament by Soroptimist International of Carson City and the Carson Advocates for Cancer Care
WHEN: Sept. 10
WHERE: KPTL radio (1300 AM)
TIME: noon-1 p.m.
WHO: Carson City Jaycees
WHEN: Sept. 20
WHERE: Third and Carson streets
TIME: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
COST: Free, $3 chili/salsa-tasting starter kits; $10 beer-
tasting wrist band.
PHONE: Lori Brown, 882-7207
PROCEEDS BENEFIT: The Happy Feet program
WHO: National Best Sellers
WHAT: Boot Scootin' BBQ
WHEN: Sept. 20
WHERE: Governor's Mansion
TIME: 5 to 9 p.m.
WHAT: Music by David John and the Comstock Cowboys, food by Molly's Gourmet Catering
COST: Reserved tickets $400 for a table of eight; Cowpoke tickets $35 each.
CONTACT: Mary Jo or Valerie, 883-8500
PROCEEDS BENEFIT: Carson Tahoe Cancer Center Advocates, Safe Grad Night, Carson and Dayton's Meals on Wheels, CASA and GROW.
Next week: More on Strokes for Hope and the Boot Scootin' BBQ .
Contact Riggs at kimriggs@att.net.