Maggie and Richie Backus
Family Benefit Celebration
August 17 at Liberty Hall
Friends of Maggie and Richie Backus are joining
together to organize a benefit concert and celebration to be
held August 17, from 6-9 p.m., at Liberty Hall in downtown Lawrence.
A community of friends from near and far wish to help Maggie
with her fight against cancer and to offer love and support
to her and her family.
Billed as the Maggie and Richie Backus
Family Benefit Celebration, the show will include a large number
of musicians and a variety of local bands, with the focus
on the music of
Neil Young and Lucinda Williams. Maggie will speak briefly on
cancer awareness.
Light fare will be provided as well as a variety of activities
geared towards younger people with a silent auction of both real
and imaginary items! Everyone is invited. Besides a grand celebration
we also hope to raise enough money to help offset the costs of
Maggie's treatment. A twenty dollar donation is suggested (kids
at half price) but all are welcome regardless.
Anyone
wishing to participate or be more involved please contact us
through
BackusBenefit@yahoogroups.com.
Or you can email Jane Patrick directly kansashousewife@sunflower.com.
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are going to try and send One Hundred Good Women members an announcement
or reminder each month of a community service or community need. We
will also spotlight this community need on the website. Click on
our new
Spotlight
Need link (in the black border on the left, under )
to check out this month's community need!
Resource Sharing Open House
Ever wonder what others are doing to promote compassion, or to bring awareness and collaboration for empowering women, or to address our local and global social and emotional well being in our community?
One Hundred Good Women
and Women Speak are wondering too...
Join us for this NEW Women Speak Event
Sunday, September 28, 2008
3-5 pm
Steve's Place
Individuals and organizations
are invited to display projects promoting a sense of community
involving the social, emotional and environmental support of
children, women and families. Booths will be set up to
display projects, share information woman to woman, and provide
opportunities for dialogue.
The event also includes a potluck sharing
of snacks and finger foods plus fun and socializing for women
and families. EVERYONE is welcome - members, non-members,
family members, friends, and children of all ages!!! Bring
your favorite potluck snack, your friends and family, and come
learn and share!
What this is NOT: We're not having a craft fair
and no craft items will be included, no items will be for sale.
We are sharing ideas and resources.
... more
A HUGE Thank You! to
Vic
Cagan and the
Women Speak,
Lunafest committee for their outstanding work in bringing
us the
LUNAFEST
Film Festival this year. Lunafest is i
nspiring,
emotional, fun, touching, and informative films for women
about women sponsored by Luna Bar. LUNAFEST was a great success
with proceeds going to The Breast Cancer Fund, scholarships
for women students in the KU Department of Theatre & Film,
GaDuGi Safe Center, and WTCS. A warm thank you to all
of our special sponsors that helped One Hundred Good Women
and Women Speak host this event.
... And a very special thank you to Treanor Architects,
P.A. for their sponsorship.
Did you know? ....One
Hundred Good Women will
now accept your donated
credit card reward certificates or un-used gift cards! We
keep them on hand for folks and families in need.
Its another great way to help those in our community!
Contact Jennie
Washburn or call, 841-0200.
Check out the new
Special
Needs Fund Blog from The Arc of Douglas County. ARC
is an advocacy and support organization promoting community acceptance
for children with developmental disabilities.
Would you like to work for peace,
one stitch at a time? Join Lawrence knitters and crocheters
who are knitting afghans, socks, mittens, hats or vests for the
children and families of Afghanistan. Afghans
for Afghans collects
the knitted gifts and sends them to be distributed
directly to Afghan women and children. The next deadline
is coming up soon--around Mother's Day. Go toafghansforAfghans.org
for pattern directions and instructions and designs
to avoid (no images). Ann
Kuckelman Cobb has offered
to collect and send for the Lawrence group. Contact Ann to
participate.