Homeward Bound Raises $17,000 for Families in Need

More than a dozen local restaurants and wineries served up delicious samples to nearly 200 guests at the Radisson Hotel in Nashua on Thursday, December 1, all in the name of supporting Anne-Marie House, a nonprofit, transitional housing program for children and families experiencing homelessness. The event, called “Homeward Bound,” raised more than $17,000 for the charity, all of which will go to help those in need.

“We are grateful and humbled by the tremendous outpouring of support for our program from our local community,” said Laurie Skibba, Network Director of Anne-Marie House. “Without the generosity of the Radisson Hotel in Nashua, our emcee Ms. Carolyn Choate, our local restaurants and wineries, silent auction and raffle donors, guests, donors and volunteers, we would not be able to continue to provide a safe home and resources to our neighbors in need.”

Guests shopped a giant silent auction of nearly 80 unique items, including vacation stays, sports tickets and memorabilia, jewelry, gift baskets, artwork and more. Carolyn Choate of TV 13 Nashua presided over the event as guest emcee and the Scooter Way Band provided live music for event goers. Near the end of the event, guests heard from a success story one of Anne-Marie House’s graduate families and were then invited to “bid” on essential basic items that Anne-Marie House families need, including diapers and baby items and heating oil.

Anne-Marie House would like to thank the Radisson Hotel in Nashua for its contributions and support toward Homeward Bound, all of the restaurants and wineries for giving of their time and talent, our event emcee Ms. Carolyn Choate, special guest family Mike and Soleil, all of our silent auction and penny raffle donors, Community Events for donating A/V equipment, Ashley Lynn Photography for providing complimentary event photography, Ryan Conway for designing all of our event collateral materials, and all of our Homeward Bound 2011 committee members, participants, donors and volunteers for making the first Homeward Bound such a successful night. We hope you will join us for next year’s event!

2011 Homeward Bound Restaurants & Wineries
Chen Yang Li Nashua
Food & Fashion of India
Horizon Beverage Company
Hungry Herb’s Pizza
Jewell Towne Vineyards
Kun Garden
Margarita’s Mexican Restaurant
Milford Fish Market
Michele’s Sweet Shoppe
Moonlight Meadery
Rincon Columbiano
Suss Sweets
The Homestead Restaurant
Zorvino Vineyard