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Fifth annual · September 12, 2015

A band called Diversion.

Elks Lodge banquet hall, catered pasta, raffle prizes, and a fifth beneficiary added to the list: LIVESTRONG at the YMCA.

The 2015 flyer: September 12, 2015, 6:00 pm, Elk's Lodge Banquet Hall, 440 Tiffany St., Springfield, with the band Diversion.
The fifth annual flyer.
Dinner
Elks Lodge Banquet Hall, 440 Tiffany St., 6:00 pm
The night
Catered pasta dinner, the band Diversion, raffle prizes, cash bar
Admission
$20 adults · $5 children 12 and under
Beneficiaries
Cancer House of Hope, Sisters of Providence Mercy Care Center, Rays of Hope and prostate cancer care through Baystate Health Foundation, LIVESTRONG at the YMCA

The fifth year’s flyer is the plainest one in the binder. Bold type, no photograph, two anchors printed either side of the word Benefiting. September 12, 2015, six o’clock, the Elks Lodge banquet hall on Tiffany Street. Catered pasta dinner, a band called Diversion, raffle prizes plus more, cash bar. Twenty dollars for adults, five for children.

What changed that year was the list at the top. A fifth beneficiary had been added: LIVESTRONG at the YMCA, the twelve-week fitness and wellness program that the YMCA of Greater Springfield runs free of charge for adult cancer survivors. Alongside it were Cancer House of Hope, the Sisters of Providence Mercy Care Center, and Rays of Hope and prostate cancer care through the Baystate Health Foundation.

Five organizations, one twenty-dollar plate of pasta. That was the whole model.

References

Links out to the outlets that covered these events and to the organizations that received the money. Event details on this page come from Celebration of Hope’s own flyers and Mass programs.

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