ICYMI: We Care Arts Annual Auction!

Last month, We Care Arts held our annual spring auction.  The auction is the single largest internal fundraiser held by We Care, and this year was no let down.  With over 350 generous guests in attendance, the evening was primed for success from the get go.  This year’s was the highest attendance on record, a massive success for our organization.

Throughout the evening, guests at the Presidential Banquet Center danced to music provided by a DJ, and enjoyed a delicious dinner and drinks.  The main event of the night, the auctions, stimulated great amounts of excitement as guests hope to take home some of the many wonderful donations we received from local sponsors.  Auction items in both the silent and live auctions included projects completed by both our clients and professional artists, one being the beautiful finished Bockrath rug project (more about that collaborative design project

HERE), golf outings at almost every golf course in the Dayton area, deluxe baskets stocked with goodies such as cigars and wine, spa, theater, and restaurant gift cards, all very generously donated by local companies.

 One of the highlights of the auction was receiving donations of around $6,000, more than doubled from last year, solely in bus and Project Mobility passes for our clients, which is a tremendous success.  Many of our clients do not drive, so public transportation is a necessary, but expensive requirement for them to be able to get to We Care and enjoy our programs.   This is consistently the main reason clients are not able to come to We Care, so donations of this nature are supremely and directly beneficial to our clients.  Additionally, many guests volunteered to sponsor clients for the year, paying the cost of their attendance at We Care.

All of us here at We Care would like to extend the most sincere of thank you's to all of our donors and guests, we could not do what we do without your support!  Cheers to another fantastically successful year at We Care Arts!

Celebrate Your Style!

On September 23^rd, We Care Arts will once again be hosting our annual Style Show.  This year however, in a chic twist of events, the festivities will take place on a Wednesday night as a cocktail hour, as opposed to the Saturday morning brunch of years past.   

While the venue and atmosphere of the event have changed, the style aspect will remain the same.  As in years past, some of our clients will be present and modeling wearable art that they themselves designed.  They will be escorted by a slew of influential Daytonians, including Kim Farris, from Dayton Hot Country B94.5, the mayors of Oakwood and Kettering Bill Duncan and Don Patterson, Tony Kelpacz of the Kettering City Council, and broadcast media personality Jim Bucher, to name a few.  The art that the clients will be modeling will be for sale during the event, and many more wearable art and home products will be on display and available for purchase throughout the evening.  Everything present has been handmade by our clients.

Along with this change of format, we are realizing a new theme, Celebrate Your Style.  With this, we aim to encourage guests to embrace their own unique sense of style and self and truly appreciate how it reflects the best aspects of their personality.  We hope that art and style at the event will inspire our guests and resonate with their personal style, connecting them with the designers, our clients.    

In addition to the style and good company, heavy hors de oeuvres will be served and, as necessary at a cocktail party, there will be a cash bar.  Local duo Raggedy Edge will be providing the soundtrack.  We can’t wait to share this night of fun with our board and guests!

Celebrate Your Style will be held at NCR Country Club on Wednesday, September 23 from 5:30-7:30.

For tickets, call We Care Arts at (937) 252-3937

We Care Arts Spring Auction

The Annual Spring Auction and Dinner for We Care Arts will be held at the Presidential Banquet Center March 13. 2015 from 6:00 - 11:00 p.m.  This fun event includes a fine dinner, a rockin' DJ, silent auction items and a "buy it now" table.

All proceeds go to We Care Arts programs. The theme this year is butterflies and spring. We are all ready for spring! For reservations call We Care Arts at 252-3937.

There will be a variety of items for sale including themed baskets, artwork, sporting goods and other fun items! If you cannot attend, please consider making a donation to the auction!