Autumn Night Out raises $64K for Hospice House patients
Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice’s 12th annual Autumn Night Out Gala & Auction in October raised more than $64,000 to help supplement care for Hospice House patients in need and to support the agency’s bereavement and volunteer services. Held at Poland Spring Resort in Poland, the event sold out this year with 235 people seated. Seventeen of the agency’s staff and volunteers donated their time to the event, helping to ensure that the evening ran as smoothly as possible. Valet parking was provided courtesy of the staff of Fortin Group Funeral Homes.
“Because of the generosity of our sponsors and the hard work of our event planning committee, we are also excited to say that the event operated for well under 50% of the sponsorship dollars raised,” said Cyndi Robbins, planning committee chair and owner of Poland Spring Resort & Golf. “That means that not only does 100% of the funds raised through ticket sales and auction items directly impact patient care, but so will 50% of the sponsors’ dollars.”
Autumn Night Out 2015 was sponsored by TD Bank, TD Wealth Management, HealthWyse, LLC, Easy Payment Solutions, Cross Insurance, Lebel and Harriman, LLP, Winxnet, Employee Benefits Solutions, Aetna, Brann & Isaacson, Butler Bros., Modern Woodmen of America – Paul Colasante, Norman Hanson & DeTroy, LLC, Poland Spring Water, Principal Financial Group, Suzanne & Rupert Grover, Auburn Animal Hospital, Auburn Savings Bank, Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Dow’s Law Office, Jim’s Auto Sales, Penmor Lithographers, and Skelton, Taintor and Abbott.
The volunteer members of the 2015 Autumn Night Out Planning Committee were Tammy Chamberland, Lorraine Heikkinen, Cathy MacDonald, Deb Ouellette of New England Plumbing & Heating Inc., Heather Printup of Poland Spring Bottling Co., Cyndi Robbins of Poland Spring Resort & Golf, Lisa Roy of Cross Insurance and Mark Stasium.
The 13th annual Autumn Night Out Gala & Auction is tentatively scheduled for October of 2016.