Media Release
March 7, 2006
Groton Dunstable Education Foundation
Local Businesses & Donors Contribute
Exciting Auction Items For GDEF’s “Bet Your Lucky Stars” Event
The support from local benefactors for GDEF and its mission of enhancing
education in our public schools continues as donations for the silent and
live auctions at the upcoming “Bet Your Lucky Stars!” fundraiser keep coming
in. The auctions will be part of GDEF’s dinner dance event on March 24th
at the Marriott at Devens Common Center.
Some of the wonderful auction items that have been so generously donated
include:
• Boston Red Sox tickets
• 3-liter bottle of limited edition Guy Buffet label red wine, and a basket
of fine wines and gourmet goodies, from Viansa Winery in Sonoma, CA
• Indian Hill Orchestra tickets
• Dining at fine area restaurants, including The Devens Grill, Gibbet Hill
Grill, The Herb Lyceum at Gilson’s, Main Street Café, Not Your Average
Joe’s, Silks at Stonehedge Inn, and more
• Host for the evening on “Around Town” on Groton Cable, donated by Jane
Bouvier
• Day of beauty at Body Mind Spirit Day Spa in Groton
• Gift certificates for framing from Blackbird Framing Company in Groton
• Stratocaster guitar signed by Jeff Pitchell & Texas Flood
• Chocolate Lover’s Basket filled with chocolate-themed items and gourmet
chocolates from Amy’s Provisions, Swan’s Chocolates, and more
• Golf outings and equipment including a round of golf for three at Vesper
Country Club in Tyngsboro, and a Cobra driver donated by Skymeadow Country
Club in Nashua
• Gift items and a gift certificate from Seasons at Calmore in Dunstable
• Handcrafted jewelry and art donated by local artisans and photographers,
including Aspira Jewelry, Patricia Axford Photography, Lakeside Designs,
Donna Lynch, McEvoy Pottery, Janice Toth, and more
• On-air tour of WROR radio’s Loren & Wally show
• Sports outings, camps and equipment donated by Greco Graphics, the Groton
Country Club, Lawrence Academy, Nashoba Paddler, Planet Gymnastics of Acton,
Hope Prockop and Tyngsboro Sports Center
GDEF also continues to benefit from ongoing relationships with local
businesses. “We would like to thank Justin Pallis at DS Graphics of Lowell
for donating the beautiful rainbow invitations that recently went home in
backpacks and school newsletters,” says Janet Sheffield, Director of
Fundraising. “DS Graphics has been a big supporter of GDEF from the very
beginning, and we really appreciate it! Joyce Bellefeuille of Belle Feuille
Floral Designs in Dunstable has also been working with us since our very
first event, providing the beautiful and unique floral arrangements that
have helped make our fundraisers so special.”
Items are being added to GDEF’s website every day: visit www.gdefinc.org for
an auction preview.
If you haven’t already bought your tickets for GDEF’s “Bet Your Lucky
Stars!”, time is running out! This fun-filled event includes an elegant
dinner, dancing to the music of Billboard Top Ten Blues musicians Jeff
Pitchell & Texas Flood, silent and live auctions, and the launch of our “Bet
Your Lucky Stars” money raffle. All proceeds benefit GDEF and the students
in the public schools of Groton and Dunstable through GDEF grants.
Tickets for the money raffle, with prizes of $5,000, $2,500 and $1,000, will
be available the night of the event, but sales for dinner dance tickets end
next week. Buy now so you don’t miss out on this great evening of fine
dining and dancing to benefit our kids! Tickets are $60.00 per person and
ordering information is on our website at
www.gdefinc.org.
Visit GDEF’s website at www.gdefinc.org for more information on the
Foundation and on details on the “Bet Your Lucky Stars!” event.
Questions or comments, contact
Laurie Moskow - Director, Marketing & Communications
Groton Dunstable Education Foundation
(978) 448-5516 /
lmoskow@gdefinc.org
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