Posts Tagged ‘donations’

Heels for Hope: Drag Showcase & AIDS Walk Afterparty

Thursday, April 7th, 2016

Heels for Hope 2016UPDATE: Heels for Hope returns for another night of amazing drag performances, laughter, delicious cocktails and dancing–all to support the Hudson Valley AIDS Walk & Run! Join Prephab, Superior Sounds and HVCS at the Firemen’s Exempt Association (our new venue) for a drag extravaganza!

Please note that the schedule has been revised and there will not be a buffet dinner before the show. All ticket purchases will be refunded. However, the Firemen’s Exempt will have a great bar menu available for purchase.

Tickets at the door: $15 or $10 if you’re wearing your 2016 AIDS Walk/Run shirt. 18+ to enter, 21+ to consume alcohol, of course.

Doors at 8:00 pm
Show at 9:00 pm

All proceeds benefit HVCS’ programs for local people living with HIV/AIDS.

Drag Showcase featuring:

Coco Caine
Diabolique
Katarina Mirage
Valkirie Hail
Victoria Precise
Maxx Pleasur
and more performers!

Dancing after the show

Hosted by Ryan Keith and Kiley J. Winn

Empty Bowls 2016

Friday, February 19th, 2016

Photo of a painted bowlFighting the war against hunger, one bowl at a time ~

PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE 13TH ANNUAL EMPTY BOWLS BENEFIT DINNER!!!

This year’s Empty Bowls dinner will be on Friday, April 15th, 2016. It will be held from 5:00 – 7:30 PM in the cafeteria at the Rondout Valley High School in Accord, NY (on Kyserike Road, 1/4 mile off Route 209).

Empty Bowls is an annual benefit dinner held in Accord, New York. Empty Bowls raises money for starving families throughout the Hudson Valley. At Empty Bowls you can purchase a ceramic bowl made by local Rondout Valley High School students and professional artists. Once purchased, you can choose from a wide variety of soups and ice creams to fill your bowl with. All soups, ice creams, breads, and beverages are generously donated by local businesses throughout Ulster County. In past years Empty Bowls has managed to raise over ten thousand dollars!

Proceeds will be given to four local food pantries. The pantries being sponsored this year are the Rondout Valley, Rosendale, Rochester, and HVCS of Kingston Food Pantries. It is with the aid of these pantries that many families throughout Ulster County are able to experience the gift of food, a gift that many of us often take for granted. 

Every little bit counts. Every dollar, every bowl, every person. In order to win the war against hunger we must all join the fight together. It takes an individual to make a difference; a group of people to make an impact; a community to change the world. So come and join the Empty Bowls community. United we will fight the war against hunger, one bowl at a time!

“Love Came Walking In” Book Signing/Benefit

Tuesday, February 16th, 2016

Join local author M. Miench for a charity benefit book signing on Saturday, March 26, 2016 at Locks That Rock in Wappingers Falls, NY. Miench will be on hand to autograph copies of her new book “Love Came Walking In,” which will be available for $15.00. $5.00 from every purchase will go to HVCS.

More About “Love Came Walking In”

When Paige lost her husband, Dennis, five years earlier, she was left a single mother of a 10-year-old daughter, Lessie, now 15, and an 8-year-old son, Alec, now 13. Dating was something her sister, Casey occasionally talked her in to, but she had no interest and always managed to compare her dates to her late husband.

Three years ago, Jason broke off his engagement with Martie after he discovered she’d been unfaithful to him for most of their relationship. Having lost all interest in long-term relationships, he was now resigned to the life of a bachelor. He didn’t feel he was missing out on much. He had a big family with two sisters, one brother, six nieces and nephews, with another on the way, so far. They were close and he wasn’t looking for more.

When love walked in on Paige and Jason, it wasn’t going to be easy … for anyone. As their attraction grows, Paige finds herself trying to reconcile with her memories of Dennis, and Jason with Martie. Carl, Jason’s older brother, sees himself in Paige’s resistant daughter, Lessie, which stirs up the demons of his turbulent past and his still strained relationship with his father; his adoptive father, not his biological father, the Bastard. Even Jason’s parents are not immune as Paige and Jason’s quest brings them back to the days when love walked in on them. And through it all, standing off to the side, is Paige’s quiet but insightful son, Alec, being the voice of reason.

 

Available in Digital Format.

Kindle at Amazon.com

Nook at BarnesandNoble.com

 

M. Miench

Author M. Miench

More About M. Miench

With a background in communications and literature, and a fascination with why people do what they do, are who they are, it all comes together as M. Miench creates realistic characters who lift off the page and into your imagination. She invites you to travel within and take the journey with them. As their stories conclude, please don’t imagine that the tale ends there. You are encouraged to envision the stories beyond her pages. For just as in life, the stories go on … in your own imagination.

ShopRite Donations Roll In

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016

An overflowing cart of donated non-perishables from ShopRite in ScarsdaleHVCS has been the lucky recipient of several donations from ShopRite/Price Rite and Wakefern’s Partners in Caring initiative over the past week! Today, ShopRite of Scarsdale donated an overflowing cart of nonperishable foods for our emergency food closets. Catholic Charities helped them collect the food.

We also learned that our Monticello and Newburgh offices have each received a $1,000 credit at the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York thanks to the Partners in Caring program. Funds came through ShopRite in Monticello and in Vails Gate. We are extremely grateful for ShopRite’s ongoing support for our emergency food closets!

Loyal Sponsors Return for the Hudson Valley AIDS Walk/Run

Wednesday, January 13th, 2016

As the new year gets going (is it already mid-January??), we’re turning up the heat on preparations for the 2016 Hudson Valley AIDS Walk–and RUN! We’re excited to announce the return of several loyal event sponsors who have made the commitment to helping us end AIDS in the Hudson Valley.

Stop and ShopThanks to Stop and Shop on Route 9 in Poughkeepsie for signing on as our Healthy Snack Sponsor. Employees will be on site that morning with plenty of fresh fruit, water and granola bars for hungry walkers and runners! Stop and Shop also provides financial support.

Welcome back to the Crafted Kup (Raymond Ave., Poughkeepsie) as our official Coffee Sponsor! Enjoy free refills of gourmet java from a great local small business.Crafted Kup

 

 

Superior Sounds returns as our own version of the AV club, providing sound and DJ services. They’re huge supporters of HVCS and we’re huge fans in return.

Superior Sounds

 

 

 

 

Last but certainly not least, we welcome longtime supporter Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union as a Walk/Run sponsor. Hudson Valley Federal Credit UnionThey’ve sponsored other events in the past, so they’re still a returning sponsor but NEW to the AIDS Walk/Run!

Now’s a great time to sign up as a walker, a team or as a runner: get a jumpstart on training on our Walk/Run page!

Drag Brunch 2016

Tuesday, January 5th, 2016

Drag Brunch 2016The fifth annual DRAG BRUNCH returns on Sunday,March 20th with hostess TRIXIE STARR! Choose from a delicious German brunch menu and enjoy fun andgames from 11 am to 2 pm, special performances by JOJO GERARD, ANITA LAY, SONNY SHORES, and AVI MUNSTER, and music by SUPERIOR SOUNDS. Your $30 prix fixe includes a $20 donation to HVCS, plus your brunch entree and unlimited coffee, tea and soft drinks.

This event has sold out for the past few years, with only 75 tickets available. Get your tickets now to make sure you’ve got a seat at the most fun Sunday brunch of the year!

Tickets are available online at http://dragbrunch2016.eventbrite.com.

EventBrite charges a $2.64 fee per ticket. Paying this fee means that 100% of your ticket price will to go support our programs and services.

 

 

 

Performers:

Trixie Starr

Trixie Starr (Photo by JR Mac Photography)

JoJo Gerard

JoJo Gerard

Anita Lay

Anita Lay

Sonny Shores

Sonny Shores

Avi Munster

Avi Munster

Shopping Online for the Holidays? Support HVCS with AmazonSmile!

Monday, November 23rd, 2015

Support HVCS by shopping with AmazonSmile

If you love snagging those online bargains on Black Friday or Cyber Monday (Nov. 30), consider shopping on AmazonSmile. It’s the same Amazon, but they will donate 0.5% of your purchase to Hudson Valley Community Services if you start from our custom page: http://smile.amazon.com/ch/13-3322100. It doesn’t sound like a lot, but every donation helps our clients, and it does add up!

All you have to do is shop; AmazonSmile takes care of the rest of the donation.

And of course, please share and tell others to use AmazonSmile to help HVCS (or the charity of their choice).

Kind Knitter Donates 70 Handmade Winter Hats

Friday, November 20th, 2015

Handmade winter hatsDYNAMIC DONOR ALERT! HVCS just received a donation of 70 hand-knitted winter hats for our clients in need. Thanks to the amazing Annette for all her hard work–it is greatly appreciated, and our clients will now have something warm to wear to ward off the chill.

Hudson Valley AIDS Walk & Run

Friday, November 20th, 2015

Visit our AIDS Walk & Run page for more information.

Testing All Queens: An HIV Equal Event

Friday, November 20th, 2015

SUNY New Paltz presents “Testing All Queens! An HIV Equal Event” on Saturday, December 5, 2015 from 2:00 to 5:00 pm. The event features dinner, a drag show and a fundraiser with proceeds going to HVCS. A special guest speaker from Love Heals starts off the program, and the Queens and Kings of New Paltz close things out with a drag show. Music provided by Superior Sounds.

Suggested donation: $5 for students, $10 for non-students and community members.

Testing All Queens!