Below is a press release from the Chair Affair Committee:
“The 2018 Chair Affair Committee is offering Hope to the community. We are pleased to announce that the recipients of the 2018 Chair Affair Auction will be 85 HOPE and T.A.D.A. (Teens Against Dating Abuse).
85 HOPE offers basic medical help with medications and offers health education to those with little or no health insurance. 85 HOPE began in 2011 by Dr. Rose Wenrich and is located in Wabash Friends Church. Office hours are Tuesday and Thursday from 1pm to 5pm. The clinic is open on Thursdays from 5pm to 7pm. They are staffed by volunteers.
T.A.D.A., in association with Hands of Hope, a division of Family Services Society has groups at Wabash High School and Southwood High School. They meet once a week to come up with ideas for activities for teens to help make kids aware of the signs of unhealthy relationships. Hands of Hope works to break the cycle of domestic violence and sexual violence through safe shelter, advocacy, and education.
As a committee, we feel that both of these organizations are important to our community and are excited to be partnering with them for the 2018 Chair Affair. They will each enter a chair for the auction.
The 2018 Chair Affair will be held on Saturday, August 18th in conjunction with the Wabash Garden Festival. Hours for the festival are 9am to 3pm at Paradise Spring Park. Voting on your favorite chair is from 9am to 2pm. Awards will be at 2:30 and the charity auction will follow.
2017 saw a record number of entries and $2100.00 raised for charity. We look forward to surpassing those totals. Any business, organization or individual can decorate a chair and enter it in the competition. If anyone needs a chair they can call Diane Guenin at 260-571-7295 and she will give you one. She has a limited number of chairs, so one chair per person.
If you have any questions or would like an entry form, please call Chris Benson, 260-569-9391, Sara Correll, 260-571-9949, or Diane Geunin at 260-571-7295.
As always, we look forward to seeing where everyone’s imagination takes them!”