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Upcoming Events

Jul 26: SECOND Drag Show 2008

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SECOND Drag Show 2008

It’s back… Drag Show II! If you missed the drag show to benefit DESK in January, be sure not to miss it this July! As in January, this event will be presented by the Imperial Sovereign Court of All Connecticut at Lodge #25 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (524 State Street, New Haven) and will feature drag performers from Connecticut, New York, and Rhode Island. Join us for a night of fun, support, raffles, and more.

Saturday, July 26, 2008
Doors open at 7:00 p.m.; show starts at 8:00 p.m.
Tickets at the door ($20 per person)
Cash bar
You must be 18 or older to attend and 21 or older to drink.

Pictures from the drag show in January can be found in our web galleries.

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Ride To End Hunger 2008

The annual Ride to End Hunger is a charity motorcycle ride that benefits the Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen of New Haven, CT. The money raised through the event enables DESK to continue its mission of feeding the hungry in the greater New Haven area. The third annual Ride to End Hunger will take place rain or shine on Sunday, September 14, 2008.

Preregistration opens in May at the Benevolent Protective Order of the Elks, Lodge #25 (203-772-3557, 524 State St, New Haven). Elk members who register will receive a $5 discount coupon for an event t-shirt.

On-site registration for the ride will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. in the Sports Haven (600 Long Wharf Drive, located off I-95) parking lot in New Haven with free coffee and donuts, plus music by Mr. Music Man DJ Anjel. Registration for a single rider is $25, double riders pay $35, and non-riders pay $10 (all registration fees include the BBQ lunch).

The Ride will start from the Sports Haven parking lot at promptly 11:00 a.m., finishing police-escorted 62 miles later at Martins Riverside (3 Clifton St) in New Haven. After the ride, there will be festivities with a BBQ lunch, a cash bar, and a raffle at Martins Riverside. Mr. Music Man DJ Anjel will provide music while we eat.

Complimentary canoe rides at Martins Riverside will be available for registered participants after the ride, thanks to the generosity of the Elms City Parks Conservatory.

For complete information in an easy-to-read and reproducible format, download the event flyer.

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Summer Toast 2008

At the Summer Toast 2008, DESK honored the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, the Ladies’ Home Missionary Society, the First Church of Christ, and Center Church on the Green. DESK supporters enjoyed wine, music, and the opportunity to tour the exhibitions of the Yale Peabody Museum.

Denise Canning represented and accepted an award for the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, an organization from which DESK has been receiving grant funding for over 20 years. Their support of DESK has been unmatched throughout DESK’s history.

Blanche Baldwin, DESK Board member and Treasurer of the Ladies’ Home Missionary Society accepted an award on behalf of the Society honoring their commitment to DESK since 1981. Like the Community Foundation, members of the Society believe in the DESK’s mission, and they have proved integral in sustaining DESK’s direct foodservice programs over the years.

Music for the Summer Toast was provided by Jay Gitlin and Chris Coulter of the Bales-Gitlin Band. Wine was generously donated by Odd Bins Bottle Shop (New Haven), desserts were prepared and donated by Chabaso Bakery (New Haven), and delicious hors d’œuvres were handcrafted by DESK Chef Jeanne May.

A hearty thanks goes out to Justine and Casey for tending the bar and dispensing the wine and beverages.

Thanks are also due to DESK Board Members Cindy McCarroll, Bill Hyde, and Elizabeth Duryea, and to volunteer Henry Ford, all of whom helped set up before the event and clean up afterward.

The entire celebration was generously sponsored by YHHAP (Yale Hunger and Homelessness Action Project) and the Yale Hunger Heroes.

Did you know?

DESK is operated by a paid staff of three, and by over 400 dedicated volunteers who help every month.

In 2007, DESK provided over 72,000 daily hot evening meals, 24,000 weekly food pantry bags, and 6,800 bag lunches to the working poor.

Hips Against Hunger

The Yale Belly Dance Society will be holding its 3rd Annual Gala Dance Show on April 10 and 11 at 9pm, and on April 12 at 7pm. All proceeds from this year’s show will benefit New Haven’s Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen. We hope you’ll join us for a night of new dances, fantastic costumes and exciting music!

All shows will be held at Yale’s Off-Broadway Theater and tickets are $5 each. To make reservations, email yalebellydance@gmail.com starting April 6; please specify the number of tickets and date desired.

For more information about the Yale Belly Dancers, visit http://www.yale.edu/bellydance.

The Yale Belly Dancers
The Yale Belly Dancers

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