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February 1, 2007 issue

Tickets Now on Sale for Twelfth Annual Valentine Ball February 10

Story by Blair O’Briant

Hearts of Hospitality House is sponsoring the twelfth annual Valentine Ball to benefit the Hospitality House of Boone. The event will be held Saturday, February 10, from 6:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. at ASU’s Broyhill Inn in the Helen Powers Grand Hall. The Valentine Ball includes dinner and a silent auction with a wide variety of items. Guests will dance to the music of the Todd Wright Band.

Tickets for the ball are $100 per person and are available until Thursday, February 1, at High Country Bank in New Market Center. All proceeds benefit the Hospitality House of Boone.

The Hospitality House of Boone is an emergency shelter located on King Street that assists the community’s homeless population. It is a transitional shelter that works with people who have trouble staying in permanent housing and the disabled.

The shelter operates the Bread of Life Food Program, supported by people in the community who donate hot meals every evening.

The Hospitality House of Boone also provides the WeCAN program that works to prevent homelessness by providing crisis help for rent and electric bills.

Rose Bridgeman of Hospitality House said a portion of the proceeds will go to rebuilding a washed-out parking lot at one of the facilities outside Boone.

As the only shelter in the seven surrounding counties, Hospitality House of Boone has recently been short on funding. Bridgeman said the shelter has had to turn people away due to the high volume of people in need.

For more info, contact the Hospitality House at 828-264-1237.

 

Want To Go?

Date: Saturday, February 10

Time: 6:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.

Location: ASU Broyhill Inn – Helen Powers Grand Hall

Cost: $100 per person

 

 

Valentine Ball Silent Auction Items

Several local businesses have donated items for the Hospitality House’s Valentine Ball benefit being held Saturday, February 10. Here are the great items up for bids from guests at the ball.

Alexander Sosebee and Slippers: $25 gift certificate

Appalachian Evergreens: Gift certificate

Appalachian Furniture: Floor lamp valued at $160

Auto Bell Car Wash: Two full-service car washes valued at $12.95 each

Blue Planet Map Company: Two books valued at $51.90

Casa Rustica: Gift certificate

Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff: Print valued at $83

The Country Gourmet: Two flower/plant urns valued at $225

Country Retreat Family Billiards: Two hours of pool and drinks for four

Coyote Kitchen: $20 gift certificate

Dan’l Boone Inn: Dinner for two valued at $32

Dianne Davant Interiors: Silver lamp valued at $473

Emily Angle Photography: $250 gift certificate

Foscoe Fishing Company: Hat, T-shirt and fly-fishing book

Grandfather Mountain Trout Farm: $20 gift certificate

HairCut 101: Full foil, hair cut and blow dry

The Ham Shoppe: $50 gift certificate

Hunan Chinese Restaurant: $10 gift certificate

Learning Tree: Gift certificate

Makoto’s: $50 gift certificate

Manor House Restaurant at Chetola: One dinner for two valued at $60

Marie Chamra of Haircraft: Hair styling products

Mast General Store: Amish rocking chair valued at $223

Norwegian Cruise Line: Five-day Caribbean cruise for two valued at $1,500

Peanuts Gulf Shop: Two bags of peanuts

Pizza Hut: Two $10 gift certificates

Richard Tumbleston: Two signed, numbered prints of Grandfather Mountain

Ross Chrysler Jeep: Car wash, vacuum and oil change

Rowlands Restaurant: $100 gift certificate

Smokes and More: $10 gift certificate

SOS Printing: 500 business cards valued at $50

Jack and Terry Taylor: Stay at a bed and breakfast on Watauga Lake, 35 minutes from downtown Boone; private upstairs facilities

Toyota of Boone: Oil change valued at $24.96

Under the Covers: King-size quilt with shams valued at $303

Vidalia: Gift certificate

Wilcox Emporium: Five $20 gift certificates