Final Heart Beats Tickets Available Only at the Library
The Friends of the Mendon Public Library’s “Heart Beats for Mendon” benefit at 8 p.m., Sat., Feb. 11, 2012 at the Mendon Golf Club is almost sold out. Featuring a performance with Gary Lewis & the Playboys, the benefit will raise funds for the completion of the new Mendon Public Library building project.
Tickets are $30 per person. Guests will enjoy light fare, desserts and a cash bar along with a silent and live auction–all in an intimate lounge-style setting. Steve Grills and the Roadmasters, a local blues group, will open for Gary Lewis & the Playboys. Remaining tickets can only be purchased in person at the Mendon Public Library. The pre-event dinner at the Rabbit Room in Honeoye Falls is sold out although a waiting list is available. Please call the library at 585.624.6067 or visit the Heart Beats for Mendon website for event information and ticket status.
“Those interested should act now and purchase their tickets while we still have some available,” said Deric West, owner of the Honeoye Falls Market Place and Mendon Meadows Market Place grocery stores and chair of the community phase of the library’s “Heart of our Town” capital campaign. “We are thrilled with the community’s response and its overwhelming support of the library.”
“When tickets run out, people can still support Heart Beats for Mendon by donating an item to the silent auction or sponsoring the event,” West continued. “And they can always support the library by buying an engraved brick, donating to the capital campaign or volunteering their time.”
Dollars raised through this event and the Friends of the Mendon Public Library’s overall “Heart of our Town” capital campaign will help finish funding the library’s new building that opened in June, plus support the planned renovation of the library’s historic 1936 library and 1974 addition that are adjacent to the new building. In addition, funds raised will support the construction of a connection hall between both buildings and the creation of a children’s room, a teen area and a community meeting room in the renovated space. To date, the library has raised about $350,000 toward its private goal of $1 million to complete the entire project.
Thanks to Kristine Thompson, Storyline Public Relations, for writing this and the other Heart Beats press releases!
