Ralph Alongi Memorial Poker Run for Hospice, Inc.

We had a great year this year at the poker run -- what a blast!!! Everyone had such a great time yesterday, as always!! Madd Dog, Last Call, Blues in a Bottle, and Mike and Bernie Acoustics rocked the Pavillion at the American Legion, we had a bunch of great prizes to hand out, the food was phenomenal, and once again we all banded together to have another kick-ass day!!! We will be working over the next week or so to calculate the total we collected and get the thank you letters out, but I want everyone to know how much we appreciate everything everyone did to support us. Thanks!!!

 

Love,

Jenn

We had our last pre-poker run meeting, and all got a reminder of how wonderful people can be. Nancy Miller, a woman whom none of us knew, was having dinner at a table close by our meeting table. She walked over to us with a check for $25.00 – just because she knows how hard it is to get donations!!! Her doing this gave us all pause to remember that people are good, and willing to help a person in need.

 

Gino’s gave us 4 $25.00 gift certificates again, which will be going into some of the top ten poker hands. They have great food, exceptional service, and I highly recommend it! We also got a ton of other gift certificates with members of our team went out and got – we have over 60 gift certificates and a ton of give-away items ready to go, but you have to be there to get them! We also have had a bunch of bottles donated, and have picked up 42 already – that’s not including the rest we still have to get. These are all going for our “Wheelbarrow of Cheer” raffle, and you have to be in it to win it. We also have been collecting a lot of money for the 50/50 raffle, and are almost at $1,000 before the event even started!! Get yourself to the American Legion on Sunday, and you can buy tickets – they are only $1.00 each or 6 for 5.00.

 

We can’t wait to see you there!

 

Love,

Jenn

Hey everyone,

 

We had our meeting this past Thursday at McCauley's Tavern in Poughkeepsie, NY. The place was ju,mping, and we had some of the greatest pizza around! We also got some great doantions in the past week: a 40 year old bottle of Bushmill's Irish Whiskey from Gentleman Jims, gift certificates from Ranting and Raving Leathers, Zack's V-Twin, La Puerta Azul, Millbrook Carraige House, Acropolis Diner, Overlook Naskarts, Noah's Ark, Diamond Green Driving Range, and Foam and Wash Car Wash to name a few., We also got some more great bottles from the Road House, Seany B's 101, Anchor Pub, Arlington Grille, and the White House for the Wheel Barrow of cheer raffle -- be on the lookout for it the day of the run! Dutchess Beer also hooked us up again with a ton of give-away items to hand out --people coming to the run and the party after are potentially in for some sweet treats! Over the next few days, we will be running around, picking up the last of the donations, setting up food donations, and doing anti-rain dances!

 

Our last meeting is next Thursday @ Gino's in Poughkeepsie -- we are looking forward to a good meal while getting the final touches set up for our meeting!!! See you next Sunday if not before!

 

Love,

Jenn

Hey everyone,

 

Just to let you know, be listening to 101.5 WPDH October 2, 2009 in the morning to talk about the Poker Run, so tune in!!!

Love,

Jenn

Hey everyone,

 

We had our meeting last night at Mahoney's in Poughkeepsie last night, and I cannot say enough about the support they provided to us. It was easy to meet there because the staff was so accomodating, food and drink were great, and they gave us 10 gift certificates for prizes at the Poker Run -- which is only about two and a half weeks away at this point! We have been collecting donations from alot of different places, and even with the struggles people are having economically, there are so many we need to thank because they dug in again to help us out. The Brown Derby, River Station, Gentlman Jim's, Millbrook Carraige House, Village Wines and Spirits, Viscount Liquors, Junior's, Uno's in Poughkeepsie, Darby O'Gills, Tuscan Grille, Stop n SHop, Hannaford's, Royco, etc. I will put up a full list of all the donors soon as they are still coming in. Our next stop on the list is McCauley's in Poughkeepsie, who have also been fabulous to us over the years. Everything is reallyt coming together, and we could not do it without the incredible team we have working on this as well as the community for their support. Thanks everyone!!!

 

Love,

Jenn