Art Auction to Benefit Living History and Shri Service Corps Aug. 2
Friday, July 17, 2015
An art auction to benefit Living History and Shri Service Corps will be held on Sunday, August 2 in South County.
The event, which will start at 4PM with the auction at 5PM, will be held at the Isaac Peace Rodman House at 1789 Kingstown Road in Wakefield. Tickets are $75/person and will include Matunick Oyster Bar hors d’oeuvres and cocktails, and valet parking.
About Living History and Shri Service Corps
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTLiving History was founded in 2002 and introduces low-income urban high school students to careers and post-secondary study in the fields of history and historic preservation. Students gain skills and knowledge through hands-on courses in archeology, fashion, musicology, architecture, food, security and sustainability, drama, military studies, interpretive skills, and media production. They make connections with history professionals through internships, and take the field as the 14th Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, the state's black Civil War regiment.
Shri Service Corps is a nonprofit organization, which funds free, urban outreach yoga classes for adults and children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, veterans, children in schools, shelters, and hospitals, incarcerated youth, men and women in recovery, and senior citizens. They are currently serving over 2,500 students to help them reduced stress.
Tickets for the Event
The event on August 2 will be held at the Gen. Isaac Peace Rodman House, a 2-1/2 story granite structure built in 1855 by Isaac P. Rodman, a prominent politician and businessman who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990
Tickets can be purchased by emailing [email protected], with checks made payable to: Living History-Summer Splendor and mail by July 25 to: Deborah Salvatore
480 Bittersweet Farm Way Wakefield, RI 02879
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