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Community Events

Various events in our community serve to raise awareness of We Care Arts, and provide much-needed funds for programs. Please join us!

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Bocce Classic XIV Tournament

When: July 11-13, 2008

Where: Bella Villa Hall, Kettering

Food, Fun, Public Welcome - Italian Food

Friday dinner is Carraba. It is a chicken dinner with all the trimmings.
Saturday night is Outback Stake House with steak, baked potatoes, salad and dessert.

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Tickets at only $10 each:


We Care Arts Comedy Benefit

When: July 20, 2008

Where: Wiley’s Comedy Nite Club

We Care Arts will host our 2nd Annual Comedy Benefit at Wiley’s Comedy Nite Club on Sunday July 20, 2008 at 8PM. This stop of the Flavor Tour will feature comedians Ian Salmon, Tony Woods, Sarah Newell and Maija who have appeared on HBO, Comedy Central and Comcast.

Tickets are $20 and must be purchased in advance. For tickets or more information, contact Comedy Event Planner Cora at 937.609.9719, or call We Care Arts at 937.252.3937, You can also purchase tickets at our Berkeley Center at 3035 Wilmington Pike in Kettering, or use the button below and purchase them online through PayPal. We hope to see you there for this fun party event!

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Let's Go Fishin'

Where: Great Miami River from the low dam at the old Tate Station (just east of Broadway Street), north to the area just east of Main Street where the Stillwater and Mad Rivers join the Great Miami.

WHEN: September 7, 2008 from 12:00 Noon to 6:00 PM (rain or shine). (Sign in at tournament headquarters between 11:30 am and 12:00 noon before fishing begins.)

NATIONAL CITY presents its first Downtown Dayton Fishing Tournament. The tournament has been organized by the East Dayton Optimist Club, Five Rivers MetroParks and the “Dumb Bassers” Club

FEES: $10.00 per person $5.00 for youth under 16 years of age.

See Printable Brochure with Registration


Pork Festival

When:  September 20 and 21, 2008

Where: Preble County Fairgrounds

For more info: www.porkfestival.org


Style Show

When: September 27, 2008

Where: Top of the Market

We Care Arts Style Show will take place on Saturday, September 27, 2008 at the Top of the Market, 32 Webster St., Dayton with fashions from Macy’s. The day begins at 10 AM with shopping at our Gift Boutique, lunch at noon, and the Style Show from 1-2 PM.

Our special Guest Emcee for the event will be Kim Faris from WLQT Lite 99.9.


Holiday Open House

When: Saturday & Sunday, November 8 and 9, 2008

Where: We Care Arts Berkeley Center, Kettering

Details coming soon.


Cookie Walk

When: Saturday, December 6, 2008

Where: We Care Arts Berkeley Center, Kettering

We Care Arts hosted its 2nd annual Cookie Walk and Cookie Competition on Saturday, December 1, 2007. Sponsors for the event were Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Sinclair Community College, 88.1 WDPR, Cookies by Design, and Cake Craft. All proceeds benefited the myriad programs at We Care Arts. Again this year, The Cookie Walk was a sell-out. We sold over 400 pounds of cookies, in hundreds of varieties that could be purchased at $5 per pound, and also offered free coffee, a cookie competition, door prizes, and more! Of course, the We Care Arts Gift Shop was also open during the event and featured numerous holiday gift ideas. We Care Arts welcomes cookie donations for this popular event. Please download a donation form here Cookie Donations or call 937.252.3937 if you are interested in making a cookie donation. If you would like to enter your wonderful cookies in our Cookie Contest, please download a contest entry form here.   

Cookie Contest Entry Form Cookie Donation Form


Clowns and Clay Exhibition

One of the ArtistsThe opening reception for the Clowns and Clay Exhibition was held on Saturday, February 9th at the We Care Arts Gallery. This whimsical exhibition will run through March. Visitors, supporters, clients and family members attended this successful opening, and several pieces of artwork were sold. Home-made food and drinks were provided by We Care Arts staff.

Artists included in the Clowns and Clay Exhibition are: Rick Hurley, Kathleen Lorring, and Catherine Beers. All of the participating artists were excited to be a part of this fun exhibition and happily discussed their work with visitors at the opening reception.


WE CARE ARTS 25TH ANNIVERSARY GALA!

WCA Executive Director Terry Schalnat and Board President Andrew Coleman
WCA Executive Director Terry Schalnat and Board President Andrew Coleman

We Care Arts celebrated its 25th year anniversary on Friday, March 28, 2008 at the Dayton Marriott. Attendees of the Anniversary Gala, titled “A Sterling Celebration” began the evening with a walk through 7 foot tall statues created by art teacher Sharen Eninger with many of our artists. The statues depicted the various states of disabilities, the joy to be found in creating art, and the wonderful feeling of art helping people discover their own possibilities.

The evening progressed with bidding on the Silent Auction, and shopping in our Gala Gift Shop, followed by a wonderful dinner.

The Program part of the evening began with a special Thank You to our Corporate Sponsors. Our Gold Sponsors were The Cole Foundation, Dayton Marriott and James Free Jewelers and our Silver Sponsor was Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. The Bronze Sponsors were FirstDay Financial, Gresham, Smith & Partners, Premier Health Partners, Sinclair Community College, and Vectren. Without this important support, we would be unable to hold these crucial fundraising events.

We also thanked all our committees for their hard work on this event and the help of our Board, Staff and Clients in making this year’s celebration a great success. Also special thanks to Carole Ohl and Cathy Helmers for their production of the 25th Anniversary book.

Our Board President, Andrew Coleman, then introduced the celebrities in attendance: Brewster Rhoads, the State of Ohio Regional Director for Southwestern Ohio, Dayton Mayor Rhine McLin, and Dayton Commissioner Nan Whaley were present. The Kettering Officials were Mayor Don Patterson, City Manager Mark Schwieterman, Assistant City Manager Al Fullenkamp, Councilman Tony Klepacz and Councilwoman Peggy Lehner.

Our Executive Director, Terry Schalnat, talked about our 25 years in the community and the 4000 people we have served. We have gone from a closet and a van in 1983 to our wonderful new facility while we serve more than 800 people a year. We now plan on growing into our new ventures: Autism Study Group, Gift Shop on the Web, Tile Master for ceramic tile printing and our new Tipp City expansion.

We then had a champagne toast to this milestone event, celebrating the past 25 years for us and looking forward to the next 25 years. May we continue to serve and reach those in need of our care.

The evening continued with our annual Live Auction which was emceed by local celebrities Kim Faris of Lite 99.9 and Carl Day of WDTN, Dayton’s NBC affiliate. The auctioneer was Charlie Schuerholz of Schuerholz Graphics. Items to be auctioned included Cincinnati Reds Diamond tickets, Cincinnati Bengals tickets, Ohio State tickets, artwork from clients at We Care Arts, a vacation package, and much more.

Again we want to thank the many hands and hearts that made, not only this event, but our past 25 years, to be the wonderful success it has been.

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Executive Director Terry Schalnat with Kettering Mayor Don Patterson A gentleman looking at our many silent auction items
Two lovely ladies enjoying themselves We Care Arts Board President Andrew Coleman speaking to the crowd, showing
The statues made by We Care Arts client/artists leading into the Gala. This The statues made by We Care Arts client/artists leading into the Gala. This

Kettering Mayor's Charity Ball Benefiting We Care Arts

When: Saturday, April 12, 2008

Where: Reynolds and Reynolds Building, Kettering

We Care Arts was pleased to be the recipient of funds from a ball thrown in our honor with the 2nd Annual Kettering Mayor’s Charity Ball on April 12, 2008. The Mayor’s Charity Ball, themed “Celebrate Art,” took place at Reynolds and Reynolds. It was a formal event with cocktails, an elegant dinner, and dancing in the beautiful entryway at Reynolds and Reynolds. The evening offered the opportunity to win magnificent prizes, mingle with friends and business leaders from the region, and enjoy a lovely evening in a spectacular environment.


WE CARE ARTS FUNDRAISING CRUISE

WE CARE ARTS FUNDRAISING CRUISEWhen: 12 Night Mediterranean Cruise
             DEPARTING 13-APR-25 APRIL 2009 

Where: FROM LISBON, PORTUGAL

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We Care Arts is sponsoring our first fundraising cruise, an exotic 12 night Mediterranean cruise aboard Royal Caribbean’s “Splendour of the Seas”. The cruise will include ports of call in Spain, France, Italy and Greece. Onboard the ship you will enjoy fabulous dining and meal options, themed bars and lounges with nightly entertainment, open atrium with shopping and more, 18-hole miniature golf course, indoor/outdoor pool and 4 whirlpools.

Royal Caribbean will make a matching donation to We Care Arts for each cabin booked with this group. We thank them for their generosity!

For additional information, please download the flyer above or contact Margie Christie, All World Travel at mchristie@all-world.com  or call 937.222.1220 or 800.592.9998.


Garden Party

When: Saturday, May 3, 2008
            10 am to 2 pm

Where: We Care Arts Berkeley Center, Kettering

The Garden Party highlighted our artists' work on hand painted flower pots and other outdoor artwork. We had a large selection of flowers and plants donated by Knollwood Garden Center available for personally designed flower pot arrangement, which were put together by Nina Anglin from Oakwood Florist. Gift cards from Knollwood were also available, with part of the proceeds going to We Care Arts.

Our Gift Shop offered other original spring artwork and garden art. It was a great time to stop by for the perfect gift, for Mother's Day.


Golf Outing

When: May 5, 2008

Where: NCR Country Club

We celebrated our 25th anniversary with our inaugural Golf Outing on Monday, May 5, 2008 at the NCR Country Club, South Course. The format was a Scramble. The golf fees included golf and cart, box lunch, driving range, heavy hors d’oeuvres, locker room facilities and refreshments on the course.

The raffle prizes included a week vacation in a private villa at Sea Pines Hilton Head, SC with golf and 2 airline tickets valued at $7500 (courtesy of All World Travel) and a Jenair Grill valued at $900 (courtesy of Lowe’s).

We wish to thank the generous businesses who donated Hole Sponsorships:

1. All World Travel
2. Schuerholz Graphics
3. RX AID
4. Golf Channel Amateur Tour
5. Teradata
6. Gresham, Smith and Partners
7. Horizon Payroll Services
8. National City Bank
9. Clear Channel Lite 99.9 Jeff Zaret
10. Tudor Financial, Inc.
11. Smart Logistics and Consulting
12. Town and Country Shopping Center
13. Gem Real Estate Group
14. TLC Security Solutions, LLC
15. Freund, Freeze and Arnold
16. Thorn, Lewis and Duncan
17. Elements IV Interiors
18. ING

Please Contact Lisa Copp Development Coordinator at (937)252-3937.


An Evening At The Races

When: May 9, 2008

Where: Presidential Banquet Center

East Dayton Optimist Club and We Care Arts presented "AN EVENING AT THE RACES" Friday, May 9, at the Presidential Banquet Center. A “racy” crowd gathered for this fun evening, sponsored by National City Bank, including ladies dressed in their Kentucky Derby finest.

Laughter was everywhere as the Master of Ceremonies read off the hilarious names of the horses and their jockeys, which were made up by those who purchased horses. We had lively betting for each race and excited cheering as each race was run (or rather a film of a race run long ago was shown).

The $15 admission tickets included brats, metts, fish, fries, slaw, soft drinks, and a cash bar with beer and wine. We ran 10 races with 10 horses in each race. The owner of the winning horse in each race received a purse, depending on the odds from the wagering. We wish to thank all those that attended to help We Care Arts.


Staff & Volunteer Show

When: May, 2008

We Care Arts presented a Staff and Volunteers Show during the month of May 2008. The show featured the people who are the teachers and volunteer helpers for all the programs at We Care Arts.

We showed sculpture, paintings, photography, fiber arts, tole painting and mixed media and a variety of fine crafts that showcased the talented people that work and serve the clients of We Care Arts.

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Sunflowers, acrylic painting by Nora Slye. Mini me, sculpture by Shari Hignite.

 

 
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