Thank you to everyone who participated in this incredible event! We made 1138 dollars for Organization for Refugee and Immigrant Success and Fresh Start Farms! Thank you Wendy Stevens, Charlene Higgins and Lindsey Shaffer for all the great work you do at ORIS!

Thank you to Katherine Leigh, Tammi Truax, Katherine Towler, Sarah Anderson, Crystal Paradis, Stefanie King, Lindsey Coombs, Lauren Wb Vermette, Wendy Cannella, Wendy Stevens, Heidi Therrien, Lauren Elma Frament and Allie Fitzgerald for being our amazing features for the night. Thank you also Fatuma Mahadi, Amin Hassan, Nasteho Mohamed and Dilip Tmg, Hive Poetry Project students, for coming and reading at the mic.

Thank you Midheaven Massage, Stelzer Metalworks, Dos Amigos Burritos, Tulips American Handcrafts, The Music Hall, Ceres Bakery, Portsmouth, Street 360, Seacoast Rep, Score More Sales, Tournament Headquarters, Eileen Fay Flockhart and Steffanie Antonio Art for donations to the fundraising raffle.

Thank you Megan Stelzer and Crystal Paradis for going around the room and selling the raffle tickets at the event. Thank you Denise Wheeler for taking these fantastic photos.

Thank you to The Beat Night Band, Scip Gallant, Mike Barron, Frank Laurino, Chris Stambaugh, David Tonkin, Scott Solsky and Don Davis for always being there and playing just the right thing every time. And Thank you Bruce Pingree and The Press Room for always giving us a home.   

After the Beat Night fundraiser last month many posts were made and shared far and wide. We watched the number rise steadily over a month and we saw the names of our friends show up on the donation list as the seacoast joined in the state-wide campaign for ORIS and the 20,000 dollar goal was reached by the deadline! 

This fundraiser was about a show of support from the community for this farm where refugees and immigrants to New Hampshire have a place to work, live and thrive, and that support has been given 100%! The next step is some grant writing to some larger donors and with the support of the community behind them the people at ORIS are extremely confident the ultimate goal of purchasing the farm will be reached.

I’m so proud to have participated in this fundraiser through Beat Night and to be a part of a community of such caring and compassionate people!