Night of Entertainment
and Shopping
to Benefit Mental-Health Organization
This Friday, Nov. 30, from 7-10:30 p.m., Active Minds at Bryn Mawr will
host performances by singers, belly dancers, flute players, actors and comedians in the Campus Center main lounge to raise funds for the Forteniters Club, a Norristown community organization that helps those affected by mental illness adjust to independent living.
Raffle tickets will be on sale all evening, and bidding for silent-auction prizes will be open until 10 p.m. For those who can't make it in the evening, representatives of Active Minds will be tabling at the Staff Association's Holiday Fair in Thomas Great Hall from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., when some of the silent-auction bidding will begin. All proceeds will go directly to the Forteniters.
Representatives from Active Minds at Bryn Mawr, Body Image Council and the
National Alliance on Mental Illness will be on hand from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Raffle tickets will be sold for $1 each or six for $5. Prizes, including gift certificates to Cosi, Kelly's, the Bryn Mawr Film Institute and a knitting lesson with Professor of Chemistry Michelle Francl, will be drawn throughout the evening.
Silent auction prizes include blankets, knitwear, gift baskets and jewelry
made by Caitlin Cotter '08, Hannah Slavitt '11 and Akua Nyame-Mensah '10.
Performances:
- 7:00 Lavender's Blue Acapella
- 7:20 Yalah! Belly Dancing Club
- 7:50 Paige Walker '09, The Vagina Monologues
- 8:15 Aigne Goldsby '11, Vocal Performance
- 8:30 Flute Choir
- 9:10 Greasepaint Productions
- 9:40 Acabellas
- 10:00 Night Owls Acapella
The final raffle drawing and silent auction announcements will be at 10:30 p.m.
The Forteniters Club Inc. is a supportive community for the mentally ill
population of Norristown. The Forteniters provide their members with a
tight-knit, empowering social environment, as well as counsel on seeking
out employment, housing and social acceptance in their community.
Active Minds, Inc. is the nation's only peer-to-peer organization
dedicated to the mental health of college students. Each chapter aims to
promote mental-health awareness, education and advocacy on campus and in
the greater community.
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