Poet Emmett Wheatfall's Cascade AIDS Project Fundraiser Friday, September 17

From Carolyn Lee and Emmett Wheatfall:

There Stood I: The Poetry of Emmett Wheatfall
Cheatham Hall
4033 SW Canyon Road
Portland, OR 97221

Performances by:
Mario DePriest
Lindy Fisker
Ronault “Polo” Catalani
T. Allen Bethel
Dorothy Elmore 
Jana Cole
David OrnetteCherry 
Lynn Darroch
Lawrence Howard
Richard Wingard
Sunshine Dixon
Paula Small
Lynne Duddy
Anderson Duboise

Capacity is Limited ‐Please RSVP by September 15, 2010:
cascadeaidsprojectfundraiser@yahoo.com

Thank You to Our Generous Sponsors: Elephants Delicatessen and Quick Stop Photo

Friday, September 17, 2010

6:30p –7:00p
Reception

7:00p –7:45p
Silent auction

8:00p –10:00p
Poetry readings

Hors d’ oeuvres will be provided
No‐host refreshments
will be available

A Charity Fundraiser For
Cascade AIDS Project

This is an amazing fundraiser for Cascade AIDS Project (CAP) involving poetry, photography and dignitaries (200+ guests). The event will be held on Friday, September 17, 2010 from 6:30p – 10:00p at the World Forestry Center’s Cheatham Hall in Portland.

We chose to partner with Cascade AIDS Project because of Emmett Wheatfall's personal connection with AIDS - his sister passed years ago of AIDS related complications and he wrote a poem about it. As a result, CAP was the perfect charity to benefit from this fundraiser and we named the event after his poem.

The event itself consists of an intimate reception then a performance piece. The reception will involve music, photography/poetry, a silent auction/raffle, hors d’ oeuvres, and beverages. Guests will have the opportunity to bid on the artwork consisting of Emmett Wheatfall’s poetry incorporating professional photography by local photographer Tony Sibley. All proceeds will go to charity.
The performance part involves dignitaries and community leaders reading Emmett’s poems that are specifically chosen for them.
 
Please RSVP by September 15th to cascadeaidsprojectfundraiser@yahoo.com.

Emmett Wheatfall: http://emmettwheatfall.com/

Cascade AIDS Project: http://www.cascadeaids.org/