Bernie & Phyl’s Donation Site

Ms.Naomi Shore
PRCoordinator
Bernie & Phyl’s Furniture
308 East Main Street
Norton, MA 02766

Dear Ms. Shore:

The 17th Annual Knock Your Sauce Off event was a remarkable success.  This year’s event raised more than $85,000.  The auction itself raised more than $10,000 thanks to generous friends like you woh kindly donated wonderful items.

As you know, the dollars raised for research have an immediate and significant impact on the fight against cystic fibrosis (CF).  The progress we have witnessed over the past 15 years has been signifiacant.  Many people with CF are living longer and healthier lives.  Despite that good news, we continue to lost too many young people every day, every year.  The CF cure and control cannot come quick enough.  Your generous donation brings us closer to our shared dream of cure and control.

Please know how much your support meanst to us. We greatly appreciate your donation and promise to invest the dollars raised as a result in the wisest way possible - to save lives.

Sincerely,

Terry Waite
Director of Special Events

Dear Ms. Shore,

Thank you for Bernie & Phyl’s Furniture’s generous contribution to the 2006 WAJCC Auction. Your support has helped the JCC reach its goals and is greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Iylse Levine-Kanj - Auction Committee

Ms.Naomi Shore
Public Relations Coordinator
Bernie & Phyl’s Furniture
Blumenthal & Associates
101 Wolcott Road
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

Dear Ms. Shore:

Thank you for supporting the Old Colony Hospice Classic IV. Your donation of a gift certificate, valued at $25.00, and show of support is a terrific addition to the tournament.

On August 17, our full slate of golfers will participate in a great day at Easton Country Club.  Following the tournament, golfers and organizers will enjoy dinner and the awards ceremony, in addition to our Auction/Raffle with many sought-after items.

Our goals are two-fold: To provide the players with an enjoyable day and to raise awareness of the benefits of hospice care.  Special thanks to you for your donation — it will be received with enthusiasm at the event, and we will list your business as a supporter in our fall newsletter.

This year, Old Colony Hospice will provide highly skilled, compassionate care each day to 80-95 patients and their loved ones.  We care for patients with compassion and dignity in their homes and at skilled nursint facilities.  Donations such as yours help us bridge the gap between what we are paid by insureres and the true cost of providing care in our community.

Sincere thanks,

El Mulligan, CMP
Event Coordinator

Naomi Shore
Public Relations Coordinator
Bernie & Phyl’s Furniture
308 East Main Street
Norton, MA 02766

Dear Ms. Shore:

Thank you for your recent donation to the WEIR Corporation’s Thirteenth Annual Taunton River Festival.  Your support will assist in making this fundraiser a success.

Due to the inclement weather, the WEIR Corporation had to postpoine the Festival, originally scheduled for June 3, 2006.  We have rescheduled theThirteenth Annual Taunton River Festival for September 30, 2006, with a rain date of October 1.

The WEIR Corporation is a nonprofit, volunteer-driven community development corporation whose mission is to revitalize the Weir neighborhood and to assist small businesses to expand by providing financial consulting and small business loans.  We are able to accomplish our goals through this fundraiser and small grants that we receive annually.  Without the support of individuals, businesses, and organizations like you, it would be difficult for us to fulfill our mission.

Once again, the Board members of the WEIR Corporation and the residents and businesses in the Weir Community thank you for your participation.

Sincerely,

Stacia Brackett
Chairperson, Taunton River Festival

Ms. Naomi Shore
Bernie & Phyl’s Furniture
308 East Main Street
Norton, MA 02766

Dear Naomi,

On behalf of BELL, thank you for your participation in this year’s Field of Dreams Gala.  We are deeply grateful for your contribution made in support of BELL and the Red Sox Scholars Program, an innovative partnership each year providing 25 fifth-grade students the opportunity to attend college. Due to your generosity, this year’s gala raised more than $450,000 to support children in our community.

Thank you also for sharing in BELL’s mission to improve the academic achievements, self-esteem and life opportunities for children living in low-income, urban communities.  It was tremendous to hear from fifth grade scholar Stephen Beskalo, Jr. speak about his dreams to become a scientist and cure diseases; and eighth grader Kourtney Lewis speak about her dreams to attend Stanford University and Harvard Law Schook and then become a criminal defense attorney.

At this year’s event, we also paid tribute to the man who helped make BELL possible by serving as its chairman and mentor to CEO Earl Martin Phalen, Professor Charles J. Ogletree.  In his name, BELL presented an award to Marian Heard.  It was powerful to hear Marian speak so passionately about the work we all do “for the future” — about the importance of education, of becoming involved with local organizations like BELL, and of believing in the tremendous potential within all children.

Thank you agian for attending Field of Dreams.  I hope to see you again at next yer’s even.  Together we are truly impacting the lives of our community’s greatest asset — children.

Peace,

Earl Martin Phalen
Co-founder & CEO

Naomi Shore
Public Relations Coordinator
Bernie & Phyl’s
308 East Main Street
Norton, MA 02766

Dear ms. Shore:

Please accept my heartfelt thanks on behalf of the Board, Staff, and patients of Morton hospital for your generous gift of a $25.00 certificate for Morton Hosptial’s Fifteenth Annual Golf Tournament.

Funds raised through our Golf Tournament this year will be applied toward the purchase of equipment for Morton’s intensive Care Unit.

Again, please accept my sincerest appreciation for your contribution.  Your support and leadership is an example to follow and will strengthen our community by improving the health care services available to residents of Greater Taunton.

Sincerely,

Lisa Silvia, Administrative Assistant
Public Affairs and Development 

Bernie & Phyl’s Furniture
308 East Main St
Norton, MA 02766

Dear Bernie & Phyl’s Furniture;

On behalf of The Friends of Mercy Centre Inc., I would like to extend our heartfelt appreciaton for your recent contribution to our fund raising auction held on June 3, 2006. As a result of your generous donation of a Gift Certificate, the Friends were able to raise over $9,000 all of which will go directly towards expenses to help keep this school for children with disabilities open.

We applaud your willingness to help those in the community in need and we thank you for helping us work towards our goal of supporting Mercy Centre.

Sincerely Yours,

Sharon Berndt
President

Bernie & Phyl’s
308 East Main Street
Norton, MA 02766 

Dear Ms. Shore,

On behalf of the more than 150 residents and invited guests who attended the Saugus Housing Authority’s 16th Annual Summer Picnic on Wednesday, June 28, we would like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to you for your support.

In addition to the financial assistance provided by several of the local banks and civic organizations throughout Saugus which helped to defer the rising costs of putting on the Summer Picnic, all of the “door prizes” given to many of the tenant’s who attended were donated by the local business community.

Through your continued generosity, our elderly and handicapped residents were able to get together, spend some time with friends and neighbors, have a great lunch and enjoy the day’s festivities!

Once again, thank you for your support.

Sincerely,

SAUGUS HOUSING AUTHORITY

Steven G. Whitehurst
Executive Director

James K. Wilkie, Chairman
Summer Picnic Committee

Naomi Shore
Public Relations Coordinator
Bernie & Phyl’s
308 East Main Street
Norton, MA 02766

Dear Ms. Shore:

Thank you for your generous donation of a $25.00 gift certificate to our Third Annual Raising the Roof Auction and Food Festival.  The event was a tremendous success with approximately 200 people in attendance, including local business leaders and Habitat volunteers and supporters.  We raised nearly $28,000 which will be used this fall to start a new building project, allowing two more low-income families the opportunity to become homeowners.

Your continued support of Habitat for Humanity’s mission to build simple, decent homes for those in need in Central Massachusetts is graciously appreciated.  More than 20 families in Central Massachusetts have already realized their dreams of home ownership through our program of “a hand up, not a hand out.”  We consider you a significant asset in our quest to eliminate substandard houseng - one home and one family at a time.

With much appreciation,

Kathyrn Smith
Board of Directors
Raising the Roof Committee