Join Jon Bon Jovi For St Patrick's Day Charity Sho

[LJ]

Join Jon Bon Jovi For St Patrick's Day Charity Show
Charities

February 13, 2009

Nonprofit organization Hannah and Friends will hold a benefit dinner, the "St. Patrick's Day Gala with Coach Weis and Jon Bon Jovi," on March 12 (Thursday) in New York City. University of Notre Dame head football coach Charlie Weis will host the event, and music icon Jon Bon Jovi will present a special live performance.

Dinner will take place at the historic Waldorf Astoria Hotel, and reservations are now being accepted. Mike Golic and Mike Greenberg of ESPN will serve as masters of ceremonies. In attendance as honorary chairmen will be former Notre Dame football players and National Football League celebrities Bill Belichick, Antonio Pierce, Jesse Armstead, Mark Bavaro, Sean Landeta, Brady Quinn, John Carlson, Anthony Fasano, and Tom Zbikowski. Guests will have the opportunity to bid on autographed sports memorabilia at a silent auction held before dinner.

Individuals or organizations interested in tickets or event sponsorship opportunities should contact Hannah and Friends at [phone] or [e-mail]. A limited number of sponsorship packages, featuring photographs with Bon Jovi and tickets to a private reception, are still available.

Hannah and Friends, founded by Weis and his wife Maura in honor of their daughter, is dedicated to improving the quality of life for children and adults with special needs. In addition to providing monetary grants to families caring for individuals with special needs, the foundation also fosters an ongoing campaign promoting "Awareness and Compassion." 2009 marks the first year of operation at Hannah and Friends Farm, a residential community in Northern Indiana for adults with special needs, and development of the property is ongoing. Additional details about the organization can be found at www.hannahandfriends.org.

[Hath]

I saw this a couple days ago...Looks like there's someplace else people can plunk the grand you spent on the Soul dinner -- if you ever get that back....

[mysterytrain]

Feb 13, 2009 21:23:28 GMT -6 Hath said:

I saw this a couple days ago...Looks like there's someplace else people can plunk the grand you spent on the Soul dinner -- if you ever get that back....

I saw this on Hath's blog a couple days ago, too. My thought was I wonder if they are going to follow through with this one, or back out of it too.

[Hath]

This isn't a "they"...like the Soul dinner, it's just JB. The flyer on the site is very particular about that. I have a feeling he isn't gonna let Charlie down tho. The Soul thing, the canceled concert -- you can sorta chalk that up to the AFL nightmare, but it'd be hard to come up with an excuse to cancel out on this...

BUT, if anyone can do it, JB can I'm sure!

[mysterytrain]

Feb 13, 2009 21:37:16 GMT -6 Hath said:

This isn't a "they"...like the Soul dinner, it's just JB. The flyer on the site is very particular about that. I have a feeling he isn't gonna let Charlie down tho. The Soul thing, the canceled concert -- you can sorta chalk that up to the AFL nightmare, but it'd be hard to come up with an excuse to cancel out on this...

BUT, if anyone can do it, JB can I'm sure!

Hath, I knew it was JB only. When I said they I wasn't referring to the band, I was referring to JB and whoever is doing his booking these days. Although it seems like lately the events that were cancelled was because Jon didn't want to follow through on what was promised. Am I wrong on that? That is what it seemed like in what I read about things.