If you want to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day a few days early, you are in luck!  The Women’s Resource Center of Northern Michigan will host their annual FUNdraiser with a St. Paddy’s day theme on Thursday, March 15 at cava in Bay Harbor. 

The event begins at 6 p.m. and will feature an array of creative hors d’oeuvres prepared by cava’s culinary team.  Attendees may participate in the silent and live auctions bidding on items such as MSU football tickets; roundtrip tickets to Beaver Island; an authentic  gourmet Italian dinner for six; an American Spoon Foods gift basket filled with their award-winning artisanal fruit preserves; 18 holes of golf for two including golf cart at Harbor Point Golf Club; two VIP guest passes aboard Shepler’s Mackinac Island Ferry; restaurant gift certificates to Whitecaps and Palette Bistro; an interior/exterior car detailing from Tri-Rivers Collision; and a sailing excursion for four aboard “Brilliant” an Ensign sailboat with WRC Executive Director Jan Mancinelli as your captain and WRC Finance Director Gail Kloss as your first mate.  Many more items will be up for bid during this festive FUNdraiser.

“The event is fun and celebratory, however the dollars raised during this event are absolutely critical to the agency in helping us reach out to those in the community who are seeking and needing our services,” said Jan Mancinelli, WRC Executive Director. “We look forward to seeing many of our friends and supporters in the community at this annual benefit and hope to see some new faces, as well.”

Proceeds from the event will benefit WRC programs and services which help thousands of families every year.  The WRC has been committed to caring for women, children and families in northern Michigan for 35 years

offering counseling, childcare/preschool, free community playgroups, employment and educational services, and domestic abuse/sexual assault services.

Tickets to the WRC FUNdraiser are $10 per person and are available at the door, at both Gold Mine Resale Shops or by calling the WRC administrative office at 231-347-0067.  For more information visit wrcnm.org, or visit their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/WomensResourceCenterOfNorthernMichigan.