Backpack to School Program Helps Homeless Youth
The Homeless Prevention Council’s 17th annual Backpack to School Program will run from August through September 2018. The Council is currently accepting new donations of backpacks for children in grades K – 5, and new school supplies, as well. If you are unable to shop, the Council appreciates your contribution to support the purchase of L.L. Bean backpacks, graphing calculators, and other supplies for grades 6 and higher. Please mail cash or checks (with “Backpack” in the memo) to: P.O. Box 828, Orleans, Mass. 02653.

Every year the Homeless Prevention Council provides backpacks and school supplies to hundreds of local Lower Cape children. The supplies they give students are tailored to the requirements for their incoming class and based on supply lists received from their teachers.

The Council wants to make sure that the local kids served feel no different from their peers when school begins. With your help, we can set all our young students up for success this coming school year!

If you would like to donate to the program, please refer to the flyer online at homelessonline.org/backpack-to-school.asp. If you would like to enroll children in this program, or if you want to donate and have any questions, please call 508.255.9667.

Wellfleet Cultural Council Grant Program Meet and Greet
Do you have a good idea for a project in the arts, humanities, or sciences that will enrich the Wellfleet Community and help bring members together? The Wellfleet Cultural Council, one of 329 local cultural councils in Massachusetts, may be able to award you money in support of your community-based project.

Come to the Meeting Room in the Wellfleet Library, 55 West Main St., on Saturday, September 8, at 10 a.m., for a brief presentation on the eligibility requirements, followed by a Q & A period to help you begin the grant application process. Members of the Wellfleet Cultural Council will be on hand to help. The schedule will be as follows: 10 a.m. Meet and Greet (coffee & nibbles); 10:30 a.m. Presentation of Grant Application process ;11:15 a.m. Q & A.

For more information, visit the Massachusetts Cultural Council at massculturalcouncil.org.

Shabbat in Ptown
Central Reform Temple of Boston, a progressive Jewish congregation located at 15 Newbury Street in the Back Bay, has once again offered a series of summer Sabbath Eve worship services in Provincetown. The final one will be held Friday, August 17, 6 p.m. These inclusive, egalitarian celebrations in prayer and song, will be led by Rabbi Howard Berman and the congregation’s musicians, and will be held at the UU Meeting House, 236 Commercial Street, followed by an Oneg Shabbat social hour on the front lawn.

Central Reform Temple is the liberal Jewish presence in the center of Boston, and is active in the interfaith community and in the broader civic and social life of the city. With many members who are also residents of Provincetown, it has offered various programs here on the Outer Cape over the years, highlighted by these special monthly worship celebrations each summer.
People of all faiths and spiritual practice are warmly invited and welcome to participate. For further information, visit centralreformtemple.org or call 617.262.1202.

Cape Cod Museum of Art Annual Gala & Art Auction Soirée by the Bay
Cape Cod Museum of Art (CCMoA) is offering a casually elegant evening of fine food and great fun bidding on the work of some of the Cape’s finest artists at its Soirée by the Bay Gala & Art Auction this Saturday, August 18, 5 – 10 p.m. Guests can participate in either the silent auction, live auction, or both. They can indulge in hors d’oeuvres while placing silent auction bids from 5 – 7 p.m. and/or sit down for a delicious dinner and exciting live auction with auctioneer John Terrio at 7:15 p.m.
Guests will also enjoy a Wine Pull and a 50-50 Raffle. Extraordinary getaways, artfully packaged adventures and other surprise items will also be available for bidding.

CCMoA will also present their annual Muse awards for outstanding contributions to the Museum and art community during the dinner. This special award is a beautiful woven-glass bowl created by artist Benton Jones as a metaphor for individuals who are woven into the fabric of our community.The Muse Artist Award will be presented to Suzanne M. Packer and Joseph Carr will be honored with the Muse Benefactor Award.

Suzanne M. Packer became one of the first Trustees of CCMoA, then called the Cape Museum of Fine Arts, in 1984 and was appointed its first Director in 1985. She initiated many exciting art and fundraising programs, began growing the permanent collection, and oversaw the installation of a donated building, the core of today’s Museum, on the grounds of the Cape Playhouse. She was responsible for the growth of the Museum into 1992, after which she took up painting full-time. Packer has been in numerous solo art exhibitions and her work is in many private collections. She recently returned to the Museum as the Volunteer Archivist and was made an Honorary Trustee last year.

Joseph Carr is the founder of Joseph Carr Winery Napa Valley. After 10 years serving as a world-class sommelier followed by 10 years as an international industry executive, Carr set out to follow his dream and formed his family-owned wine company in 2005. He recently added his Josh Cellars brand to his signature Joseph Carr Wines. An old-world style producer, Carr makes his wines in California’s Napa Valley. He also has a home on Cape Cod. As he spreads his winemaking philosophy of balance, sophistication and approachability in support of the arts across the Cape, we are very grateful that he has very generously supported CCMoA with his signature wines for many years.

The artists participating in the auctions are as follows. Live Auction: Sam Barber, Jen Clark, Ross Coppelman, William R. Davis, Sam Feinstein, Jim Holland, Robert Douglas Hunter, Marieluise Hutchinson, Steve Kennedy, Carl Lopes, Joseph McGurl, Julia O’Malley-Keyes, Roe Osborn, Suzanne M. Packer, Susan Peavey, Paul Schulenburg, Rowland Scherman, Douglas Turner. Silent Auction: Hiram Ball, Sam Barber, Amy Bourbon, Jen Clark, LaVerne Christopher, Joan P. Clark, Shawn Nelson Dahlstrom, Nathaniel Doane, Deborah Forman, MaryAlice Eizenberg, Patricia Stark Feinstein, Elaine Gardner, Michael Giaquinto, Deborah Harper, Don Hartmann, Kenneth Hawkey, Susan Hollis, Leslie Kramer, Linda Liberty, Jane Lincoln, Ed Loeb, William Maloney, Susan O’Brien McLean, Rosalie Nadeau, Kathleen A. Nelson, Carol Odell, Susan Overstreet, Liz Perry, Sara David Ringler, Joanne Ritter, Cecilia Rossey, Kim Rumberger, Dale Michaels Wade, Lance Walker, Karen North Wells, Karol B. Wyckoff, Gary Urgonski, Joyce Zavorskas
Tickets are available at the Museum or online at 
ccmoa.org.

Reservations are strongly recommended. Tickets are: $75 for the Silent Auction & Hors d’oeuvres; $150 for the Silent and Live Auctions & Dinner. The public can see the art displayed at the Museum and leave absentee bids if unable to attend. For more Information, call Auction Coordinator Judy Edmunds at 508.385.4477 ext. 21.