Sweetser News & Events

Sweetser Auction Benefits Children in Crisis

Posted on 03/28/2005 at 09:42 am

Sweetser's 13th Annual Sold on Kids Benefit Auction will take place from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday, April 2, at the Marriott at Sable Oaks in South Portland. The event features dinner, live and silent auctions, and entertainment by the Richter-Kiley piano and cello duo. Lee Goldberg from WCSH 6 will serve as the event emcee.

This year's auction items include tickets to the sold-out Sting concert, lunch and tour of the Portland Police Station with Chief of Police Michael Chitwood, exciting sailing adventures, a lobster bake for 20, and vacation getaways to Hawaii, the Bahamas, Quebec City and more.

Sponsored by Coldwell Banker Cares, Groesbeck Investment Management, and Tyler Technologies' MUNIS Division, proceeds from the Sold on Kids event support Sweetser's child and adolescent Crisis Stabilization Units in Belfast, Portland and Saco. Tickets are $40 per person. For more information, please call 294-4485 or email SoldonKids@sweetser.org.

With a history dating back to 1828, Sweetser is Maine's most comprehensive behavioral and mental health organization dedicated to serving children, adults and families. Sweetser offers services that address emotional disturbances, mental illness, behavioral disorders and learning disabilities through an array of educational programs, preventive services, community-support services and residential homes.