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  • 2nd Annual Concert, Auction and Raffle Fundraiser Coming in Early October!

    2nd Annual Concert, Auction and Raffle Fundraiser Coming in Early October!

    by Marian Lee

    Yes, it’s here again! Love Lights the Way’s (LLTW) second annual fundraiser concert, silent auction and raffle event will take place in Providence​ on the first Friday of October​. There will be both new entertainers and some familiar ones taking to the stage. Headlining the show will be Sam Ticker, a renowned Liberian gospel singer. He will be entertaining the audience with his soul-stirring music. He is already well known among the Liberian community as a megastar. Also scheduled to appear at this event is Providence Church of Christ’s dancing group, Unstoppable Dance Stars, led by Patience Kweh.

    Equally ​exciting as the show is the raffle and silent auction, which will take place before and during the show​, with winners announced at the end of the concert​. Businesses with a commitment to community projects have generously donated gifts and services to this year’s auction and raffle. Many are return sponsors such as: Seastreak offering 2 round-trip tickets to Martha’s Vineyard​, Elizabeth Anthony Salon​ ​offering gift cards​ to ​India Restaurant​ and Bayside Resort in West Yarmouth, MA offering a 2-night stay. ​This year has​ also​ brought in new sponsors from Northern RI business establishments such as Reviva Spa and Beauty Boutique​ with​ facial service, Cinema World​ with​ free movie passes and North Bowl Lanes​ with​ hours of bowling entertainment​,​ to name a few.

    All money raised from this event will go to fund Love Lights the Way (LLTW)​, a 501(c)(3) public charity​ and the construction of their school and church in Liberia, West Africa​. LLTW’s mission is “to provide housing, health care, education, spiritual fulfillment, employment opportunities and hope to the children and adults of Liberia in the Fendell Region.” Liberia, one of the poorest countries in West Africa, is still recovering from many years of civil war and the recent 2014 Ebola outbreak.

    This year’s event, scheduled for Friday, October 2nd, will take place at Renaissance Church, 184 Broad Street, Providence. Doors will open at 6:00pm. The show will start at 7pm. Tickets are $10.00/person. Free admission for kids 6 yrs. and younger. Check out this event on our Facebook page and invite your friends!

  • Coin Competition and the LLTW Concert and Auction of 2014

    Coin Competition and the LLTW Concert and Auction of 2014

    by Marian Lee

    The third place winners bringing in $ 105.00 are Esther, Ciata and Marian Tengbeh.
    The second place winners collecting $130.00 are Grace, Micah and William Soe.
    Coming in first place, bringing in $158.00 is Helena Horace.



    Helena and William Horace. Helena filled two coin cans!

    Does this sound like a new money game show or some new reality show? No! These are the winners of the coin collection contest that the Providence Church of Christ held to raise funds for the Love Lights the Way (LLTW) building projects for their Lighthouse Village in Liberia. Back in late March of this year, the congregations of Providence Church of Christ in Providence, RI and Blackstone Valley Church of Christ in Cumberland, RI were collecting money to raise funds for LLTW’s projects— to raise a building that will function as both a K-6 school & church for their Lighthouse Village. A portion of all funds raised will also go to start a cassava farm in Lighthouse Village. LLTW estimates a need of $300K to complete this school/church structure.

    Love Lights the Way is a non-profit organization, created to develop a Mission compound in the Fendell community, 30 minutes outside of Monrovia, Liberia in West Africa. Since Liberia is still rebuilding from nearly two decades of a horrific civil war, the organization’s goal is to provide shelter, education, employment, spiritual fulfillment and hope for the people of Liberia. “We desire to see a wonderful, positive future for Liberia and her people.” (LLTW Mission Statement)

      

    On the left: Grace, William and Micah Soe. On the right: Marian Tengbeh.

    This coin collection contest, which brought in over $1500.00 from the Providence Church of Christ and Blackstone Valley Church, is only one of the many fundraising events that LLTW is doing to raise money for this non-profit group. According to John Kar, LLTW’s president and the director of the fundraising committee, the group plans on having many other entertaining and motivating fundraising events to raise the money they need.

    The next major event is a musical concert/auction raffle, which LLTW is planning to hold at the Elmwood Avenue Church of God at 297 Elmwood Avenue in Providence. This musical concert will take place on Sunday, September 28th from 6pm-9:30pm.

    This concert is an event not to be missed. It will bring in Tonia Makor-Peters who is a famous Liberian gospel singer. In addition to this special guest singer/musician, there will be other gospel singers as well as a dance troupe led by choreographer, Patience Kweh. In conjunction with this musical event, there will be a silent auction and a sale of raffle tickets to get one of the many prizes that vendors have donated to help out this cause. Some of the prizes being auctioned off include a trip for 4 people to Disney World (a $496.00 value), tickets to Canobie Lake, tickets to the NE Revolution soccer game, a $75 gift certificate to Alex & Ani and many others.

    When I asked Laurie Scharp, another fundraising team member and LLTW’s Communication Coordinator, how the group got such wonderful donations, she replied that many vendors in the Northeast and across the country who received requests have “generously donated to this event”. Even the singers and dancers who will be performing have agreed to participate for free.

    “Are tickets still available and how do I get them?,” you ask. Both John and Laurie confirmed that these tickets, though many have sold, are still available. A person can buy tickets, only $10 each, at the door on the night of the performance. If you wish to purchase tickets prior to the event, they are available from one of the following: John Kar, James Williams, (from Providence Church of Christ), Ron Burnett (Minister @ Fall River Church of Christ), Bruce Bates (Minister @ Blackstone Valley Church of Christ), or Laurie Scharp (LLTW Communication Coordinator). They can be contacted via LLTW’s website or in person.

    Good luck with your auction/raffle winnings! We hope to see many of you at Elmwood Avenue Church of God on September 28th. Read more about the Concert and Auction here.

    Contributing Writer: Marian Lee, LLTW AP Member