REAS Donates $1500 to Ted.!

July 21, 2010

Dear Ted. Board of Directors and members of the community,

Tonight I was invited to a dinner at Rovezzis sponsored by REAS and the Merchants of Sturbridge – the same folks who put on Feast&Fire earlier this month. They had a fabulous turnout on July 3rd and raised over $5000. As some of you know, they had generously cited Ted. as one of the four organizations in which they would be raising money for. Tom Creamer and his group presented me with a check for $1500 for Ted. and thanked us for all the work we do for the teachers and students of the community. Tom has written us a nice letter as well, downloadable here.

FRONT ROW: Maryann Thorpe: Chief Marketing Officer - REAS Foundation, Chris Tieri: President - TED Foundation, Lynne Conceison: President - TMA, Lisa Kosinski: Park Place Salon, Jennifer Lundwall: Chief Administration Officer - REAS Foundation. - BACK ROW: Dick Vaughan: Chairman - Sturbridge Tourist Association, Lenny Petrillo: Annie’s Country Kitchen, Mike Harrington: Publick House Historic Inn, not pictured Chris Rovezzi: Rovezzi’s Ristorante.

A big thank you goes out to Tom and his team for making a great community event and reviving some town spirit this Independence Day – and, of course, for thinking of Ted. Next year you can count on us to help out.

I encourage everyone in our wonderful community to check out www.reasfoundation.org, where you can help seniors with their heat, and please consider dining and shopping locally, www.merchantsofsturbridge.com.