West Roxbury Friends of Rosie’s Place gives a big, heartfelt thank you to the many longtime and new supporters who joined us on Monday, June 8th, at he Substation in Roslindale for a fun time and a very successful fundraiser to benefit Rosie’s Place and the Roslindale Food Pantry.

This was our second fundraiser in The Substation’s historic, but uniquely contemporary, event space and beer hall.

Guests were welcomed and entertained throughout by the delicious music of Manuel Kaufmann and Alain Pacowski. And after quenching their thirst at the full bar, hungry supporters satisfied their appetite with pizza and other tasty finger foods provided by Old Friend Pizza, Sugar Baking Co., Trader Joe’s, and Wegmans.

The Roslindale Food Pantry is located around the corner from The Substation. We were happy to have several RFP volunteers with us and to welcome its new director, Mark Smith, to share information on the expanding services RFP is providing to food insecure families in Roslindale and Hyde Park.

The multi-generational crowd, from babies to octogenarians, added to the festive atmosphere.

Thanks to everyone for their generosity and participation in the fundraiser’s raffle and auction. Lucky winners took home gift cards and items donated by local businesses and friends:

Boston Harbor Hotel
Boston Red Sox items and tickets
The Charles Hotel
Charles River Boat Company
Effie’s Homemade
Joanne Delahanty
Minuteman Landscape Supply
Parkway Community YMCA
Roslindale Village Main Street
Roundhead Brewing
Salon Capri
Super Flash T Shirts
Total Wine & More
Tree Yoga
just to name just a few.

Thanks to your participation, we met our fundraising goal, and importantly, are again able to support our food insecure neighbors.