We are still looking for both sponsors and attendees for the Home Front Festival kick-off event, the Gala Fundraising Dinner on September 28. Click here for complete information. This event will raise funds for Rosie the River Trust, where I serve as president of the board of directors. Rosie the Riveter Trust is the non-profit partner of Rosie the Riveter WW II Home Front National Historical Park. Your company needs to be represented!
Sponsors already signed up include:
” Table of 10 – $5,000: Cornell Maier, Kaiser, Wells Fargo Foundation, Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, Richard Poe, Chevron, Auto Warehousing, City of Richmond and Ayco Charitable Foundation
” Table of 6 – $3000.00: Richmond Sanitary Service
” Table of 4 – $2000.00: Cherokee-Brooks Street, Levin-Richmond Terminals, MSH Group
” Table of 2 – $1000.00: Jane and Rich Bartke, Interactive Resources, Diane Hedler, Oliver & Company, Tom Debley and Mary Jane Holmes, David Spatz, DP Security, lesa McIntosh, Rosemary and Doug Corbin and Mechanics Bank
” In addition, over 100 people have reserved individual seats, but we have room for many more. Please email or phone me if you have any questions. I hope you can help our worthy cause!
For complete information about the Home front Festival click here.
” Home Front Festival By-the-Bay is Almost Here! But” who is Richmond?
” On the Festival website you can: buy tickets to the USO Dance/Show on Sept. 29th; volunteer for a variety of activities that fit your time frame and your interests; check out the all-day entertainment; find out what time the Sea Scouts will demonstrate Scuttlebutt! www.homefrontfestival.com
” 9 On 9 Tonight: Tonight at 9:00 p.m. on Channel 9. This one-hour show features Richmond”s own Betty Reid Soskin. The War..
For additional information, see links below:
SF Chronicle on Kem Burns Series “The War” Describes Transformation of Richmond from Village to Industrial Giant, September 16, 2007 Anticipation Builds for Home Front Festival, September 8, 2007 Our Families’ Home Front Stories, September 4, 2007 The War and the Richmond Home Front, September 1, 2007 Mapping Richmond’s World War II Home Front, August 20, 2007 Author Emily Yellin of “Our Mothers’ War” Tapped for Home Front Festival Keynote Speaker, August 17, 2007 Home Front Festival Update – September 28-29-30, August 6, 2007