Mini-Golf Courses Plan Fundraisers for Children Who Need Homes
Events Support Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange
BOSTON, MA – June 26, 2008 –The Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange (MARE) invites the public to play miniature golf this summer as a way to help children in foster care find permanent homes. Local mini-golf courses are donating 5% - 10% of their proceeds to MARE from designated Mini-Golf for MARE days, scheduled for:
Sun., July 13 – Bogey Lanes, E. Brookfield
Mon., July 21 – Funway USA, Foxboro
Wed., August 6 – Cap’n Barnacle’s Mini Golf, Fairhaven
Thurs., August 7 – Route One Miniature Golf, Saugus
Wed., August 13 – Cap’n Barnacle’s Mini Golf, Fairhaven
Sun., August 17 – Bogey Lanes, E. Brookfield
Wed., August 20 – Cap’n Barnacle’s Mini Golf, Fairhaven
Wed., August 27 – Cap’n Barnacle’s Mini Golf, Fairhaven
Sat., September 20 – Route One Miniature Golf, Saugus
“We hope everyone will brush up their mini-golf skills and visit these great facilities,” said MARE executive director Lisa Funaro. “Over 600 children in Massachusetts foster care right now are waiting to join a permanent, caring family. Thanks to the support of these golf courses, you can make this the summer you help a child find a home.”
Cap'n Barnacle’s 18 Hole Nautical Mini Golf, 2 David Drown Blvd., Fairhaven, MA 02719 is donating 10% of the proceeds from four Mini-Golf for MARE dates every Wednesday in August. Cap’n Barnacle’s, near New Bedford, offers “Hot Family Fun in the Summertime,” right next to their Carousel Family Fun Center roller skating rink. For more information, visit www.capnbarnacles.com.
Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange
The Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange (MARE) is a private non-profit agency, founded in 1957, to find “a permanent place to call HOME” for harder-to-place children waiting in foster care, including older children ages 6 – 18, children of color of all ages, sibling groups, and children with emotional, physical and intellectual challenges. MARE works in cooperation with the Massachusetts Department of Social Services (DSS) and private agencies. Thanks to familiar programs like Sunday’s Child® in the Boston Globe and Wednesday’s Child with news anchor Jack Williams on WBZ-TV4, MARE has moved more than 5,000 children from temporary care to stable, loving families.
To learn more about Mini-Golf for MARE or about adoption from foster care, call 617-54-ADOPT (617-542-3678), toll-free at (800) 882-1176 or visit www.mareinc.org.
www.mareinc.org ;
45 Franklin Street, 5th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02110-1301
MAIN # (617) 54-ADOPT or (617) 542-3678 • MA ONLY (800) 882-1176 • FAX (617) 542-1006 •TTY (617) 542-7772
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