Maine Fundraising Events in March

Lights! Camera! Murder!There are two really exciting fundraising events in March. Both events will benefit the Lafayette Family Foundation and Lafayette Family Cancer Center in Brewer, Maine.

 

March 16, 2013

The Best Western Merry Manor Inn will host their 4th Annual Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre“Lights! Camera! Murder!” on Saturday, March 16th at 6:00pm. Download the flyer here.

The Event includes a Red Carpet Reception, Dinner and Murder Mystery Show. Dinner choices are: Prime Rib, Seafood Stuffed Haddock, or Vegetable Alfredo over Linguini.

Overnight Packages are also available.

 

Complete Palate

 

March 23, 2013 ***please note: this event has been postponed until the Fall. Please check back later for the new date.

The Fireside Inn & Suites in Portland is holding the, “Complete Palate: A Pairing of Food, Wine & Beer” on Saturday, March 23rd. Download the flyer here.

Try fabulous wine and beer selections carefully paired with the Chef’s creations.

Menu items include: Gourmet Cheese Board, Seared Duck Breast, Asian Beef and Basil, Vegetarian Strudel, and more.

Ask about their overnight rooms packages.

August Fundraisers in Maine

Pear Almond TartIt has been a successful August for fundraising in Maine.

On August the 18th the Champion the Cure Challenge was held in Brewer, Maine to raise money for Eastern Maine Medical Center’s CancerCare of Maine at the Lafayette Family Cancer Center. The Lafayette Hotels team had over 60 members and to date has raised over $65,000 for the cause. The event as a whole raised over $325,000 and included nearly 1,000 participants and volunteers.

The Looking Glass Restaurant at the Bluenose Inn hosted the 4th Annual Cancer Research Culinary Event in Bar Harbor, Maine on Sunday, August 19. Executive Chef Arturo Montes of the Looking Glass Restaurant at the Bluenose Inn, welcomed special guest, Executive Chef & Owner Frank McClelland from L’Espalier Restaurant in Boston. The event raised over $13,000 for EMMC’s CancerCare of Maine at the Lafayette Family Cancer Center.


Thanks to all the Lafayette Hotels team members who helped to make both events a great success!


View a Gallery of some of the Lafayette Hotels Champion the Cure Challenge team members here
(most photos by Thomas Morelli Photography)
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Dunkin’ Donuts Free Coffee Fundraiser

Dunkin' Donuts Free Coffee Fundraiser
Dunkin' Donuts Free Coffee Fundraiser
Lafayette Family Cancer Center - Brewer, Maine
Lafayette Family Cancer Center

The Lafayette Family Foundation is participating in the 2012 Dunkin’ Donuts “Community Mug Program.” The program supports local non-profits in the community. Dunkin’ Donuts and their independent business owners of Maine and New Hampshire have generously donated the mugs to be distributed at Lafayette Hotels’ properties.

100% of the donation will go to the Lafayette Family Foundation to benefit cancer research and treatment at the EMMC CancerCare of Maine’s Lafayette Family Cancer Center in Brewer, Maine.

Mugs are available for $20 at property front desks. Each mug entitles the owner to one free hot coffee every Sunday in 2012 at participating Dunkin’ Donut locations throughout Maine and Coos and Carroll counties in New Hampshire.

Participating Properties include:

Free Dunkin' Donuts CoffeeMaine

Comfort Inn Ocean’s EdgeBelfast
Black Bear Inn
Orono
Fireside Inn & Suites
Bangor
Best Western White House Inn Bangor
Fireside Inn & SuitesWaterville
Fireside Inn & SuitesAuburn
Best Western Merry Manor InnSouth Portland
Fireside Inn & Suites Portland
Holiday Inn by the BayPortland
Lafayette’s Oceanfront Resort Wells Beach
Senator Inn & SpaAugusta
Seacastles Resort – Ogunquit

Fundraiser – Can Cancer!

Logan Lafayette's Can Cancer! Fundraiser
Logan Lafayette and Allen L'Italien of Cancer Care of Maine

Since November of 2009 Logan Lafayette has been collecting cans and bottles to help raise money for cancer research at the Lafayette Family Cancer Center. Logan has a collection area next to the Coffee Break Café on Main Road North in Hampden, Maine. He has made several dozen trips to the redemption center (as his careful record keeping and receipts will attest to). After returning over 24,000 cans he has turned in $1,213.85 to Cancer Care of Maine to help fund research. His goal is to raise over $2,000. If you have any cans or bottles you wish to donate, please feel free to drop them off … we all can help Can Cancer!