Art for Animals – New England Primate Sanctuary and McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurant Host Charity Fundraiser Join New England Primate Sanctuary and McCormick & Schmick’s Restaurant as they host the first annual Art for Animals cocktail event and art show to benefit New England Primate Sanctuary, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing lifelong care to captive monkeys retiring from entertainment and research, and to unwanted or elderly companion
animals.
The event, sponsored by McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurant, Clos Du Bois Vineyards and UV Vodka, will take place on Thursday, March 5th, from 6 to 9 p.m. at McCormick & Schmick’s at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel on Columbus Avenue. There will be live music by the 12:01 Blues Band, tarot readings, complimentary hors d’oeuvres and wine samples, as well as a cash bar featuring McCormick & Schmick’s famous martinis.
Tickets for Art for Animals are on sale now at a cost of $25 per person. To purchase tickets in support of this worthy cause, visit www.neps.eventbrite.com or contact Elisa Garcia-Rey at 617-368-6733. If you cannot attend the event but would like to make a taxdeductible donation to help New England Primate Sanctuary continue its work of providing retired or unwanted primates with a home, please visit the organization’s Web site at www.nerprimatesanctuary.org.
About New England Primate Sanctuary:
New England Primate Sanctuary is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing lifelong care to captive monkeys retiring from entertainment and research, and to unwanted or elderly companion animals. In addition to our animal caretaker role, education is central to the sanctuary’s mission and we strive to educate the public about the care and protection of all animals. Conservation and habitat protection are strongly emphasized in our outreach and educational programs. For the past six years, New England Primate Sanctuary has worked to raise awareness about our mission and goals through our Education Center, educational outreach programs, direct mailcampaigns, fundraising events, and networking. We have developed a network of foster homes for special needs dogs that would otherwise be put down due to old age, nonaggressive behavioral problems, problems of mobility and other «special» disorders. We are now poised to begin construction for the primate sanctuary on our new site in Hopkinton, Rhode Island and hope to open our doors to accept animals into the sanctuary in the coming months. In order to do this, however, we need your support!
