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Gimme Shelter Announced to Benefit Operation Home in Charleston, SC

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Charleston, SC, January 26, 2011 – Benefiting Operation Home, Home Team BBQ presents Gimme Shelter on Thursday, March 31st from 7-11pm at Eye Level Art located downtown at 103 Spring Street. The festive evening’s theme celebrates a legendary Cuban night and will include beer, wine and specialty drinks including The Hemingway and famous Home Team Frozen Painkillers, on site hand-rolled cigars in a Havana lounge, a small silent auction, innovative multi-media entertainment and soulful folk and jazz rhythms from Garage Cuban Band. Additionally, pitmaster Aaron Siegel will be jerk-rubbing pork and chicken and then cooking them low and slow in Home Team’s wood fired smoker. Accented with a Cuban-inspired rum BBQ sauce and citrus juices, these items will be accompanied by grilled pineapple spicy rice and Home Team’s wild and crazy black beans.”Home Team’s support of this event is a huge testament to their commitment to the community and a great example of the power of a public-private partnership,” said Operation Home Executive Director Anna Hamilton. “Proceeds raised from this party will go towards helping four families who are currently on Operation Home’s waiting list for critical house repairs.”

Operation Home’s mission is to help low-income residents of Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester Counties remain in their homes by increasing safety and accessibility through the coordination of critical home repairs. Their work focuses on the people the most in need including households that contain children, people with disabilities or older adults. Since its inception, hundreds of homes have been repaired by Operation Home, totaling in excess of $1 million. Operation Home is committed to ensuring that no person has to live in a home that is inaccessible or dangerous.

Tickets are $65 and can be purchased online at www.operationhome.org. For more information about the event, sponsorships, interviews or press passes, please contact Lorrie Dixson of Eskimo Advertising at lorrie@eskimoadvertising.com.

My Sister’s House announces 2nd Annual Bubbly & Brew Event in Charleston, SC

My Sister’s House presents the 2nd Annual Bubbly and Brew on Thursday, October 7th from 6-10:30pm at Omar Shrine Temple in Mount Pleasant, SC. Guests will dine on tasty food selections from High Thyme, Home Team BBQ, Gullah Cuisine, and Glass Onion as well as sip on champagne, cocktails from Firefly Distillery and beers from Stone Brewery, Pearlstine Distributors and Sweetwater Brewing Company. Additionally, there will be a silent auction and live music from party band Permanent Vacation. Tickets are $50 in advance at www.bubblyandbrew2.bbnow.org or $60 at the door.

“This event is a cornerstone of our fund raising efforts,” said Executive Director Elmire Raven. “The money raised will be used in a variety of ways to continue to help women and children live violence-free by providing a 24-hour crisis line and shelter, deposits on new safe apartments, childrens’ clothing for school, legal help, counseling and much more.”

My Sister’s House is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization that offers free and confidential services, programs and resources to empower victims of domestic violence and their children to live free from abuse. Serving victims in Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester Counties in South Carolina, My Sister’s House has been successful in providing for the basic physical needs of food, shelter, and clothing for abused women and their children, while also addressing psychological needs of self-esteem, autonomy, self-respect, self-worth and ultimately, self-actualization since 1980.

Bubbly and Brew Sponsors include Carolina One, Parker SCITech Group, Eclectic Interior Design Group, Eskimo Advertising and Stitch Design Co.

For more information about My Sister’s House, please contact Elmire Raven at 843-747-4069 or visit www.mysistershouse.org. For media inquiries, interviews and sponsorship opportunities, contact Lorrie Dixson of Eskimo Advertising at lorrie@eskimoadvertising.com.