A silver anniversary and Sister Celeste O’Bryan named as honorary chairperson are two great reasons to celebrate at this year’s annual “Get Together!” The South Buffalo Community Table’s Get Together committee is pleased to announce this special celebration will take place from 6 p.m. to midnight Saturday, April 9, at the Ironworkers Hall, 196 Orchard Park Road, West Seneca.
For 25 years, the Get Together has been a fun evening with friends and a great way to support neighbors in need. This year’s event will look back at the history of this special community organization and popular fundraiser.
The South Buffalo Table has been serving 1,000 hot meals a month, five days a week, since 1983. In the beginning, Sister Celeste offered to serve as “temporary” director. She will be honored at the Get Together for her 33 years of service! Sister Kristen Schmitz and the many dedicated volunteers who continue to make this ministry possible will also be recognized.
This special event was started in 1991 to raise funds to feed the hungry in the South Buffalo community. Neil Farrell and a group of enthusiastic volunteers, with support from the SBCT Board of Directors, formed the first Get Together committee. Right from the start they received the help of volunteer musicians, including the Stone Bridge Band. Neil is still on the committee, and the Stone Bridge Band has played all 25 years!
Other bands over the years have included Tom Stahl and the Dangerfields, Girls Gone Mild, Only Human, the Les Davis Trio, Jackdaw and even the Goo Goo Dolls in their early years. Congressman Brian Higgins and the talented Bonnie Kane Lockwood have also been known to entertain the crowd!
This year’s musical lineup includes local favorites Crikwater, Boomer Daddys, The South Buffalo All-Stars and Charlie O’Neill’s Unplugged Club — in tribute to one of Stone Bridge’s beloved band members.
Tickets are only $15 and include beer, pop, wine, food and snacks. A huge basket raffle, silent auction and special drawings will feature theme baskets, gift certificates, sports memorabilia, and original artwork and photography. Bring along a canned good to be entered into a special drawing.
Chairperson Joe Murphy and the Get Together committee invite all to attend this milestone event! Tickets are available at the door. For questions or to make a donation, please call Paul Barbus at 823-1596 or Peter Clancy at 822-6718. You must be 21 or older to attend.
Don’t miss this opportunity to help others. In the words of this year’s honorary chairperson, Sister Celeste, “We respect the dignity of those we serve, and it is in giving each day that we are blessed.”
