Join High Hopes on Saturday, June 13, for “Motown, A Night of Soul and Funk” which promises to be a memorable evening featuring the toe-tapping, dancing in the streets sound of The Sultans.

Marvin Gaye may have sung “What’s Goin’ On,” and “Heard It Through the Grapevine” but here’s the scoop: striking décor will transform the High Hopes pastoral riding facility into the ideal setting for a sit-down dinner, silent auction, concert and dancing.

Some tickets are still available for the event. Click here for ticket information and to purchase tickets.

For more information on the event including a complete list of sponsors, visit www.highhopestr.org or call 860 434-1974.

Proceeds will benefit the programs and participants of our year round equine assisted therapy programs. This event is sponsored by Northstar Wealth Partners, LLC.  Other leading corporate sponsors include:

Diamond Sponsor
Eversource

Platinum Sponsors
Dominion
Bob’s Discount Furniture
Herb Chambers Companies
Ironwood Capital – Roger & Mimi Roche
Julia Balfour, LLC
All America Waste
WNLC – Hall Radio

Gold Sponsors
Chelsea Groton Bank
CohnReznick
Connecticut Business Systems
Franklin Organic Mushrooms
Geneve Corporation
Lawrence & Memorial Hospital
Outthink, LLC
Taylor Rentals – Party Plus
U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management
Updike, Kelly & Spellacy P.C.
Xplore

Jamie Childs of William Pitt Sotheby’s Realty and Tyler Potts of Northstar Wealth Partners led this successful funding drive.  Corporate sponsorship is a critical portion of the funds raised by the June benefit, which accounts for 20 percent of High Hopes’ operating support.

Shoreline Web News LLC, which publishes LymeLine.com and ValleyNewsNow.com, is proud to be a Benefactor Sponsor of the event.

High Hopes is one of the oldest and largest therapeutic riding centers in the United States, operating since 1974 and accredited by PATH Intl. (formerly the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association) since 1979.  Annually, High Hopes serves over 1,700 individuals. Assisted by over 675 volunteers and a herd of 27 horses specifically trained for therapeutic riding,

High Hopes is committed to providing the highest quality of services to the community. Of the more than 800 programs that are members of PATH Intl., High Hopes is one of only six centers in the United States approved by PATH Intl. to provide their training courses in therapeutic riding instruction and has trained instructors from all over the world.

High Hopes is located at 36 Town Woods Road, Old Lyme, CT  06371.

The Old Lyme Historical Society is hosting its first annual Memorial Day Tag Sale on Monday, May 25, at 55 Lyme St. in Old Lyme from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Rain date is Saturday, May 30.

Support the mission of the Society to collect, preserve and interpret the rich history of Old Lyme and its environs by picking up some “treasures” at the Memorial Day Tag Sale.

The Boardman family

The community of Old Lyme is asking residents to help save a life.

On Sunday, May 24, the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme is hosting a marrow donor registry drive between 12 and 5 p.m. to raise awareness about the need for marrow donors. Potential donors, who must be aged between 18 and 44, can take the first step to save a life.

Registration requires paperwork and a cheek swab sample taken from the inside of the mouth. Most donations, if you later match a patient, are done through an automated blood donation.

The drive is being held in honor Debra Boardman.  Debra is the wife of Michael Boardman, and mother of two wonderful daughters, Emma (12) and Molly (7) Boardman.  She was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia in March 2015 and began treatment right away.  It was quickly determined that her best chance to beat this disease is a stem cell transplant.

Unfortunately, both of her sisters were not a match so she needs to find a donor through the Be The Match registry. Could you be her match?  A matching donor will give her the opportunity for a cure.  Consider joining the Be The Match^® Registry to help Debra and others fighting blood diseases.

It costs about $100 to add each potential marrow donor to the Be The Match^® registry.  Typing costs for this drive will be covered by health insurance and Michael’s Fund of Fall River, Mass. There will be no out of pocket expense for anyone wishing to the join the registry.

The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme is located at 2 Ferry Road, Old Lyme, CT 06371.

The Rhode Island Blood Center’s Marrow Donor Program is working with the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme to host this event. The Rhode Island Blood Center is a donor center for Be The Match^®, involved in recruiting marrow donors and facilitating donations throughout New England.

Be The Match^® is a movement that engages a growing community of people inspired to help patients who need a marrow or umbilical cord blood transplant from an unrelated donor. The National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP), a leader in the field of marrow and cord blood transplantation, created Be The Match^® to provide opportunities for the public to become involved in saving the lives of people with leukemia, lymphoma and other life-threatening diseases.

For more information, visit www.bethematch.org or call 800-283-8385 ext.720.

Michael’s Fund is a non-profit organization whose mission is to help adults and children survive cancer through marrow transplants. The organization was founded by family members of Michael Wrobel who in 1996, at the age of 11, lost his battle with lymphoma when a matching donor could not be found.

The organization provides funds that enable the RI Blood Center to add more marrow donors to the Be The Match^® Registry thus increasing the number of donors available to patients.