King Me

STD (Save The Date) -- Friday, November 21st!

This month, Sweet Charity will be supporting Kings Collegiate Charter School in the Brownsville / East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.



This charter school opened in August 2007 to 81 students in grade 5. Currently, Kings Collegiate serves 137 students in grades 5 and 6.



The school will continue expand one grade and 81 students per year, until it is a full middle and high school, with 450 students in grades 5 through 12.

"Our mission, plain and simple, is to ensure that all of our students are ready for college," said Principal Laura Lee.

Please come and show your support for the hard-working students and staff @ Kings Collegiate!

Get Ready to Rocktober

The October Sweet Charity event will take place on Wednesday, October 29th at Session 73. Come one, come all for an early celebration of Veterans' Day ... great drink deals ... and "Proud to be an American" Idol!

Happy hour 6:30-9:00PM includes:$3 BEERS, $4 HOUSE WINES, $5 COCKTAILS...

...which can get everyone ready for FREE karaoke w/ a live band at 9PM! Votes for your favorite karaoke-er -- or belted-out tunes -- are highly encouraged!

This month, we will be raising funds for Operation Homefront.



Operation Homefront provides emergency assistance and morale to our troops, to the families they leave behind and to wounded warriors when they return home. In 2007, this nonprofit served more than 33,000 military families with the help of 4,500 volunteers nationwide. For more information, please visit: http://www.operationhomefront.net/index.asp

HAVE ANY GIFT CARDS LYING AROUND? Operation Homefront can also use these (from department/ discount stores). Donations also accepted in cash, as usual.

'Til Wednesday!

1st Annual Funny T-Shirt Contest

Thanks to everyone who came out to the Copper Door Tavern for the 1st Annual Funny T-Shirt Contest. This month's Sweet Charity event raised over $2K for the I Have a Dream Foundation!

Congratulations to Amanda Cahill ("Damn it feels good to be a gangsta/Mr. Rogers") for winning the Do-It-Yourself category and to Kelvin "Goodbush" Au ("Good Bush, Bad Bush") for winning the Ready-Made category. Honorable mention to runner-up Ben Dover ("I Heart Soccer Moms"). And kudos to Alicia Mazurek for "offending delicate sensitivities" like no one else can.

Special thanks to our guest bartenders, Michael "The Mixologist" Gleeman and Anna "If At First You Don't Succeed, Chai Chai Again" Chai, for keeping glasses full and smiles on faces.

Thanks again to everyone who came out for the fun. Stay tuned for the next round in Rocktober!

Read It and Weep

Announcing the first annual "Read It and Weep" Funny T-Shirt Contest!!

Dig out that t-shirt that you love but don't wear for fear of . . .

a) offending delicate sensibilities;

b) physical violence / retribution;
c) disappointment that people won't fully appreciate your brilliance.

Get yourself and your terrific tee to the next happy hour:

Thu, Sept 25th

Copper Door Tavern

272 3rd Ave (btwn East 21/22nd Street)
Closet Subway: 6 Train @ East 23rd & Park Ave

Voting -- and drinking -- starts @ 6:30pm!!

I Have A Dream

I have a dream . . . that on Thursday, September 25th, we will come together . . . and support this month's charity:



I Have A Dream Foundation is working to ensure that all children have the opportunity to pursue higher education. This organization empowers children in low-income communities to achieve higher education by providing guaranteed tuition support. Students are also equipped with the skills, knowledge, and habits needed to gain entry to college and succeed in life.

To learn more, please check out the IHDF Channel on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/IHaveADreamFndn

More details to follow!

Mission Accomplished

Thanks to everyone who came out for the August Sweet Charity!

With your help, we raised $1,370 for Operation Backpack.

Special thanks to Tony Yip, who did a fabulous job behind the bar, and the folks at SideBar who made an additional donation to Volunteers of America.

Keep up the good work :)

Operation Backpack

Treat your hard-working, industrious self to cocktails at the fantastic new SideBar in Union Square. Sweet Charity supporter Tony Yip will be slinging drinks from 6-9pm!

Let's make back to school a little easier for NYC's 11,000 homeless children by supporting Operation Backpack, which provides backpacks and school supplies for children in grades K-12.

Donate $10 in exchange for happy hour extended until 8pm:
$3 BUD LIGHT DRAFTS
2 for 1: DOMESTIC BOTTLED BEERS
2 for 1: LEVEL MARTINIS, ABSOLUT & FLAVORS MIXED DRINKS,
SAUZA MARGARITAS & CRUZAN MOJITOS

For more information about Operation Backpack, please visit:
http://www.voa-gny.org/content/about_operation_backpack-2118.asp

Hope to see you on Thursday, August 28th!