Our Lady of Peace, Evelyn de Morgan, 1907

The new date for the Goddess Gala is August 8th! The location will be at the Sugar Space Arts Warehouse. It will be held outside on the new patio stage that is being built. This will make social distancing easier. Also, we will have yellow tape on the ground where needed to help remind us of 6 ft. We have all of the guidelines in place. We will take temperatures at the entrance and we have disposable masks if anyone wants one. We are ready to hold this event safely.

Yes this has been challenging. Trying to initiate a fundraising event this year has turned into a learning experience. I figure if this “change” does turn out to be the “new” way and everyone has to “relearn” how to conduct business according to guidelines and safety, then I would have to start somewhere anyways.

At this event we will be raising money and taking new item donations for the Christmas Box International. We will fill the box with new items needed from the kids WISH LIST.

We will be having a candy drawing. With every candy purchase you are automatically entered into a special prize drawing! We have some really great prizes and a super epic line-up. Check out our Facebook event page under the Discussions tab to see some of the great performers and candy prizes.

Not only is this the time of year they could use more donations, but this year has been especially hard.

“Vulnerable children are now trapped at home with perpetrators and largely hidden from the teachers, counselors, doctors and social workers who would normally observe and report signs of abuse or neglect, experts say. Meanwhile, many parents must contend with pressures related to job loss or remote work while they also homeschool and care for children.

“Unfortunately, this is a perfect storm of increased access and increased family stress and financial pressure that makes kids that much more vulnerable to abuse,” Teresa Huizar, the executive director of the National Children’s Alliance, an accrediting organization for children’s advocacy centers, told MarketWatch.”

— Published: May 7, 2020 By Meera Jagannathan -MarketWatch

The toys, clothes and other donations, especially monetary, help these kids to have a better life than the circumstances they happen to be in. They still want things like Barbie, Lego, Apple, Nike, Adidas, and what ever else their peers happen to be doing or wearing these days. It is hard to fit in, it is hard to be social in this day and age, and it is even harder if you don’t have a real home. The money helps let these kids enjoy some of the experiences they are missing out on and helps them to lead a better quality of life.

They won’t be kids for very long and they can not have that childhood stolen from them. Once an adult, we all know that time, money, responsibility, routines and work, is what it is there on forward. Being a kid is the only time that magic is true, imagination creates dreams, personality and character begin to shape… it is precious time. Like their motto says: Every child deserves a childhood.

Here is another featured performance! It is Sirens of Osiris! Fate and Asteria! A duet! A beginning belly dance troupe who dabble in the darkness of the underworld. A Spooky twist on belly dance with the accent on horror!

Fate and Asteria are Sirens of Osiris! (…side note, Fate is my daughter Alisia!)

Alex Rottlaender will be performing at the gala as our pre-show and dinner accompaniment. We are honored to have him and he will begin as soon as the doors open. As a busker he certainly appreciates gratuity and he is donating 100% of his tips that evening to the Christmas Box House.

(Side note #2, Alex is my son!)

It will be a super fantastic fundraiser for the Christmas Box House.

Don’t forget to dress up. Even though it is a smaller outside event, you can always wear Crocs with that little black dress, or sequins!