Fundraiser for St. Anthony's Kitchen in MN~~Concert by Int'l Reggae All Stars!

Turtle's Bar & Grill in Shakopee, MN will be holding its 1st Annual Fundraiser for St. Anthony's Kitchen, a wonderful place which has been providing meals for the hungry in Negril since 2010. The soup kitchen run by Father Jim serves hundreds of meals a week and is supported primarily from donations.

We have hired the best Reggae band in the Midwest, The International Reggae All Stars to perform. The last 1/2 of the show will be a Bob Marley tribute as the event, which takes place 1/24/14, is about 2 weeks before Bob's birthday. There will be a silent auction and donations will be accepted at the door (min $10). All monies will go directly to St. Anthony's Kitchen to help Father Jim and his crew continue helping folks in Negril.

Date: Friday, January 24th, 2014
Time: Doors open at 7, Silent Auction 7-9, Show starts at 8:30
Cost: Minimum $10 donation accepted at the door
Place: Turtle's Bar & Grill Event Center 132 First Ave E, Shakopee, MN 55379

If you are from the Twin Cities area, please join us and help spread the word to your reggae or Jamaica loving friends! If you aren't from the area but still want to help, PLEASE SEND A SILENT AUCTION ITEM TO:

Turtle's Bar & Grill
c/o Bryan
132 First Ave E
Shakopee, MN 55379

If there is an interest, I will arrange a block of rooms at The Best Western Shakopee for a discounted rate. Contact me if interested at bryanturtle@gmail.com

If you are coming and are a facebook user, please visit the event page below and "Join" and "Invite Friends" when you get to the page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/647368218619118/


For more info call Bryan at 952-445-9668

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Awesome!

Awesome indeed! Thanks to Bryan and Lisa and everyone at Turtle's Bar & Grill! What a wonderful thing to do for St. Anthony's Kitchen. I'm heading to Cincinnati for a meeting in early December and will carry a few gifts from Negril for the silent auction. Look for something in the mail. I'll try to avoid stuff that is made in China! --Fadder Jim

I will be there!!!! Awesome

What an excellent idea, Turtle! Also, I'm just gonna say it, you have an awesome boardie and bar name!

The fundraiser is this Friday 1/24. Doors open at 7, silent auction 7-9 and then it's a Bob Marley tribute show by the incredible International Reggae All Stars starting at 9! Lead guitar and band leader Jahbee is from Ocho Rios and Kingston native Lynval "Golden Voice" Jackson is one of the best vocalists I've ever heard! They are very excited to perform this show, in which all proceeds will go to Fr. Jim to help fund St. Anthony's kitchen and the wonderful work they do there feeding the hungry of Negril and helping to send kids to school.

If you're near Mpls/St. Paul please consider joining us for this awesome event! There are some really cool silent auction items like Red Stripe umbrellas, Bob Marley prints, etc. Suggested donation for entry is only $10. Come hang with the Shakopee Negril crew......It's gonna be IRIE!

Turtle's Bar and Grill---132 First Ave E---Shakopee, MN 55379---952-445-9668

This is pretty cool that you are doing this! Wish we could be there.

Oh Man wish we were CLOSER~~~~So COOL of you to do this.!

Dear Bryan and Lisa, thanks for doing this for St. Antony's Kitchen. We are totally dependent on the generosity and kindness of others. We feed more than hungry bellies at the Kitchen. We are assisting parents of 45 children to get them to school. Nine of them had perfect attendance in the first term. I promised a new bicycle to anyone with perfect attendance. The good news is that I nine kids had perfect attendance. The bad news is I had to buy nine bicycles. that the best bad news I've had in a long time. About 50 kids eat breakfast at the Kitchen on the way to school. We bus 20 of them to Mt. Airy All Age. We got some nice press in the paper just before Christmas.. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/2.../western1.html

Hope you have a great event at Turtles. Peace and all good to you! --Fadder Jimm

Fadder Jim,

How much do the bikes cost and where do you get them?

please include (3) nights for your Silent Auction at Treehouse
I can email you a donation letter
Respect
Gail Jackson

What an awesome donation! PM sent. Thanks Gail!

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Originally Posted by gailnegril

please include (3) nights for your Silent Auction at Treehouse
I can email you a donation letter
Respect
Gail Jackson

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Thumbs up!

Its going to be a great evening, looking forward to it!

Any chance the The International Reggae All Stars would come to Negril to perform? Just a thought :) I know many who would love it!

Please be sure to give a little write up and post some photos if possible.... would like to hear how this event goes... thanks!
St. Anthony's Kitchen

Thanks to everyone who attended the first annual fundraiser for St. Anthony's Kitchen and also to those who contributed silent auction items! We had around 120 people there and the show by The Int'l Reggae All Stars was phenomenal! I'll try to post a couple video clips when I figure out how :). The proceeds from the door and silent auction came in a little north of $3K. We have a few more items to collect for and will wire the proceeds next week before we head to Negril. I know it's probably a drop in the bucket as far as the annual budget is concerned, but every little bit helps. We look to make next year's event even bigger and better, although we were quite happy with the turnout we had. Thanks again to the people that helped run the event, all the attendees and the silent auction donors!

Big Up and Respect to You and St. Anthony's Kitchen.

Well done - respect to you and all of your volunteers and attendees! That's $3K they didn't have before :) I'm sure they'll be thrilled!

Clap, clap, clap. Well done. Wish I could have been there.

I'm a little late in responding to this, Eco. Sorry! Bikes cost around USD$140. They are expensive here. I bought them at Bashco in Sav. And thanks to Turtle's Bar and Grill. Their big Reggae night was last Friday! --Fadder. Jim