2009 Annual Brunch & Auction Event


Our annual fundraiser has blossomed into a well-attended social event, while raising awareness and resources in support of the shelter and services provided by Grace Smith House to women, and their children, who are victims of domestic violence.

This year the event featured a smorgasbord brunch, a silent auction and a live auction held by George Cole and raised over $35,000 for the agency!


On behalf of the Board of Directors, the staff and the women and children Grace Smith House serves, we want to extend our heartfelt appreciation for the many ways you supported our 2009 Spring Brunch and Auction!

Our fabulous auction items, all generously donated, helped to make this auction our most successful one to date.

We wish to thank the many contributors who respond each year to our needs. We are also most grateful to those of you who attend the auction and bid on the many wonderful silent and live auction items we have to offer. We appreciate all of you!

The proceeds realized from this auction will sustain the important work of helping women and their children live free from domestic abuse.

Thank you!
Donna Betts, Board Chair

Thank you very much for your generous donations!

Live Auction Donors

Barbara Nolan Lehmkuhl Landscaping Rhinebeck Merchants:
Best Western Inn & Bananas Comedy Club Lori Rolison Interiors Aroi Thai Restaurant
Bob and Louise Lynch Marist College Beekman Arms. "The Tavern"
Branton Woods Golf Club Mimi Tannen & MiraBeads Cabin Fever
Clear Channel Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel Haven Spa
Copake Country Club Poughkeepsie Nissan Leonardo's Italian Market and CafŽ
Dolores Waldron Vacation Rentals Stephen Gould Corp. The Center for Performing Arts
Dutchess Golf & Country Club Sweet Endings by Erin Harris Kaylor Oblong Book Store
Grace Smith House Board of Directors Tamarack Preserve Old Mill Wine & Spirits
Hammertown Rhinebeck The Town Shop Paper Trail
Hollow Brook Golf Club Thrifty Beverages Rhinebeck Health Foods
Hudson Valley Office Furniture West Pine Photography by Michael Coluccio Rhinebeck Pilates
Kirpalu Center for Yoga & Health   Terrapin Restaurant
  Upstate Films
  Pique Boutique

Silent Auction Donors

Adams Fairacre Farm Connie Gray Price Chopper
Ana Marie Organic Farms Debra McGarvey Hair Design and Makeup Punch
Babettes Kitchen Haldora R&C Cleaners
Bard College Hudson Valley School of Advanced Aesthetic Karen Rae
Bardavon Opera House Holy Cow Ice Cream Alida Ransom
Belleayre Mountain Hudson River Cruises Rare Finds
Best Creations Bakery Hudson Valley Renegades Reardon Briggs Hardware
Blue Heron Wellness Support Joyce Jenkins Red Cap Cleaners
Mary Brockway Matthew Johnson Rhinebeck Savings Bank
Brown's Auto Driving School Emmy Josephs Rhinecliff Hotel
C&R Hair Design Jubilee Book Store Robin Trainor
CafŽ Les Baux Keepers Market Sabellico Greenhouse
Center for Therapeutic Massage Gerry Kirby SAL Barber Shop
Central Press LaDeliziosa Bakery Linda Saland
Chili's Locust Grove Saperstein's
Citrus Boutique Making Faces Laurie Schiavone
Classic Antiques Manic Trout Elayne Seaman
Cobblestone Antiques Mann on the Move Shadows on the Hudson
Cosimo's Trattoria Marileen Design South Side Wine & Spirits
County Players Marilyn Price SPAC
Coyote Grill Marlene Weber St. John's Lutheran Church
Craftsmen by Design Barbara Mauri GiGi Storey
Cranberry's McCann Golf Course Susan Weinrich
Curves Meriweather's Tranquility Spa
Lisa Daniels Mid-Hudson Civic Center Twist
Davis Furniture Mike Arteaga's Health & Fitness Vassar College
De's Jewelers Millbrook Café Village Wine & Spirits
Designs by Nannette Molly Myhrum Pottery Vincent's Gift Shop
DIA Beacon Tara Morey Bill Volk
Double O Grill N.Y. Auto Repairs Liz Wang
Staats Fasholdt Northpark Woodcraft Jean & Dennis Weinel
Margaret Fettes Ellen O'Shea Leigh Williams
Floral Variations by Joyce Jenkins Partners in Massage Williams Lumber
Fun Central Pastry Garden Woman Gone to Pieces
Natalie Gilbert The Phantom Gardener Pat Zitz
Claudia Gorman Poughkeepsie Journal


Sincere Appreciation and Thanks to:

The Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel, Maureen Kangas and Marianne's Floral Garden