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December 9, 2009

Thanks: Local businesses came through for Pioneer House

To the editor:

Pioneer House is a nonprofit program of Health & Education Services Inc. serving mentally ill adults. During the months of July and August, we sold calendars for our fifth annual calendar fundraiser, which took place in September. This is our major event to provide funds for training and for our social events.

We ask local popular restaurants and businesses to help us out by donating gift certificates to their establishments. We'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who donated to this year's fundraiser:

Bertini's Restaurant, Dube's Restaurant, Topsfield Fair, Danversport Yacht Club, Laser Quest, Cape Ann Whale Watch, Su Chang's Restaurant, HMA Car Care Systems, Sam & Joe's Restaurant, Hartnett's Auto Body & Car Wash, Sugar Cane Restaurant, Sheraton Tara Hotel, Stop & Shop, National Alliance for Mentally Ill (NAMI), Soucy Insurance Company, Artmisia Botanicals, Sophia's Gift Shop, Cherry Street Fish Market, Outback Steakhouse, Capt's Waterfront Restaurant & Grill, Hannaford's Supermarket, Beverly Racquet & Fitness Club, Red's Sandwich Shoppe, Engine House Pizza, The Ninety-Nine Restaurant, Super Sub, Shaw's Supermarket, Joan's Bed & Breakfast, Gallo Nero Restaurant, Winfrey's Fudge, Cardsmart, Edible Arrangements, Kelly's Roast Beef, Nick's Roast Beef, Trader Joe's, Applebee's Neighborhood Bar & Grill, Victoria Station Restaurant, Century House Resturant, Sylvan Street Grill, Spud's Restaurant, Cabot Cinema, Middleton Golf Course, The Regatta Pub, Dwight Evans, North Shore Fruit Basket, Bertucci's, and Bob's Discount Furniture.

Thanks to all of our donors, we were able to reach our goal of $3,000. This means that we will be able to send people to the Eastern Employment Conference in Washington in the spring, and we'll also be able to go to places like the Museum of Science and New England Aquarium and enjoy a few movies during the winter.

We'll also be able to have a DJ again this year for our Valentine's dance. This means a lot to us, and we couldn't do it without all our wonderful donors!

Eileen Mackey

Health & Education Services Inc.

Beverly

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