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Hingham Fundraiser Will Support Horizons for Homeless Children

The benefit is March 2.

By Cynthia Rosenfeld

The Building Blocks fundraiser to benefit Horizons for Homeless Children is one month away. Make sure you mark your calendar for the best Mardi Gras party possible, outside of New Orleans, of course.

The benefit will be March 2 from  7p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Black Rock Country Club. Guests will be able to  stroll down Bourbon Street in the middle of Mardi Gras and grab their party mask  and taste authentic New Orleans cuisine and sample a hurricane.

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Guests can also bid on live and silent auctions, try their luck with a raffle and hope for the lucky piece of the King’s Cake. Building Blocks is a ticketed event open to the public.

Price per ticket is $50 per person. To purchase tickets, please visit www.preschoolplaymates.com

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The money will benefit the Parents of Preschoolers, a local parents’ group, most of whom have children at Pre-School Playmates in Hingham is led by Maryann Landry, owner of Pre-School Playmates, POP. This group seeks to help provide a safe and solid learning environment for underprivileged preschoolers. Each year POP supports a local children’s charity. For the second year in a row, Horizons for Homeless Children will benefit from Building Blocks. 

It is estimated that 1.6 million children are homeless each night - half of them under the age of six.

The mission of Horizons for Homeless Children is to improve the lives of homeless children and their families. They provide homeless children in Massachusetts with the nurturing, stimulation and opportunities for early education and play that all children need to learn and grow in healthy ways.

Since 1990, several thousand children have been served by Horizons for Homeless Children’s Playspaces and Community Children’s Centers. Horizons has recruited and trained more than 14,000 volunteer Playspace Activity Leaders, giving children living in family shelters across Massachusetts the opportunity to play, learn and  just be kids. Horizons works with public officials in state and federal government to increase the resources available to young homeless children and to change the conditions that lead to family homelessness. Horizons for Homeless Children helps to stabilize families so that they can weather any crisis, and thus help to break the cycle of homelessness that too often occurs.


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