Drop off locations are: Edith Bishel Center for the Blind & Visually Impaired, Hillcrest Memorial Center, Richland Rehab & eagle Assisted Living, Riverton Retirement (1800 Bellerive Dr.), Pasco Senior Center and Canyon Lakes Retirement Center. Deadline is December 9th!
TwiArts Contest
Join us for our official TwiArts Contest sponsored by Charter College and the Edith Bishel Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Whether you sketch, paint, make jewelry, bake cakes, or are a master at graphic design - we'd love to see your fan art! There are 3 age categories: up to age 10, 11-15 and 16 and up. Have fun and raise money for the blind and visually impaired. Please direct all questions to Cynthia, our Twilight Event Director at (509)735-0699.
Hi all you Tri-Cities Twi-Hards out there.
Below are links to Facebook and Twitter Twilight media campaigns for our November 17, 2011 fundraiser at the TRAC.
Mark your calendar for November 17, 2011 at the TRAC in Pasco, WA from 6:00 pm till 11:00 pm with a midnight movie release of Breaking Dawn. First 75 tickets sold will receive at the door an exclusive Twilight goody bag filled with vampire and werewolf treasures from Forks, WA. Go to the TRAC website, www.traconline.com to purchase your tickets on September 1st, 2011.
Watch the Townsquare Media promotion of the Edith Bishel Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired fundraiser Twilight Saga "Breaking Dawn"
on November 17th at the TRAC. If you are interested in supporting this event by assisting with media coverage of any kind please contact Events and Fundraising Director Cynthia McCready at cynthia@edithbishelcenter.org. Your community support is so appreciated and you will be helping our center serve the blind and visually impaired in 6 eastern Washington Counties.
Casting Call Flyer for Twilight Look-a-Like Characters
Several Twilight Look-a-like characters are still needed, starting with Jacob Black, and a few others. Contact Cynthia McCready, the Twilight Event Director with details, (509)735-0699.
To print audition information & application, click on. download this pdf file.
To print audition parental permission form, click on. download this pdf file.
Breaking Dawn Release Party Sponsor / Vendor Packet
The Edith Bishel Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired is once again helping the Multi Cultural Elder Awareness Committee for seniors put together Christmas Baskets.
Each year the committee’s focus is to put together and distribute baskets to the elderly and disabled in our area who do not have family and or are financially in need. Last year with the community support that we received we were able to distribute 150 baskets filled with warm clothing items, shampoo, soaps, toiletries, pens. Pencil’s along with gift cards, dry and canned food items.
Please drop off your donated items at the Edith Bishel Center for the blind and Visually Impaired on Monday thru Friday from 9:00 am to 5:00pm. For more information call Larry Weiss, committee member at 735-0699 or Beth Johnson, committee chairman at 735-0315.
Join us in a first-hand experience of the
world in which the blind and visually impaired live at our annual Dinner in the Dark
on Thursday, September 9 at the Richland Clarion Hotel. For more
information, download this pdf file.
Watch the KEPR promotion of the Edith Bishel Center for the Blind and
Visually Impaired fundraiser Twilight Saga "Eclipse"
on June 29th at the TRAC. If you are interested in
supporting this event by assisting with media coverage
of any kind please contact Events and Fundraising Director Cynthia McCready at
cynthia@edithbishelcenter.org. Your community support
is so appreciated and you will be helping our center
serve the blind and visually impaired in 6 eastern
Washington Counties.
Twilighters.org, the official web site of the Twilight saga, recognizes the Edith Bishel Center for
the Blind and Visually Impaired fundraising events: click here.
Cool Shades for a Cause!
Wear your shades on May 6, 2010 to bring hope and awareness to eye disabilities.
Pay $1 to wear your cool shades for the day at your participating high school or middle school!
Thank you Stevens Middle School in Pasco for showing your Tiger Pride by fundraising for the Edith Bishel Center
for the Blind & Visually Impaired. Teacher Azelia Norwood leads the Tiger Pride event. Thank you to everyone
who will rally for our cause on June 4th.
May 28, 2010:6th Annual Golf Tournament & Fundraiser at Canyon Lakes Golf Course.
April 16 and 23, May 7 and 14, and June 4 and June 18:Yokes Shopping Spree! Buy a raffle
ticket at any of the Tri-City Yokes Fresh Markets and enter to win a $500 shopping spree.
April 16, 2010:
Spring Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser for Edith Bishel Center
4:00pm to 7:00pm at the Kennewick Valley Grange
2611 S. Washington in Kennewick
On October 3, 2009 the Edith Bishel Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired will announce
the winners of their Twilight Saga: "New Moon" Character Look-A-Like Contest
at the Barnes & Noble New Moon Book Fair. Please join us as the New Moon Wolf Pack
growls and rips off their t-shirts and Twilight fans of all ages go crazy. Purchase any item
at Barnes & Noble on October 3rd and mention our center and 10% to 20% of the proceeds will be
donated to this event.
October 16, 2009:
Fall Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser for Edith Bishel Center
4:00pm to 7:00pm at the Kennewick Valley Grange
2611 S. Washington in Kennewick
All-You-Can-Eat $6.00 per person.
October 23, 2009: Open House for Eye Professionals
October 24, 2009:Public Open House from 11am to 3pm. Our staff
wishes to meet you and share our services! Refreshments will be served.
Low Vision Factory Representatives will be present to demonstrate equipment.
For more information download pdf flier.
The Haunting of Ainsworth at Sacajawea State Park, Fridays and Saturdays during the month of October,
7:00 pm to 11:00 pm. Come and have a scary fun time, the cost is $8.00 per person, there will be Food
and Drink concessions available. Proceeds will benefit local charities, including the Edith Bishel Center.
For more information download this pdf flyer:
November 20, 2009:Twilight Saga: "New Moon" at the Richland Red Lion
Welcome all hearts, beating or not ~ join the Cullen family and all of your favorite
Twilight characters on November 20th from 6 pm to 11 pm at the Richland Red Lion for a benefit fundraiser for the Edith Bishel
Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired. We invite you to dance the night away
and have your picture taken with Edward, Bella, and other Twilight cast look-a-likes. Our Twilight guests will have
access to exclusive Twilight vendors filled with popular Twilight goodies and gifts with a chance to become a member
of the Cullen Coven complete with vampire bite marks.
Tickets are $35 a person and include the Cullen Coven Family Buffet, one glass of wine or soda and a slice of Bella's
birthday cake (you can even help Bella blow out her birthday candles). Every ticket purchased enters you for a chance to win one of
four exclusive Twilight charm bracelets!
A "New Moon" silent auction and "Full Moon" raffle with many Twilight coveted treasures will be held during the event.
Tickets for both the New Moon event and a midnight movie showing of New Moon
can be purchased at either the Richland Red Lion or the Edith Bishel Center in Kennewick.
For more information download this pdf flyer or this pdf flyer or call (509)735-0699.
Breaking News as of October 20, 2009: Breaking Dawn will be filmed in Portland, Oregon in September 2010
and will be released in 2 parts. Eclipse will be released on June 30, 2010.
Our Twilight Saga ~ New Moon event is over and our professional photographers
got some awesome shots. Check out the slideshow below to see the fun had by all!
Thank you media, radio and community supporters that helped us make this a huge Tri-City event: AJ with Power 99.1; Tri-City Herald;
Giant Nickel; Jennifer McCann; Loni w/Signs By Sue; Regal Cinema; Richland Domino’s Pizza; Richland
Red Lion: David Ashley; Dreamweaver’s Bead Shop; Pictures By Dirk; Cruises, Cruises, Cruises; DJ Maxey;
Barnes & Noble; Photo’s by Sonja; Camille; Becky Carr with Tri-Tech; Budget Printing; Monkey Dooz;
J. Christopher Salon & Spa; Dazzled by Twilight: Teresa Carson; JSNC World of Products n Gifts;
rt By Chell: Kay and Laura; Kennewick Red Lion; Silver Moon Design; Isis Crafts & More; Kutoure
Salon & Spa; Precision PR and Sterling Savings Bank.
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August 30, 2008:
Luau Maka Le'a at the Horn Rapids Club House
As we embark on a new fun and exciting fundraiser we hope to raise much needed money for our non-profit agency.
August 30, 2008 we will host a traditional and authentic Hawaiian Luau at the Horn Rapids Club House at sunset.
Hawaiian dancers and musicians will entertain us while we feast upon a spectacular Hawaiian buffet. Pupus, Mai Tais and entertainment start
at 6:00 pm with dinner at 7:30 pm Aloha time.
Fantastic silent and live auctions will follow with emcee Paul Roy of Coldwell Banker Realty. Tickets are $50 each. Tickets sold by August 15th will be entered to win a vintage
limo ride for four people to and from the event by Four Star Limo (Tri-Cities area).
Casual Aloha attire.
Please contact Cynthia McCready, Events and Fundraising Coordinator, for more information, or call (509)735-0699 to purchase tickets.
