First Annual October Storm Party
With no work and no school on Monday and Buffalo’s beautification in full swing post-October Storm 2006, there is much to celebrate this Sunday, October 12th. Two years after this devastating Western New York snowstorm, the First Annual October Storm Party is set to take place. Benefiting Carvings for a Cause, this fundraiser will take place at J.P. Bullfeathers from 7-10pm.
With a lineup of carvings characters and celebrity bartenders, the night will also feature numerous food stations and the Carvings for a Causettes, the wonderful girls that help to beautify Western New York one tree at a time. Artist Rick Pratt, responsible for the more than 20 tree carvings around the city will perform a live carving demonstration and display his craft.
One of the features of this event is a silent auction with 40 wooden bowls, made from trees from Delaware Park, Caz Park, Soldiers Circle, the Town of Amherst and other areas of Western New York.
“They make incredible presents for the upcoming Holiday Season, are one of a kind pieces of functional art and a lifetime keepsake to remember the storm of October 2006,” said Therese Forton-Barnes, founder of Carvings for a Cause. “You can also sponsor the planting of a tree, and will receive a bowl made from a silver maple tree from Delaware Park,” she continued.
Carvings for a Cause was founded after the 2006 October storm in an effort to turn the beautiful fallen trees, some as old as 200 years, into works of art which are displayed throughout the city. Prominent Buffalo figures such as Frederick Law Olmsted, Frank Lloyd Wright, Tim Russert, Ben Franklin, DeWitt Clinton, Chauncey Olcott, Jim Kelly, and Red Jacket are only a few of many carvings throughout the city. A Black Bear is currently sponsored and on display at J.P. Bullfeathers.
Tickets are $25 and available only at J.P. Bullfeathers, 1010 Elmwood Avenue. All proceeds benefit Carvings for a Cause, Inc. For more information, visit www.carvingsforacause.com or call Bullfeathers at 886-1010.
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crisa
This morning, a local TV channel featured just a few of the beautiful bowls carved out from fallen trees. There is nothing relating to these bowls (or any other such small, individual piece) at the carvingsforacause Web site.
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buffaloed
How many trees have they planted so far? Just curious.
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LittleSis
Crisa- I think the bowls are only for the silent auction during this fundraiser.
Does anyone know what the connection is between Carvings for a Cause and Bullfeathers? I've noticed the carvings there, and now the fundraiser is there, so I'm guessing there's some connection. Just curious, after the recent (if I were web-savvy I'd have a link here) tree-related debacle detailed on BRO a few weeks back- the owner cutting down a tree in Allentown so he could paint one of his properties more easily??
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crisa
Little Sis: You're right about those bowls. Thank you.
Carolyn Batt-(or mmiller): Does the CfAC collection include that magnificently sculpted tree at Memorial Drive and the Central Terminal? We watched that artist at work.
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