Tuesday
February 2
6-9 pm

Burrito Bash for WARN & Friends of Rocky River

Burrito dinner with fixins’: donated by General Store Café
Jazz provided by Steve Wing & Friends
Silent Auction & Raffle for a genuine Clyde Jones Critter
Good food, Good music, Good causes, Good fun
Event tickets: $12 (presale) $15 (at the door)
Available at The General Store Café, NC WARN office or call Pete MacDowell at 968-9184

NC WARN is a member-based nonprofit tackling the accelerating crisis posed by climate change – along with the various risks of nuclear power – by watch-dogging utility practices and working for a swift North Carolina transition to energy efficiency and clean power generation. In partnership with other citizen groups, NC WARN uses sound scientific research to inform and involve the public in key decisions regarding their wellbeing.

The mission of the Friends of the Rocky River (FORR) is to protect, monitor, maintain, and improve upon the quantity and quality of the waters of the Rocky River, as well as to monitor and minimize the effect of the growth of the Region on the River and its basin.

Tuesday,
March 2
6-9 pm

Burrito Bash for Habitat & FVRC

Raising the Roof Fashion Show & Burrito Bash to benefit Chatham Habitat for Humanity & Family Violence Rape Crisis Services

Mark your calendar for Tuesday, March 2 for the Raising the Roof Burrito Bash, featuring a funky fashion show with designs made from recycled materials, including items from the Home Stores and Second Bloom. The event will take place from 6-9 pm at the General Store Cafe in downtown Pittsboro. Tickets include delicious burritos and chips & salsa by the General Store Cafe. Proceeds will benefit Chatham Habitat for Humanity and Family Violence & Rape Crisis Services, working together to create safe and peaceful homes.

Pam Smith will be the esteemed Mistress of Ceremonies, with music by the Bad Mothers and a dance performance by W.I.N.G.S. Fashion models include Mayor Randy Voller, designer Lesley Landis, Sheriff Richard Webster, County Commissioners Mike Cross, George Lucier, and Tom Vanderbeck, Betty & Jane Allen Wilson, Home Store Manager Howard Alston, Nona Mensah, Ilana Dubester, Melody Eggen, Victoria Cox, and more. The audience can cast votes for their favorite fashions via donations. The team that generates the most “votes” wins a prize.

Tickets are on sale now at the Habitat Home Stores (919-542-0788) and at Second Bloom (919-545-5565): $12 in advance, $15 at the door. Bring $1's and $5's so you can cast your votes for your favorites fashions. Proceeds benefit Chatham Habitat for Humanity & Family Violence The need for affordable housing in Chatham County has never been greater. With skyrocketing growth, many low-income families are getting left out in the cold. At Chatham Habitat, future homeowners, volunteers, and staff work side-by-side to build safe, energy-efficient, and affordable houses which partner families purchase with zero percent interest mortgages.Since 1989, Chatham Habitat has worked to change substandard housing conditions by making homeownership possible for nearly 90 families throughout the county. In the process, Habitat is able to transform lives, improve neighborhoods, and most importantly... ...give hope and strength to our communities.

Since 1982, Family Violence & Rape Crisis Services has provided services to battered women and sexual assault victims in Chatham County, NC. FVRC assists victims and their families through services such as:
-24-hour crisis intervention
-shelter
-court advocacy
-support groups
-individual and family counseling
-children's programs
-parenting education
-services to batterers

"Promoting peaceful homes, building safe communities, and empowering individuals and families to heal from domestic and sexual violence."

Tuesday
April 6
6-9 pm

Burrito Bash for Chatham Partnership for Children, Community College Foundation/Early Childhood Fund

Enjoy a great evening with friends & family, with musc by Tommy Edwards.

The Chatham County Partnership for Children is a non-profit organization, formed in 1994 in Chatham County, North Carolina to improve the lives of young children and their families. The Partnership is home to:
SMART START - working to improve child care, children's health, and family support for children from birth to 6.
MORE AT FOUR - providing at-risk four year old children with a quality preschool education .

Tuesday
May 4
6-9 pm

Burrito Bash for CARE

The mission of Chatham Animal Rescue and Education (CARE) is to promote the health and safety of all cats and dogs in Chatham County. CARE strives to teach by example, to be a resource to the community and local government, and to provide foster care for animals until they can be adopted into permanent homes.

Chatham Animal Rescue and Education was originally incorporated as Chatham Humane Society (CHS), in 1975. CARE is a 501(c)(3) organization, and thus qualified for deductible donations.

Tuesday
June 1
6-9 pm

Burrito Bash for Abundance Foundation & Paperhand Puppets

The purpose of the Abundance Foundation is to increase the public awareness of sustainable energy usage. The corporation’s goal is to fund projects that can model how human beings can harness, use, and benefit from renewable energy sources. The Abundance Foundation is being established not only to promote advances in areas like solar, wind, and biodiesel, but also to encourage conservation and alternative energy paradigms.

Paperhand's mission is to make work that inspires people, promotes social change, and is deeply satisfying for everyone involved. The puppet shows we create are a synthesis of many art forms including (but not limited to):sculpting, painting, music, dance, improvisation, costume/set design and theater.

Tuesday
July 6
-6-9 pm

Burrito Bash for Goathouse Refuge for Cats

The Goathouse Refuge is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3), cage free, animal shelter founded and operated by local artist, Siglinda Scarpa. The vision of the refuge is that of a sanctuary for cats, a home for cats to live comfortably enjoying the much needed love, respect and attention they deserve while awaiting adoption.

Tuesday
August 3
6-9 pm

Burrito Bash

Tuesday
September 7
6-9 pm

Burrito Bash for Haw River Assembly and

The Haw River Assembly is a 501(c)(3) non-profit citizens' group founded in 1982 to restore and protect the Haw River and Jordan Lake, and to build a watershed community that shares this vision The scenic 110 mile Haw River is at the headwaters of the Cape Fear River Basin, and includes the Jordan Lake reservoir, providing drinking water and recreation to NC. Tributaries of the Haw River and Jordan Lake flow through Guilford, Rockingham, Caswell, Alamance, Orange, Chatham, Wake and Durham counties. Almost one million people are part of this watershed--sedimentation, wastewater, and runoff impair its waters.

Our goals are to promote environmental education, conservation and pollution prevention; to speak as a voice for the river in the public arena; and to put into peoples' hands the tools and the knowledge they need to be effective guardians of the river. Our work is made possible by the efforts and support of our members and volunteers! Please join us today.

Tuesday
October 5
6-9 pm

Burrito Bash for the Hispanic Liaison & Chatham County Together

The Hispanic Liaison is a community based, non-profit organization founded in 1995. Our mission is to foster cultural understanding between Latinos/as and other residents of Chatham County, and to empower Hispanics to overcome the challenges they face as immigrants and find their voice in the community.

Chatham County Together!'s mission is to encourage "at risk" youth and young adults to become healthy, self -sufficient, and contributing members of society by:
* Fostering positive mentoring relationships
* Encouraging academic success
* Teaching valuable skills
* Offering family advocacy & support one-on-one, in small group and/or family settings.

Tuesday
November
6-9 pm

Burrito Bash

Tuesday
December 7
6-9 pm

Burrito Bash

Tuesday
January 4
6-9 pm

Burrito Bash

Tuesday
February 1
6-9 pm

Tuesday
March 1
6-9 pm

Burrito Bash for Habitat & FVRC

The need for affordable housing in Chatham County has never been greater. With skyrocketing growth, many low-income families are getting left out in the cold.

At Chatham Habitat, future homeowners, volunteers, and staff work side-by-side to build safe, energy-efficient, and affordable houses which partner families purchase with zero percent interest mortgages.Since 1989, Chatham Habitat has worked to change substandard housing conditions by making homeownership possible for nearly 90 families throughout the county. In the process, Habitat is able to transform lives, improve neighborhoods, and most importantly... ...give hope and strength to our communities.

Since 1982, Family Violence & Rape Crisis Services has provided services to battered women and sexual assault victims in Chatham County, NC. FVRC assists victims and their families through services such as:
-24-hour crisis intervention
-shelter
-court advocacy
-support groups
-individual and family counseling
-children's programs
-parenting education
-services to batterers

"Promoting peaceful homes, building safe communities, and empowering individuals and families to heal from domestic and sexual violence."