Community Services Hoped for More

By KATE BRANNEN

Martha's Vineyard Community Services is taking stock after its
most important fundraiser of the year, the Possible Dreams Auction,
raised far less than last year's auction.

On Thursday afternoon, Community Services reported that $444,000 had
been raised on Tuesday night, including sales from admissions and
concessions. In 2006, the fundraiser brought in $810,000, providing a
substantial part of the organization's budget.

Rain-Delayed Possible Dreams Raise $444,000

By KATE BRANNEN

On Monday night, when people were meant to be gathered in the garden
at the Harborside Inn in Edgartown for the Possible Dreams Auction, it
poured rain and flashed lightning across the Island, vindicating the
event's organizers and their decision to enact the auction's
first rain date in its 29 year history.

It’s been called the biggest event on the Vineyard social calendar, and the Possible Dreams Auction organizers found how to count just how big it had grown when a storm hovered over the lawns of Edgartown’s Harborside Inn on the first Monday in August last year.

Champion golfer Ernie Els will headline the golf offerings at this year’s Possible Dreams Auction, the charitable fund-raising event that benefits Martha’s Vineyard Community Services.

Some dreams come in our sleep, others in the middle of the day, and for those who depend on Martha’s Vineyard Community Services throughout the year, dreams can continue to be realities, thanks to the 32nd annual Possible Dreams auction last night.

Two high rollers in a bidding war to share a peanut butter sandwich with Carly Simon?