Peace4Paws Benefit Luncheon

Join Peace4Paws on Saturday,
May 31 from 12 to 3 pm for our benefit luncheon and enjoy Bibi’z fine food, live music, prizes, goody bags, and more. This event is located at Bibi’z Restaurant
and Lounge, 284 Center Avenue, Westwood, NJ.  and sponsored in part by Westwood Pets and Lewis Drugs.

Bibi’z is known for it’s global American Cuisine, fine organic wines and fabulous martini’s. The
luncheon will offer a delicious four course meal with ingredients derived from
local organic farms and sustainable fish markets. The menu includes appetizers of
hummus, yogurt-mint dip and Spanish ratatouille and pita, followed by Bibi’z
special salad, choice of entrée: grilled tilapia, chef’s quiche, grilled
chicken kabob, penne alla vodka, or rosemary-mushroom pizza, and lots of
scrumptious home-made desserts.


There is a special
menu for students under 19 that will include salad and an entrée of chicken
tenders, penne alla vodka or margarita pizza and dessert.

The afternoon will begin with delightful piano music from composer- pianist Fred Messner of Woodcliff Lake, NJ.

There will be three more musical offerings: and opera set with professional
opera singers, a musical theatre set with amazing kids and teens, and a
Fleetwood Mac set. 


The opera set will include Westwood natives’ soprano, Jennifer Cece Bellon and
bass, Jim Cagle as well as internationally recognized mezzo soprano, Sara
Henry.


Back by popular demand will be the talented James Kelso, of Glen Rock, NJ. A
professionally trained 8th grader, Kelso will play exciting and beautiful
violin music, some of which he has also performed at Carnegie Weill Hall as the first place recipient of a New York City violin concerto competition.

The opera singers Jennifer Cece, Jim Cagle and Sara Henry and violinist James
Kelso will be accompanied by the accomplished pianist, Christopher Oldfather.
The next set will
open with the talents of the sensational 7 year old musical theatre singers Ava
and Cora Patelsky of Woodcliff Lake, singing from Les Miz and Disney. 


They will be followed by tween Jessica Strassberg of Woodcliff Lake and teens Sean
O’Rourke and  Sara Bayles of Westwood, NJ and then the volunteer award
will be given to Cathy Schmidt and Michael Roemer.

Fleetwood Mac fans will love the music of Stevie Nicks brought to life by lead
singer teen guitar-vocalist Julianne Depardieu of Rivervale, NJ and her band which includes Brianna Musco of Montvale, Sean O'Rourke of Westwood and maybe a few others.


As always there will
be lots of raffle prizes, cash 50/50, a greeting by Ray Sette and, our favorite
animal advocate from out West,  Mike
Stabler.


Then there will be a short award ceremony for devoted animal advocates Cathy
Schmidt and Michael Roemer, both of Montvale, NJ. They are the proud parents of
four beagles, including our beloved Barney (who was adopted through a
collaboration with the Kindness Ranch) as well as Freegle Puddy. Cathy and
Michael have supported animal rescue generously for decades in a multitude of ways including transporting, fostering, and adopting dogs of all ages and
attending animal events. They have saved many animals too in other ways. This
past Fall 2013 they flew to Wyoming and drove back our first adoptable beagles
Jed and Barney from the Kindness Ranch. Both dogs have very happy homes now and
following their example more dogs will be traveling to NJ. This is the same Michael
Roemer and Cathy Schmidt who have supported for decades the yearly Terri Roemer 
Paramus Run scholarship fundraising event.  


Also at Bibi’z on May
31st Peace4Paws are offering their first silent auction.  Prizes include a photographic print taken by
the world renowned photographer Baron Wolman which was donated by Bergen County Camera and Gallery 270 and a trip to Block Island.


Tickets for this event can be purchased online in advance with brown paper
tickets ( http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/595317 ) and at Westwood Pets,
Watch Out Jewelers and Lewis Drugs of Westwood, NJ. 

50/50 tickets can be purchased from various Peace4Paws volunteers or at
Westwood Pets, Lewis Drugs and Watch Out Jewelers of Westwood but not online.


Peace4Paws, is a Northern New Jersey based 501 c 3 animal advocacy 

charity that focuses on raising awareness and funds for the animals retired
from work in research and related fields. All proceeds go to support the Peace4Paws
foster-adoption program for the many sweet and wonderful beagles and other animals


Peace4Paws will be fostering, nurturing, training and rehoming this year.

Peace4Paws is very grateful for the sponsorship of Lewis Drugs and Westwood
Pets.