Ciao Amici! MSH’s 3rd Annual SPAGANZA!

Main Street Housing’s third annual SPAGANZA! Pasta Dinner & Benefit Event was another very successful and fun evening in celebration of our quality, affordable housing for individuals and families with psychiatric disabilities across the Mid-Shore region.

Friends and supporters gathered in the waterfront dining room at the Cambridge Elks Lodge #1272 to enjoy a hearty meal of salad, linguini, meatballs and MSH Executive Director Ken Wireman’s homemade spaghetti sauce. First things first, though: a spread of healthy fruit and cheese appetizers courtesy of the event’s Premier Sponsor, Value Options Maryland, helped whet the appetites of attendees as they perused this year’s Silent Auction tables. From a whimsical garden bench to gift certificates from area businesses and all the way to an elegant oil painting, the tables offered something for everyone.

Laughter and conversation bubbled up from tables across the room as old friends enjoyed catching up and new faces were welcomed as neighbors on ‘Main Street.’ Soon, a dedicated crew of volunteers served dinner to the room as MSH Board of Directors President Diane McComb and Executive Director Ken Wireman thanked everyone for their support during a very busy and productive year. 

MSH began offering quality, affordable housing on the Eastern Shore in 2007. Since then, we have successfully completed two housing development initiatives focused in Talbot Co, with the last three months of 2014 bringing three new beautiful Main Street properties in Easton. MSH Regional Property Manager Gloria Bowen and Maintenance Worker Jamie Middleton worked quickly to get these units online so new Tenants could start moving in during the first months of 2015. ​

“Our ‘Main Street Model’ - with rigorous property selection criteria and 'Supportive Accountability' measures - sets a progressive standard for quality, affordable, independent housing in the community for individuals and families with psychiatric disabilities,” explained McComb. “We had a wonderful turnout for this year’s event benefitting our Eastern Shore properties, and I’d like to thank the donors to the Silent Auction and Local Business Sponsors who generously supported us.”

The SPAGANZA!  has become a wonderful opportunity to pause and celebrate with our friends and neighbors. The evening would not have been possible without the generous support of our Event Sponsors: PNC (Platinum), M&T Bank (Platnium), Freestate & Son Insurance (Gold), Sage Title Group (Gold), Benson & Mangold Real Estate (Silver), McComb Consulting & Government Relations (Silver), and Myers Electric (Silver).

We were especially thrilled to welcome many new Local Business Sponsors for this year’s event. Mille grazie (a million thanks) goes to A&B Lawn and Garden, Easton Cigar & Smoke Shop, Elliott’s Easton Servicenter, Chesapeake Voyagers, Michael A. Sipes Plumbing, Mike & Eric’s Front Street Restaurant & Bar, Schiera & Associates, Talbot Interfaith Shelter, Lead Paint Inspector Terry Love, and Sears Easton Hometown Store.

MSH also extends our grazie de cuore (thanks from the heart) to our Individual Sponsors:

• Norma and Donald Berlin
• Kathleen Feeley SSND
• Nancy Isaac-Simering
• Bonna Nelson

.... and to all our Silent Auction Donors:

• Andrea's Papillon A Handbag Boutique
• Ashley Furniture Home Store
• Bay Star Consignment
• BJ's Nails & Tan
• Centreville Liquors
• Chef & Shower
• Chesapeake Voyagers, Inc.
• Chris Dolbey
• Clay Bakers
• CrackerJacks
• Debbie Stehling
• Diane Gullo
• Diane McComb
• DoubleTree Annapolis
• Eastern Shore Nurseries, Inc.
• Emily Koppers 
• Gloria Bowen
• Great Moments
• The Green Phoenix
• Harrisons Wine & Liquors

• Heidi Wetzel Woven Sculptures & Baskets
• In Japan
• Illusions Hair Designs
• JK Baskets
• Lanham Hall Design
• Layton's Chance Vineyard & Winery
• Lissa Abrams
• Marsha Lewis
• Miranda's Shoes
• Necklaces by Penny Sedgwick
• The News Center
• Patti's Petals
• PooleSide Tan
• Rusticana Pizza
• Smyth Jewelers
• TJ's Amish Building
• U Sushi
• Western Auto
• Whole Being Health Group

If you’re out and about on the Eastern Shore this summer, please consider stopping by and sharing your thanks for their recognition and support for quality, affordable housing that ‘makes all the difference’ for individuals and families with psychiatric disabilities.