Twice each year, we host a dinner and Speakers’ meeting to celebrate and say thank you to friends of the Home. We do the first in May and another in December.
We have the event catered and some items made by residents and some potluck courtesy of our friends. We eat and visit from 6:30 to about 8:00 p.m. and then set up for a meeting where this year we welcome Edith P. from Nebraska.
Although dinner is free, the event is a fundraiser for us. Your donations are of course appreciated but also crucial in allowing us to continue our mission. Because of your assistance we can continue to provide men in early recovery with the opportunity to live in a sober environment and prepare for a happy life on their own. Now in our sixty-sixth year, we are grateful for the opportunity to give back what was so freely given us.
We hope to see you for an evening of food and fellowship to benefit The Men’s Home.
Dawn Avery, cellist/composer/vocalist is bringing her unique musical vision to Christ Church in Alexandria, VA for a concert to benefit The Men’s Home. She creates a contemporary world music soundscape from spiritual, pop and classical elements. Her calmly passionate vocals and soaring cello lines reflect a deep devotion rooted in her Native American heritage and love of sacred traditions. She has many recordings and projects, you can read and hear about them at dawnavery.com and on YouTube at bit.ly/dawnavery
Larry Mitchell is a Grammy award-winning producer, engineer and performer who has toured the world playing guitar with well-known artists including Tracy Chapman, Billy Squier, Ric Ocasek and Miguel Bosé. As an artist, he has released 9 solo records and won a San Diego Music Award for best pop jazz artist.
Kate Freer is a multimedia designer working in theater, film, and installation. Her background in film and computer science combine to generate work that is not only aesthetically beautiful, but pushes the boundaries of conventional theatrical video.
We are excited and grateful that Dawn, Larry, and Kate are giving of their time and talent.
There will be a short reception to follow the performance. Talk and light refreshments from 8:30-9:15 pm.
It’s that time again, our annual Memorial Day Picnic here at The Men’s Home. We do it on Memorial Day, Monday, May 30th, from 2:30-5:30PM. It’s burgers, dogs, and whatever else we can think of, along with sides and sweets.
Folks usually bring other dishes that they like (certainly not required), so we enjoy a wide variety of things to eat. It’s an informal day of food and fellowship, bring the families and dogs too!
Dawn Avery In Concert
Saturday, February 27th
8:00-9:00 EST
Virtual concert on ZOOM. Tickets available through Eventbrite. Due to security concerns, the Zoom ID and password will be emailed to attendees approximately one day to the event.
Grammy-nominated world musician, Dawn Avery explores the relationship between music and spirituality, having been privileged to work with luminaries Luciana Pavarotti, Sting, Reza Derakshani, John Cage, the Dalai Lama, Ron Young, Baba Catalkaya and Tawen’te:se, among others. Honoring both the community and its space as sacred, she fosters intercultural and spiritual freedom by creating multi-media concert ceremonies and directing a world music program and festival. Dawn shares contemporary soundscapes often referred to as mystic pop that contain spiritual, pop and classical elements reflecting a deep devotion rooted in her Native American heritage and Sufi experience.
She has led meditation and music workshops and concerts at the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, Esalen Institute, Open Center, Joe’s Pub at the Public Theatre and the Kennedy Center. Dawn looks for opportunities to make a positive difference through art and community. Her personable style engages audiences around the world.
Last year’s Spring Event was held virtually, and this one will be also. Like many places, we’re on the verge of re-opening but not quite there.
So we’re inviting you to help support the Men’s Home with one last Zoomed fundraiser. We’ll hold this year’s event on Saturday, June 12th from 8:00 to 9:00 PM EST.
We’ll start at 8:00 but open up the room at 7:30. You can come hang out, say hello and maybe see some friends that you’ve missed at other meetings. Then at 8:00, we’ll enjoy our featured speaker, Steven T. from Wisconsin, for tales of experience, strength and hope from the Badger State.
You’ll be able to donate during the meeting. We’ll have links posted to our Paypal and Venmo addresses:
themenshome@comcast.net (Paypal)
@themenshome (Venmo)
themenshome.org/donate
We hope that you can join us on Saturday, June 12th from 8:00 to 9:00PM. For security purposes, the ZOOM link is in the flyer. If you’d like to download it, just click the button below.
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We’re sorry, SoberFeast 2022 is SOLD OUT.
If you’d like information SoberFeast 2023 or on the next event at The Men’s Home, please subscribe to our newsletter and we’ll let you know.
The event will feature a four course dinner, prepared by renowned chefs, and served during an evening at The Men’s Home. The cost is $200.00 per person; the chefs are donating their food and expertise so that the proceeds go to support the Home.
Our chefs on this evening are Harper McClure and Jonathan Till, and they have assembled an impressive menu:
1ST COURSE
Chilled English Pea Veloute
Fresno Chili, Chopped Prawn
Chive Blossom
2ND COURSE
Seared Jumbo Diver Scallop
Eggplant Caviar
Charred Orange Emulsion
Ras El Hanout
3RD COURSE
Rohan Duck Breast,
Glazed Baby Root Vegetables
Dandelion Greens
Rhubarb Jus
4TH COURSE
Buttermilk Panna Cotta
Strawberry Variations
Black Pepper
We hope that this will become an annual tradition, and we hope that you can be a part of it.
Sunday, April 24th from 6:00 to 8:00PM EST
The Men’s Home
402 Hume Ave., Alexandria, Virginia 22301
The dog days of summer are nearly waning, which means it’s almost time for our annual Labor Day Picnic here at The Men’s Home.
On Monday, September 5th, we’ll be grilling up burgers and dogs, and putting out sides and desserts. Some folks bring things that they like too, so it’s usually a big spread of goodness. We’ll start at about 2:30 PM, and go until 5:30 PM:
- 2:30 PM – Hello, talk, eat
- 3:30 PM – Talk, eat
- 4:30 PM – Still talking and eating
- 5:30 PM – We say thanks and goodbye, give you your dishes back
We hope you can join us on Labor Day!
It’s good to be back on the course.
Another returning tradition is the golf tournament to benefit The Home. Friday, September 23rd, at Laurel Hill Golf Club in Lorton, Virginia.
A day of golf and:
- BBQ Lunch
- Raffles, and prizes for high scorers
It’s time again for our big holiday event, and we hope that you can join us. From 6:30-8:00PM, we’ll have the famous BBQ and fixins from Sweet Fire Donna’s with a big side dish of fellowship thrown in (you can bring sides too if you’d like). Then from 8:00-9:00PM will be a speakers’ meeting featuring Steve S. from Baltimore. The event is free, but it is also a big fundraiser for us, so we hope that you can help.
We’d be grateful if you could join us:
The Men’s Home
Holiday Party and Fundraiser
Saturday, December 3rd
6:30-9:00PM
If you are unable to join us but would still like to donate for our year-end, please visit our Donors page, and please accept our wishes for a serene holiday season.
SoberFeast 2023
We are proud to announce the return of “SoberFeast”, an evening of fine dining to benefit The Men’s Home.
The event will feature a four-course dinner, prepared by Chef Harper McClure, and served during an evening at The Men’s Home. The cost is $200.00 per person; the chefs are donating their food and expertise so that the proceeds go to support the Home.
Last year was a great success, we hope that you can be a part of it this year.
