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Once again, thanks to everyone who made this possible and be on the lookout for the shirts on sale at local businesses starting in just a few days!

These hip t-shirts, designed by students from the Joseph J Hurley and the McKinley public schools in Boston’s South End, are available in two styles and various sizes.  They can be yours for the low price of $20 + shipping and handling. Your $20 goes to the CommuniTee Art Project. In September we intend to cut a large check to the South End’s McKinley and Joseph J. Hurley School art programs so they can buy supplies and materials for their students! Please, buy a T-shirt, represent the South End, and spread the word!

– Caitlin

This Thursday at the CommuniTee party we’re unveiling the winning designs on tee shirts, which will also be for sale at the party and thereafter around town. The proceeds of the tee shirt sales will go to those schools and their art programs to help purchase art supplies. Also at the party, which will be emceed by WCVB’s Bianca de la Garza, we’re going to have a silent auction, of which proceeds go to the school art programs as well. There’s actually quite a bit of valuable items going up for auction too!

You can check out the party on the CitySquares Facebook page, or right here:

When: June 5th, 2008 @ 5:30pm
Where: Gallery XIV, 37 Thayer Street, in Boston’s South End.
Featuring: Cocktails, bites from Red Fez, silent auction!

Please RSVP to Caitlin Sullivan by email at csullivan@citysquares.com. We’re looking forward to seeing you there!

And check out the CommuniTee Art Project on Boston’s WCVB Channel 5 a couple weeks ago…

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Also, we’re excited to announce our emcee for the CommuniTee Party is none other than Bianca de la Garza!

Voting ends shortly so please get in there and vote and be sure to tell your friends and family. Here’s the CommuniTee Party invitation. Here’s the event on CitySquares’ Facebook Page.

Furthermore, the venue has been chosen and the date has been set! The CommuniTee Art Project Party will be held on the evening of Thursday, June 5th, starting at 5:30pm. Click here for the PDF version of the invitation.

When: June 5th, 2008 @ 5:30pm
Where: Gallery XIV, 37 Thayer Street, in Boston’s South End.
Featuring: Cocktails, bites from Red Fez, silent auction!

There is a suggested donation of $20 at the door that will go towards the CommuniTee Art Program and will also get you a CommuniTee shirt!

The evening also features an exclusive premier of world renowned artist Christopher Hauck’s latest collection.

Please RSVP to Caitlin Sullivan by email or by phone at 617-459-4921.

There’s about 24 hours left to vote for your favorite CommuniTee design! If you haven’t voted yet, please do. If you have voted, please tell your friends and family. Please, spread the word! Get voting!

Remember, the winning design gets printed on T shirts and sold throughout Boston, with proceeds going to the CommuniTee Art Program.

And stay tuned, more details coming soon on the big celebration!

The CommuniTee Art Project is essentially a community project that involves the whole community, but begins and ends with the art programs at the Joseph J. Hurley and the McKinley Elementary Schools in Boston’s South End. Here’s how it works:

1. Students at the Joseph J. Hurley and McKinley Elementary Schools in the South End are creating designs that best reflect their perspective on the South End – something that captures the essence of the South End, in their own eyes.
2. Designs will then be put on display at local businesses in the South End as well as on CitySquares.com.
3. People will be able to vote for their favorite designs on CitySquares.com and see real time voting results.
4. Once the votes have been tallied, the finalists will be sent to a CommuniTee Committee, basically a group of South End residents, business owners, and others, who will select the winning design.
5. The winning design will be unveiled at a party in the South End.
6. The winning design will then be transferred to T Shirts, for sale throughout the South End and on CitySquares.com.
7. Proceeds from the sale of these T Shirts, as well as from local business sponsorships, will be passed right back to the Joseph J. Hurley and McKinley Elementary School art programs!

If we can be successful with this South End CommuniTee Art Project, we’ll do it again in other communities. So it’s critical that we get as much momentum as we can!

We’re very excited to announce this, and by working with the local media, with local businesses, local residents, students, and everyone else, we can make this a real success. Everyone wins, especially the students – that’s the goal.

We’re also asking businesses to contribute to the project and become an official CommuniTee Sponsor. If you’re a local business and you want to become a sponsor, please contact Caitlin Sullivan at (617) 459-4921 or email her.

Please stay tuned to this blog and to the Official CommuniTee page on CitySquares.com for the latest news. The dates and locations of all events are still being finalized and will be announced soon.

Here’s a video from the party. Sorry about the poor lighting and low resolution.

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– Ben

CitySquares invites you to celebrate Spring with an evening of sangria & tapas and a chance to win a luxurious night out on the town including tickets to see Placido Domingo!

Sponsored by CitySquares

Please RSVP to Caitlin Sullivan by March 31, 2008.
You can also RSVP on the Official Facebook page for CitySquares, here.

Complimentary cocktails and tapas provided by

(617) 451-0099

www.citysquares.com

For further information please contact Chris Haynes at (617) 267-0070 or chaynes@cbhcommunications.com.