Jeffrey Osborne Celebrity Classic raises $60K for local nonprofits

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MORE THAN $60,000 was raised for Rhode Island-based nonprofits at the 2018 Jeffrey Osborne Celebrity Classic held at Foxwoods Resort Casino in July. Pictured, from left: Ernie Spaziano, Holy Family Home for Women and Children director; David Beauchesne, Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School executive director; the Rev. Edward Cardente, pastor of Holy Family Home for Women and Children; Mike Scarpetti, Boys & Girls Club of Providence director of operations; Robert Naparstek, Rhode Island Philharmonic board president; Annette Mozzoni, Rhode Island Philharmonic director of education; Nancy Diz Bain, co-director of the Met School; Jeffrey Osborne; Eileen Hayes, Amos House executive director; Ron Wright, Button Hole Golf Course executive director; Carlene Casciano-McCann, St. Mary’s Home for Children executive director; and Adam Bush, founding provost of College Unbound. / COURTESY JEFFREY OSBORNE FOUNDATION
MORE THAN $60,000 was raised for Rhode Island-based nonprofits at the 2018 Jeffrey Osborne Celebrity Classic held at Foxwoods Resort Casino in July. Pictured, from left: Ernie Spaziano, Holy Family Home for Women and Children director; David Beauchesne, Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School executive director; the Rev. Edward Cardente, pastor of Holy Family Home for Women and Children; Mike Scarpetti, Boys & Girls Club of Providence director of operations; Robert Naparstek, Rhode Island Philharmonic board president; Annette Mozzoni, Rhode Island Philharmonic director of education; Nancy Diz Bain, co-director of the Met School; Jeffrey Osborne; Eileen Hayes, Amos House executive director; Ron Wright, Button Hole Golf Course executive director; Carlene Casciano-McCann, St. Mary’s Home for Children executive director; and Adam Bush, founding provost of College Unbound. / COURTESY JEFFREY OSBORNE FOUNDATION

PROVIDENCE – More than $60,000 was raised at the annual Jeffrey Osborne Celebrity Classic held over the summer, with the funds benefiting multiple Rhode Island-based nonprofit organizations, the foundation announced this week.

The Providence native and Grammy-nominated singer presented the raised funds at an event held Feb. 7 at The Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center, also known as The Met School, in the capital city. This past year’s Celebrity Classic, which featured bowling and golf events, took place July 29-31 at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn.

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Amos House, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence, the Music School of the Rhode Island Philharmonic, The Met School, St. Mary’s Home for Children, Button Hole Golf, Barros Center for the Arts, College Unbound and Holy Family for Women and Children were the organizations that received the distributed funds raised at this year’s classic.

“Truly the most [rewarding] part of the Classic is the day when I am able to provide the funds raised to these vital Providence charities,” Osborne said in a statement. “It’s the heart of our mission to improve the lives of those around us.”

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After hosting the event in nearby Connecticut for the last two years, Osborne announced the 2019 Celebrity Classic will return to Rhode Island.

To date, the event has provided more than $1 million to Rhode Island and Connecticut nonprofits, according to a news release.

James Bessette is a PBN staff writer. Email him at Research@PBN.com.

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