Patrick M. Butler Charitable Fund, The Ward Family and the AFCC donate 1,500 Free TD Bank Pops by the Sea to needy families

Published on Monday, June 11, 2012

Thanks to a generous donation by the Patrick M. Butler Charitable Fund and The Ward Family, 1,500 free TD Bank Pops by the Sea concert tickets will be made available to local needy families. This special program, involving more than thirty nonprofit health and human services agencies across Cape Cod, will provide free family lawn seating to the 27th Annual TD Bank Pops by the Sea concert on Sunday August 12, 2012 at 5:00 p.m.

The concert, held on the Hyannis Village Green, marks the only Cape Cod appearance by the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra with conductor Keith Lockhart and featuring this year's Celebrity Guest Conductor, Jim Belushi.

"We are so pleased to be able to offer this outreach in the form of symphonic music to so many people who would likely not be able to be a part of this very special community experience." said Kevin Howard, Executive Director of the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod.

The free tickets will be available through the American Red Cross - Cape Cod and Island Chapter, Barnstable Fatherhood Program, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cape Cod and the Islands, The Boys and Girls Club of Cape Cod, Cape and Islands Council Boy Scouts of America, Cape Cod Child Development, Cape Cod Children's Place, Cape Cod Human Services,Cape Cod Literacy Council, Cape Head Injured Persons' Housing and Education Group, Inc., Cape Regency Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, capeAbilities, CHAMP Homes, Children's Cove, Covenant to Care for Foster Families - Cape Cod Council of Churches,Essex Pavilion, Girl Scout Council of Southeastern Massachusetts, Gosnold on Cape Cod, Harbor Point at Centerville, Health Care of Southeastern Massachusetts, Hospice & Palliative Care of Cape Cod, Housing Assistance Corporation, Independence House, the Kennedy-Donovan Center, Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children - Cape & Islands Chapter, Outer Cape Health Services, Safe Harbor, Salvation Army in Hyannis, Sight Loss Services, South Coastal Counties Legal Services, Windsor Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, and the YMCA of Cape Cod. Other nonprofit health and human services organizations may apply for inclusion in this program by emailing ticketsprogram@artsfoundation.org.

The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod, Barnstable County's local arts agency, has been supporting, promoting, and celebrating art, culture, and heritage on Cape Cod year-round since 1988. For more information, or to purchase tickets, visit www.artsfoundation.org or call 508-362-0066.