13th Annual Baskets for Ben - Ben Osborn Memorial Fund

Queensbury Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6196
32 Luzerne Road, Queensbury, NY  12804

4:30 PM - 7:30 PM

4:30 - 7:30 pm - Ben’s Fund announces our 13th Baskets for Ben fundraiser to be held on Friday, October 25, 2024 at the Queensbury Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6196, 32 Luzerne Road, Queensbury, New York from 4:30 – 7:30 p.m. Auctioneer Roy Ross will lead our live auction of diversely themed baskets! Hope Rosatti & Friends are back with their popular Wheelbarrow of Wines, and we are raffling a spectacular custom-made Enhanced Adirondack Firepit valued at $500, forged by Monahan Metals of Queensbury. Our sparkling array of baskets include valuable golf packages; lottery ticket baskets; a GF Symphony gift card; automotive items gift packages and overnight resort hotel accommodations. Enjoy great company, delectable hot appetizers, local restaurant foods with bakery desserts, entertainment and a cash bar all for a $20.00 ticket! All proceeds benefit Ben’s Fund, a regional 501 C3 charitable organization with no administrative costs, created in loving memory of CPL Benjamin D. Osborn of Queensbury. Ben, a Lake George High School graduate, was killed during combat operations in Kunar Province, Afghanistan on June 15, 2010 while serving in the United States Army during Operation Enduring Freedom. Since November, 2010, Ben’s Fund has supported children with need in conjunction with 64 schools in Warren, Washington, Saratoga and Essex Counties by providing purchased goods & services including electronics, clothing, bedding, food, tutoring, school supplies, eyeglasses, transportation costs, field trip expenses along with 20 scholarships each year. We donate household and personal care items to 12 local food pantries and 27 local charities and organizations. BEN’S FUND HAS HELPED THOUSANDS OF KIDS! At Christmas and Thanksgiving, Ben’s Fund adopts students and families for gift giving, food & cheer. We provide clothing, healthy snacks, blankets and head lice kits to school nurses along with Personal Hygiene Kits to emerging teens in schools – nearly 5,000 so far. Our literacy program provides books to kids anytime and all the time through our 27 Ben’s Book Stations. What’s new? Our latest initiative, Ben’s Environmental Program, invites school children to give back to their communities by participating in a Clean-Up Crew. Kids in 6 towns, in conjunction with their schools, will be outfitted with safety gear and litter pick-up tools to tidy the roads of debris. We’re starting with 20 miles and hope to eventually achieve 100 miles. We are gratefully sponsored by Froggy 100.3 along with their sister stations of Adirondack Broadcasting of Glens Falls and Look TV of Glens Falls and Saratoga. It is our mission and hope that the values of Discipline and Pride will be encouraged and passed on through Ben’s legacy. In honoring Ben Osborn, whose selfless sacrifice and service to our country has inspired us, we wish to help by “Giving Kids a Little Lift.” We welcome all and ask your help to
continue our mission of helping local children with need. We are a charitable 501 C3 organization with no administrative costs. www.benosborn.org Telephone 518 792-4514.