Benefit Announcement - Fundraiser for bereaved family in Milford
Fundraising Benefit for the Hanania Family featuring the Rumrunners
Saturday January 31, 2015 - 4:00pm – 9:00pm at Orange Ale House
Marwan Hanania tragically passed away this past New Years Eve leaving behind a grieving widow and Six wonderful children. He was only 48 and leaves behind one daughter in college, two at Jonathan Law High School, and three at St. Gabriel School. The Hanania Family now faces an uncertain and difficult road. As a community, we are banding together to help support this wonderful family.
Jim Hassenmayer has generously agreed to host a benefit for the family at his restaurant, the Orange Ale House www.orangealehouse.com, 517 Boston Post Road, Orange, CT 06477 on Saturday, January 31, 2015 from 4pm – 9pm. The Rumrunners have generously offered to play for the benefit event and will start playing at 5pm.
Tickets are $25 per person (children under 12 free) and include admission, food, and non-alcoholic beverages. Tickets are available online at www.marwanhananiamemorial.com or you can purchase tickets in person; contact Margo Cupole at Cupole65@gmail.com or 203-556-8679. The event will feature a raffle with fabulous prizes like 2 pairs of Yankee Tickets, a Spa Package, a Michael Kors Watch, gift certificates to Valentine Jewelers, a complete Will and Testament for 2, unique wall art, gift certificates to the Missing Link Grill, and more.
If you have a gift you would like to donate to the raffle to help us with fundraising please contact Margo Cupole at Cupole65@gmail.com or 203-556-8679. If you would like to make a gesture of support you can visit any Milford Bank Branch. They will gladly accept deposits into the “Hanania Family Memorial.”
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Marwan “Rocky” Hanania, 48, of Milford, and beloved husband of Razan Musallam Hanania, passed away suddenly and peacefully in his home on December 31, 2014. He was born October 26, 1966 to the late Jiries and Widad Hanania in Jerusalem, Palestine. Marwan came to this country at the age of thirteen, and has been a long-time resident of Milford.
He graduated from Jonathan Law High School in 1984 and worked with his family at Joe’s Carpet for about twenty-five years. Marwan was a compassionate friend with a heart of gold to a multitude of friends from all walks of life. He was a devoted husband of twenty years and a loving father to his six children. He lived every day with humor, love, and compassion who is loved deeply by his family and friends and will never be forgotten.
In addition to his wife Razan, he is survived by his children Mariah, Melissa, Bianca, Lisa, Jiries, and Lana. His older siblings, Khalil Hanania (Maha), Sue Jaser (Spiser), Layla Hanania (Ramzi), Nuha Musallam (Riad), Mark Hanania (Nadia), Michael Hanania (Sahar) and many Cousins, Nieces and Nephews.
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The RumRunners are becoming one of Connecticuts most popular cover bands where the party never ends. you will dance the night away and maybe even come up and sing a song with the band!
The band was formed in August, 1998 by 4 firefighters from New Haven and Milford and the son-in-law and daughter of a retired New Haven firefighter. From the beginning it was decided that we would do what we loved to do and do it for a good cause - whatever that cause may be. Over the last 14 years we've helped to raise money for dozens of charities including The American Lung Association, The Connecticut Burn Camp, The Sunshine Kids Camp, Cystic Fibrosis, Breast Cancer Awareness and the Make-A-Wish Foundation, to name just a few. We’ve helped to save the Milford Diner and the New Haven St. Patrick’s Day Parade. We’ve helped to raise money for local school organizations, music programs, cheerleading teams, local youth sports organizations and sponsored a nursing scholarship in the name of a very dear friend. We are most honored to have always been there to support our friends and community by helping to raise money for countless individuals and their families during their time of need. Although the line-up of players has seen a few changes over the years, we have stayed true to our love of good music and our goal to always lend a hand to a worthy cause.