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Celebrities tend bar at Tin Pan Alley in Opportunities Unlimited fund-raiser Celebrity bartenders serve suds at Tin Pan Alley fund-raiser by Larry
Austin
If the bartender who served you Thursday night at Tin Pan Alley looked familiar, you were more than likely there for the seventh annual Celebrity Bartending Night, a fund-raiser for the Opportunities Unlimited of Niagara Foundation. The event was sponsored by Leadership Niagara, a leadership development program. Probably half of the bartenders that evening were Leadership Niagara graduates, said Jill Shank, vice president of foundation communications for Opportunities Unlimited of Niagara Foundation. Local celebrities doing their best to mix drinks and pour suds included: Jim Barnett, First Niagara Bank; Angela Berti, Niagara USA Chamber; Steve Bertini, Wegmans; Connie Brown, president and CEO at Opportunities Unlimited of Niagara; Mark Cerrone, Mark Cerrone Inc.; Tina Davis, HSBC Bank; Fran Giles, Modern Corporation; Lt. Col. Barry Griffith, 107th Air Refueling Wing; and Jim Kwasniak, Seneca Niagara Casino. Also, Frank Maietta, Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center; Rob Malvestuto, Laborers Local 91; Claudia Miller, Leadership Niagara; Lt. Col. Patrick Roemer, 107th Air Refueling Wing; Kevin Schuler, Buffalo Niagara Partnership; Paula Spacone, Niagara Falls School District; Jill Spira, Opportunities Unlimited of Niagara Foundation; Lisa Sweeney, Key Bank; and Dennis Williams, sports anchor at WIVB-TV, Channel 4. The Lakeside Blues Duo volunteered to provide entertainment. Money was made from raffles, 50-50 drawings, a live auction and tips. “Tin Pan Alley is very generous in that they donate a percentage of the bar sales and the food sales to us as well,” Shank said. “Last year we raised about $2,000, so we’re looking forward to reaching that goal again.” Shank said Opportunities Unlimited serves people with developmental disabilities throughout Niagara County with work training and recreation to help them become more independent in all aspects of their lives.
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