PHOTOS: 'A Night of Jazz' benefits Francis Center

The Francis Center held “A Night of Jazz” on Saturday inside the Stella Niagara dining room. A full house was entertained by the Ladies’ First Sextet as sponsored by the Maid of the Mist, and enjoyed a charcuterie display prepared by Personal Touch, auctions, a raffle, and a gift card board. Celebrity bartenders included Niagara Falls School District Superintendent Mark Laurrie and former Heart, Love & Soul Executive Director Sister Beth Brosmer.

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Francis Center is a ministry of the Sisters of St. Francis at Stella Niagara that provides the community two distinct services: the children’s program, which offers academic and social-emotional after-school support to kindergarten-, grade 1- and grade 2-age children from low-income City of Niagara Falls neighborhoods; and the women’s respite program, which serves low-income women by providing mothers and grandmothers with rest and renewal in a safe and welcoming environment to promote health in body, mind and spirit.

The nonprofit Francis Center has offered support services for more than three decades.

For more information, visit www.franciscenter.com and www.womensrespite.org.