2008 Woodie Awards
Ghosts, ghouls and charity
Maeghan E. Lenz
Issue date: 10/27/04 Section: Arts
Wicked good times await you on Friday, Oct. 29 at The Greatest Bar where the first ever Halloween Monster Ball will be held.
The Beacon Hill Athletic Clubs along with The Boston Society of Young Professionals will host this one-of-a-kind charity costume party, where all proceeds will go to benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities.
The Greatest Bar, located at 262 Friend Street, near North Station, is quickly becoming one of the hippest places to be on the weekend.
Open to the public for less than a month, the bar is quickly becoming a hometown favorite-literally.
"The Greatest Bar is a celebration of Boston and of all the things that make Boston legendary," says event manager, Michael Kalil.
Whether you're into the brains or the brawn of the city, the Monster Ball will have something for everyone.
Party co-host, The Boston Society of Young Professionals is an organization aimed at connecting the up-and-coming businessmen and businesswomen in the area.
They also have divisions in Washington, D.C., New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Los Angeles.
With free membership opportunities and great networking capabilities, BSYP will boast the brains at the event. Suffolk's next-door neighbor, Beacon Hill Athletic Clubs will bring the brawn to the Monster Ball.
Operating six locations throughout the Boston area, they actually are quite familiar with giving to worthy causes throughout the area.
In fact, Beacon Hill Athletic Clubs founded the first club-based public charity in the world in 1993.
Over the years, the Beacon Hill Athletic Club Charitable Foundation has given large quantities of money to benefit charities such as the Special Olympics, American Heart Association, the Lenny Fund and many others.
Each $20 donation received will be given to Ronald McDonald House Charities, which serves as a temporary, yet comfortable housing facility for families of ill children who are being treated at local hospitals.