There were a few news articles today about the now-approved Fenty administration budget, which officially includes money for the rebuilding and renovation of Eastern Market. There's a little disparity between the articles, though -- the Post just mentions that the money will come from the District tax surplus, the Examiner says that $6.5 million was allocated for the repairs to the Market and the Georgetown Public Library, and ABC7 News puts the figure at $40 million for both sets of repairs.
Christ Church -- the host of this past weekend's Mother's Day tea that was part of the Capitol Hill Restoration Society House Tour -- will be throwing a spaghetti dinner and silent auction of Eastern Market memorabilia on Friday, June 1st at 7:00 PM to benefit the CHCF relief fund. (The recipe for the spaghetti and meatballs is supossedly John Philip Sousa's mother's recipe; Sousa was a member of the church, and is buried in the Congressional Cemetery which is owned by the church.) Tickets will be $30 and need to be purchased in advance; you can call Andrea Harles at the church office (202-547-9300), or watch Christ Church's Eastern Market page for more information. And if you can help with the event, or you have items to donate to the auction, please get in touch with Andrea!
Two more restaurants, Tunnicliffs and Finn MacCool's, have been added to next Monday's Dining Out for Eastern Market event, both offering 25% of their dinner proceeds to the CHCF relief fund. (And a little birdie tells me that there might be a handful more eateries added to the roster in the next day or two...)
DC United announced today that $3 of each ticket purchased for the May 26th game against the Houston Dynamo will go to the CHCF relief fund; as most people know, DC United's home field is RFK Stadium, which might be the easternmost member of the Capitol Hill community. So if you've been looking for the right reason to venture out to RFK and take in some soccer (¿fútbol?), head over to dcunited.com and pick up some tickets!
Finally, CHCF has a busy weekend ahead of it, with plans to try to staff the booth on Seventh Street both days, staff tables on Saturday at Bicentennial Day at the Congressional Cemetery and at the Maret School's Fete Champêtre, and staff a table at Stanton Park on Sunday for the Capitol Hill Classic 10K. As a result, they're looking for volunteers who can help -- if that's you, email Amy Courville get in touch with the CHCF via their website, and she'll hook you up.