P.S. Thanks to Ragged Mountain Equipment of Intervale, New Hampshire for the water bottle donations!

Flatbread Company is one of our most consistent supporters, hosting annual benefit nights that typically bring in $1,000+, donating gift certificates to all of our events and fundraisers and hosting meetings as well.

Our students’ favorite meal of the week is often the one on Sunday, the first night they arrive, when we finish cooking half-baked flatbreads made fresh that day at the restaurant and eat together, family style.

On the May 19 benefit night, Flatbread Company will donate a portion of every single flatbread sold to Kismet. Kismet crew will also be there at the restaurant with some silent auction items and other activities to help raise money for this summer’s programs. Hope to see you there!

Thanks to the Flatbread Company crew for everything you continue to do to support Kismet!

Photos by Brian Post from Week 1 of 2010. View the rest of the Week 1 photos here.

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Mountain Top Music Center’s Mike Sakash and Jed Wilson kicked off the night playing live Jazz music. Several Kismet students then spoke of their experiences and memories with the summer program, and Volunteer of the Year awards were presented to Eileen Conway, Sarah Garlick, Bob Ahearn and Phil Liakos.

The Boston-based band Los Sugar Kings were back this year by popular demand, playing a mix of Salsa, merengue and other styles for the remainder of the evening.

The diverse silent auction brought in over $8,000 for Kismet programs.

Many thanks to Caliente! A Night of Salsa Dancing to Benefit Kismet Rock Foundation sponsors, including Presenting sponsors Polartec LLC and Rovetti Design; Gold Level sponsors Appleseed Permaculture, Café Noche, Dr. Tony Iorfino, Nereledge Inn and Sterling Rope Company; and Silver Level sponsors Dutch Bloemen Winkel, Doug Madara, Flatbread Company, Fryeburg Veterinary Hospital, Gamwell Caputo Siek & Co. PLLC, Mineral Springs Café, Mountain Top Music Center, RE/Max Presidential Real Estate – Drummond & Drummond, Sky Ambitions, The Local Grocer, and Whitehorse Gear.

A sampling of wonderful images from Anne Skidmore of Anne Skidmore Photography. (Also check out Anne’s blog post about the event here):

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What would we do without our Caliente! volunteers?

Thank you for making the event possible:

Morgan Beliele

Ruthann Brown

Eileen Conway

Martha Davis

Anna DeMarco

Sasha Eisele

Ariel Fogden

KC Henry

Ashley Link

Madeline Mcelaney

John Patrick

Brian Post

Kyra Salancy

Jessica Soroka

Nickie Sekera

Anne Skidmore

Erin Small

Lauren Synnott

Bob Walstrom

Cynthia Wenger

Brad Wilkinson

Mary Wilkinson

Caliente! donors were incredibly generous in making this event as special as it was. Thank you to:

121 Fitness

6288 Designs

All Things 2 Wheeled

Anna DeMarco

AppleSeed permaculture

Bear Notch Ski Touring

Blue Mountain Massage

Brian Post Photography

Café Noche

Cathedral Mountain Guides

Chauvin Guides

Chris Noonan Oriental Rugs

Courtyard Café

Cranmore Ski Area

David & Jackie Post

Dick Devellian

Doug Madara – La Sportiva, Metolius, & Sterling Rope

Dr. Tony Iorfino

Dutch Bloemen Winkel

Dutch Bloemon Winkel

Eastern Mountain Sports

Flatbread Company

Freddie Wilkinson

Frontside Grind

Fryeburg Veterinary Hospital

Gamwell, Caputo, Siek & Co., PLLC

International Mountain Climbing School/IME

Jackson Art Exploration

Joe Voci

Kris Pastoriza

La Sportiva

Laura Waterman

Los Sugar Kings

Mark Synnott

Matty B’s Mountainside Café

Metolius

Mineral Springs Café

Minuteman Press

Mount Washington Observatory

Mountain Hardwear & Montrail

Mountain Top Music Center

Mountain Yurt Yoga

MS Sullivan

Nereledge Inn

North Conway Music Shop

North Country Fair Jewelers

Old Village Bakery

Outdoor Research

Peter Lewis

Polartec

Portland Schooner Company

Portsmouth Music Hall

RE/Max Presidential – Drummond & Drummond

Rebecca Klementovich

Residential Design Inc.

Rhino Guides and Rock Barn

RovettiDesign

Santa’s Village

Sarah Garlick

Sasha Eisele

Shovel Handle Pub

Silver Moon Mozaics

Sky Ambitions

Stonehearth Open Learning Opportunities

Sterling Rope Company

Synnott Mountain Guides

The 1785 Inn

The Green Choice

The Local Grocer

The North Face

The Portland Pirates LLC

The Portland Seadogs

The Yoga Shack

TMC Books

Tuckerman Brewery Company

White Birch Books

White Mountain Cider Company

White Mountains Lodge & Hostel

Whitehorse Gear

Wild Things

The Wilkinsons

2010 Kismet Cliff Run results (pdf)

Race Director Gabe Flanders, Kismet board member Sasha Eisele and Kismet Cliff Run overall race winner Carl Swenson holding the golden shoe trophy after the inaugural race in 2009. photo by Brian Post

This year’s Kismet Cliff Run is slated for Sunday, September 19 at 10:00am in Echo Lake State Park, North Conway, NH. A benefit for Kismet Rock Foundation, the 5-mile trail race will follow last year’s inaugural route, including a grueling Cathedral Ledge uphill and some nasty downhills. Kismet Cliff Run event sponsor LaSportiva is donating a range of prizes, including gift certificates for trail running shoes, a jacket, hats and travel mugs. Local La Sportiva Rep Doug Madara is also offering this special challenge to racers, “If last year’s course record of 48:18 is beat, LaSportiva will make an extra donation of $200 to Kismet Rock Foundation!” Prizes are also being donated by Eastern Mountain Sports and Mountain Hardwear. Matty Braun’s Kearsarge Café will be providing post-race California-styled burritos. Race founder and volunteer director Gabe Flanders has created innovative recycled trophies for Kismet Cliff Run race winners- retired trail running shoes painted metallic colors and mounted on “granite” bases.

Out of last year’s field of 50 runners, the first to cross the finish line was nativeson and Olympian Nordic skier Carl Swenson with a time of 48:18, also the race’s only sub-fifty minute finish. New this year for the race will be a noncompetitive Walker’s Division, with the same route as the runners. Registration fee for runners and walkers is $20. For a race route description, please visit http://www.kismetrockfoundation.org/join-us/events/kismet-cliff-run/. To register for the 2010 Kismet Cliff Run (and walk) please visit www.active.com or pick up a registration form at one of the following Mount Washington Valley businesses: Eastern Mountain Sports, International Mountain Equipment, Ragged Mountain Equipment, or Kearsarge Café in North Conway and Altitude 6288 Sports in Gorham, NH. To receive a race registration form via snail mail please call 603-383-9928.

Check out Anne’s blog post about her day out.
Check out Eric’s gallery from his day out (turn the volume up for some music too!).

Thanks to both of you for your generous contributions!

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