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A little about us ...
Christina's House is a faith-based transitional home and educational program. Our mission is to educate, embrace, and encourage women and children who are homeless or near homeless through the love of Jesus Christ. Our vision is to provide the selected mothers and their children with life skills needed to become self-sufficient as they transition from homelessness to stable environments. What we do: The women in our homes work with several volunteers, staff, and professionals who help them reach their occupational, educational, and interpersonal goals.

Funds raised during this event will go towards paying the Christina's House mortgage, heat, utilities, restoration and updates, lawncare, snow removal, emergencies, food, bedding, water, gifts, staffing, contractors, housing needs, office supplies, technology, events, and much MUCH more.

*NEW* this year:

Box lunch for registered Runner/walker: limited extras available to purchase by spectators
Raffle items
Crowd-Source Fundraisers: Help us raise even more by setting up a fundraiser with your registration to crowd-source with your friends and family to make a donation in support of your run/walk! Click "Become a Fundraiser" on the left menu to set up your personal link to share!
*NEW Start/Finish location is the back at the ECOS Building.

**FREE T-shirt for 5k and 1mile registrations before September 1st, 2026.

For more information or to become a Sponsor please contact Carolyn@christinashouse.org

Valley Players proudly present Bryna Turner’s riotous, moving comedy "At the
Wedding". The show goes up October 1–4 as a picnic-theater performance on the
beautiful grounds of the Amherst Woman’s Club (rain dates October 8–11). Half of
the production’s net ticket revenue will be donated to Out Now, a local nonprofit
organization supporting LGBTQ+ youth in the Valley. Tickets are on a pay-what-you-
can scale.

"At the Wedding" features Joanna Nix (Carlo), Kate Stango (Carly), Ali Shafi (Victor),
Terrance Fables (Eli), Kimberly Salditt-Poulin (Maria), Cici Drzik (Leigh), and Blue
Jordan (Eva). The show is directed by Joe Van Allen and produced by Matteo
Pangallo, with stage management by Anna Morrissey, costumes by Lynn Meixler,
technical direction by Kevin Tracy, assistant technical direction by Ana Steiner, and
intimacy coordination by C. R. Rose, and supported by a grant from the Emily List
Fund for Performing Arts Therapy. The show runs approximately 70 minutes.

Winner of the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation’s Theatre Visions Award, New
York Times Critic’s Pick, and New York Times’ Best of 2022 Unforgettable Theatrical
Moments, "At the Wedding" follows Carlo as she arrives, unexpectedly, at her ex-
girlfriend’s wedding, carrying heartbreak, bitterness, and an undeniable longing. Set
just outside the reception itself, the play lingers in the liminal spaces of a familiar
tradition, where Carlo and the other guests orbit the celebration and each other.

“Brutally hilarious,” praised TheaterMania, and New York Theatre Guide described it
as “bitterly funny” in its “wisecracking and wisdom-sharing about the unbreakable
bond between love and pain.” The New York Times found the play “fresh and
trenchant,” with plenty of comedy and that “reshapes the wedding genre for our
time, inviting new characters to the party.”

The director for the Valley Players’ production, Van Allen, explains, “Our vision
centers on the shift from standing outside the celebration to finding connection, even
in the margins. 'At the Wedding' reveals a community deeply human in its messiness,
tenderness, and desire to belong. The play reflects the reality that these lives and
experiences have always existed within and alongside our most familiar traditions. In
doing so, it creates space for audiences, particularly those who are underrepresented,
to see themselves not at the edges of the story, but at its center.”

Valley Players proudly present Bryna Turner’s riotous, moving comedy "At the
Wedding". The show goes up October 1–4 as a picnic-theater performance on the
beautiful grounds of the Amherst Woman’s Club (rain dates October 8–11). Half of
the production’s net ticket revenue will be donated to Out Now, a local nonprofit
organization supporting LGBTQ+ youth in the Valley. Tickets are on a pay-what-you-
can scale.

"At the Wedding" features Joanna Nix (Carlo), Kate Stango (Carly), Ali Shafi (Victor),
Terrance Fables (Eli), Kimberly Salditt-Poulin (Maria), Cici Drzik (Leigh), and Blue
Jordan (Eva). The show is directed by Joe Van Allen and produced by Matteo
Pangallo, with stage management by Anna Morrissey, costumes by Lynn Meixler,
technical direction by Kevin Tracy, assistant technical direction by Ana Steiner, and
intimacy coordination by C. R. Rose, and supported by a grant from the Emily List
Fund for Performing Arts Therapy. The show runs approximately 70 minutes.

Winner of the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation’s Theatre Visions Award, New
York Times Critic’s Pick, and New York Times’ Best of 2022 Unforgettable Theatrical
Moments, "At the Wedding" follows Carlo as she arrives, unexpectedly, at her ex-
girlfriend’s wedding, carrying heartbreak, bitterness, and an undeniable longing. Set
just outside the reception itself, the play lingers in the liminal spaces of a familiar
tradition, where Carlo and the other guests orbit the celebration and each other.

“Brutally hilarious,” praised TheaterMania, and New York Theatre Guide described it
as “bitterly funny” in its “wisecracking and wisdom-sharing about the unbreakable
bond between love and pain.” The New York Times found the play “fresh and
trenchant,” with plenty of comedy and that “reshapes the wedding genre for our
time, inviting new characters to the party.”

The director for the Valley Players’ production, Van Allen, explains, “Our vision
centers on the shift from standing outside the celebration to finding connection, even
in the margins. 'At the Wedding' reveals a community deeply human in its messiness,
tenderness, and desire to belong. The play reflects the reality that these lives and
experiences have always existed within and alongside our most familiar traditions. In
doing so, it creates space for audiences, particularly those who are underrepresented,
to see themselves not at the edges of the story, but at its center.”

Valley Players proudly present Bryna Turner’s riotous, moving comedy "At the
Wedding". The show goes up October 1–4 as a picnic-theater performance on the
beautiful grounds of the Amherst Woman’s Club (rain dates October 8–11). Half of
the production’s net ticket revenue will be donated to Out Now, a local nonprofit
organization supporting LGBTQ+ youth in the Valley. Tickets are on a pay-what-you-
can scale.

"At the Wedding" features Joanna Nix (Carlo), Kate Stango (Carly), Ali Shafi (Victor),
Terrance Fables (Eli), Kimberly Salditt-Poulin (Maria), Cici Drzik (Leigh), and Blue
Jordan (Eva). The show is directed by Joe Van Allen and produced by Matteo
Pangallo, with stage management by Anna Morrissey, costumes by Lynn Meixler,
technical direction by Kevin Tracy, assistant technical direction by Ana Steiner, and
intimacy coordination by C. R. Rose, and supported by a grant from the Emily List
Fund for Performing Arts Therapy. The show runs approximately 70 minutes.

Winner of the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation’s Theatre Visions Award, New
York Times Critic’s Pick, and New York Times’ Best of 2022 Unforgettable Theatrical
Moments, "At the Wedding" follows Carlo as she arrives, unexpectedly, at her ex-
girlfriend’s wedding, carrying heartbreak, bitterness, and an undeniable longing. Set
just outside the reception itself, the play lingers in the liminal spaces of a familiar
tradition, where Carlo and the other guests orbit the celebration and each other.

“Brutally hilarious,” praised TheaterMania, and New York Theatre Guide described it
as “bitterly funny” in its “wisecracking and wisdom-sharing about the unbreakable
bond between love and pain.” The New York Times found the play “fresh and
trenchant,” with plenty of comedy and that “reshapes the wedding genre for our
time, inviting new characters to the party.”

The director for the Valley Players’ production, Van Allen, explains, “Our vision
centers on the shift from standing outside the celebration to finding connection, even
in the margins. 'At the Wedding' reveals a community deeply human in its messiness,
tenderness, and desire to belong. The play reflects the reality that these lives and
experiences have always existed within and alongside our most familiar traditions. In
doing so, it creates space for audiences, particularly those who are underrepresented,
to see themselves not at the edges of the story, but at its center.”

Valley Players proudly present Bryna Turner’s riotous, moving comedy "At the
Wedding". The show goes up October 1–4 as a picnic-theater performance on the
beautiful grounds of the Amherst Woman’s Club (rain dates October 8–11). Half of
the production’s net ticket revenue will be donated to Out Now, a local nonprofit
organization supporting LGBTQ+ youth in the Valley. Tickets are on a pay-what-you-
can scale.

"At the Wedding" features Joanna Nix (Carlo), Kate Stango (Carly), Ali Shafi (Victor),
Terrance Fables (Eli), Kimberly Salditt-Poulin (Maria), Cici Drzik (Leigh), and Blue
Jordan (Eva). The show is directed by Joe Van Allen and produced by Matteo
Pangallo, with stage management by Anna Morrissey, costumes by Lynn Meixler,
technical direction by Kevin Tracy, assistant technical direction by Ana Steiner, and
intimacy coordination by C. R. Rose, and supported by a grant from the Emily List
Fund for Performing Arts Therapy. The show runs approximately 70 minutes.

Winner of the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation’s Theatre Visions Award, New
York Times Critic’s Pick, and New York Times’ Best of 2022 Unforgettable Theatrical
Moments, "At the Wedding" follows Carlo as she arrives, unexpectedly, at her ex-
girlfriend’s wedding, carrying heartbreak, bitterness, and an undeniable longing. Set
just outside the reception itself, the play lingers in the liminal spaces of a familiar
tradition, where Carlo and the other guests orbit the celebration and each other.

“Brutally hilarious,” praised TheaterMania, and New York Theatre Guide described it
as “bitterly funny” in its “wisecracking and wisdom-sharing about the unbreakable
bond between love and pain.” The New York Times found the play “fresh and
trenchant,” with plenty of comedy and that “reshapes the wedding genre for our
time, inviting new characters to the party.”

The director for the Valley Players’ production, Van Allen, explains, “Our vision
centers on the shift from standing outside the celebration to finding connection, even
in the margins. 'At the Wedding' reveals a community deeply human in its messiness,
tenderness, and desire to belong. The play reflects the reality that these lives and
experiences have always existed within and alongside our most familiar traditions. In
doing so, it creates space for audiences, particularly those who are underrepresented,
to see themselves not at the edges of the story, but at its center.”

More About the Lotus Festival!

This will be for an evening of inspiration, entertainment, networking, and dancing, so buy your tickets so you don't miss:

- A thoughtfully curated dinner menu blending rich flavors and bold creativity

- An open bar with signature cocktails and classic favorites

- A thrilling live auction showcasing one-of-a-kind items and exclusive experiences

- Interactive moments that bring our programs in India to life. See the impact you’re helping create

- Live performances, dancing, and high-energy entertainment throughout the night

- Opportunities to connect, network, and engage with like-minded changemakers united by purpose

Come celebrate, connect, and make an impact together.

The 2026 Massachusetts MORE THAN PINK Walk, Susan G. Komen’s largest fundraising event series, evolved from the Race for the Cure in 2018. Each year, we host over 100,000 participants at our 40+ in-person (and one virtual) walks across the U.S. Since the first Walk in 2018, our participants have raised more than $60 million dollars and continue to be a part of a community committed to our vision of a world without breast cancer.

With inclusive and accessible options for people of all ages and abilities – including breast cancer survivors, those currently in treatment for breast cancer and people living with metastatic breast cancer – the Walk provides participants the opportunity to come together and connect in meaningful ways. It allows us to focus on sharing our passion, sharing our stories and connecting with others, all while fundraising to support life-saving programs and research.

Our finish line is a world without breast cancer, and we know the only way we can get there is together!