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SUMMER IS HERE! The Ghent Summer Bar Tour is all set to soak up some sun on Saturday, July 31st and raise some money for the Hope House Foundation! We expect all of our bars to be back from previous events and most of our loyal participants as well. Our annual summertime pub crawl will journey yet again down Colley Avenue, 21st Street, and the surrounding locale in the historic midtown Norfolk neighborhood of Ghent. And when it's all done, we will throw another awesome tent party at The Boot! Registration is required for this event and is now open online. The registration price increases as more participants sign up so be sure to not sleep on this! For all the rest of the details on what's to come at this big event, visit the Summer Bar Tour event site.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! We are currently looking for volunteers to help out before and during the Olde Towne Fall Crawl on October 2nd. If you have the time and desire to help us out, we'd definitely appreciate your efforts and will give you free registration to the event and a special volunteer shirt in return. Simply fill out a volunteer registration form on the Fall Crawl's event website to let us know your interest. Thank you!
OLDE TOWNE CHARM! We're gearing up now for our fourth annual Olde Towne Fall Crawl through the streets of historic Olde Towne Portsmouth on Saturday, October 2nd from 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Last year's event raised more than $8,000 for Children's Performance Workshops and we're glad to be supporting them again this year. This fantastic locally founded and locally operated organization works in the Hampton Roads area to teach children to recognize, prevent, and disclose child abuse and bullying. Registration is required for this event and opens online August 2nd. So start gathering your friends, family, co-workers, and random acquaintances now and get ready for some historic bar-hopping fun! And for all the rest of the details on this big upcoming event, click on over to OldeTowneFallCrawl.com.
TOAST THE COAST! Our big springtime pub crawl, the 2010 Oceanfront Spring Crawl found success once again on Saturday, April 24th, journeying to eight different establishments up and down Altanic Ave and Pacific Ave in the resort area of Virginia Beach and raising $6,015 for Toby's Dream Foundation! Thank you to all of the eight bars, 6 sponsors, and more than 300 participants that made this big event a dream come true. All of the details on who participated and what took place at this big event are available at the Spring Crawl event site.
SMASHING SUCCESS! A warm winter sun shined on the Ghent Winter Bar Tour on Saturday, February 27th as this grandest of charity pub crawls again topped the charts, raising $23,750 for Edmarc Hospice for Children and breaking the record total we had at last winter's event to once again solidify the event's position as the the most successful charity pub crawl in America! Eleven bars, ten sponsors, ninety volunteers, and a sell-out 1,000 participants helped to make this big event a huge success yet again. Our largest annual pub crawl journeyed down Colley Avenue, 21st Street, and the surrounding locale in the historic midtown Norfolk neighborhood of Ghent. Congratulations to all of our prize winners, especially our big 50/50 cash raffle winner who won $269! All of the details on what took place at this big event are available at the event's main page at GhentBarTour.com/winter. Thanks again to everyone that came out - we hope to see you at another event soon!
SELLOUT! Our super-hyped third annual Norfolk Santa Crawl rolled up and down Granby Street in downtown Norfolk on December 5th this holiday season and raised a fantastic $2500 for the ALS Association! This particular event is very different from our other annual events in size, format, and most especially attire, but has quickly become a "fan favorite" for everyone involved. For all of the details on this one-of-a-kind annual event, please visit the event's website at NorfolkSantaCrawl.com.
For those a bit less familiar with the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, Ghent is a historic neighborhood located on the west side of midtown Norfolk, just north of downtown and just south of Old Dominion University. Its name comes from the signing of the Treaty of Ghent in Belgium, which ended the War of 1812. The first suburb of Norfolk, Ghent was created around the turn of the 20th century and most of its buildings date back to the era between 1890 and 1920. More on the history of Ghent, as well as a cartoon map and other useful information, is available through the links on this site.
