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SANTA CRAWL! The much-anticipated second annual Norfolk Santa Crawl will take place on Saturday, December 6th, visiting seven landmark bars in downtown Norfolk, Virginia. ALL proceeds from this very special event will go directly to the DC/MD/VA chapter of the ALS Association. For more information on this very special event that is unlike any of our other charity pub crawls in format, time, location, and attire, visit NorfolkSantaCrawl.com. Note that unlike our other local events, this special event is limited to the first 50 paid participants. All remaining reservation spots are open to the general public as of Monday, November 17th.
THANK YOU to Meeks Disposal, the nine location, the fifty volunteers, and of course all of the participants that helped make this year's Fall Crawl in historic Olde Towne Portsmouth a night to remember. On Saturday, October 25th, we journeyed once again down High Street and Court Street and successfully raised $5,750 for Children's Performance Workshops, a local Hampton Roads charity organization. Congratulations to all of our prize winners, especially our top raffle winner who took home a one week vacation in Florida with their winning ticket! All photos we have received from this event have been posted in our online photo gallery. For all of the details on what took place at this particular event, click on over to OldeTowneFallCrawl.com.
THANK YOU once again to all of the 9 locations, to all of the 70 volunteers, and especially to the nearly 550 participants that paid their registration and helped to make the 2008 Ghent Summer Bar Tour presented by Metromix.com by far our most successful summertime charity pub crawl yet! Through all of your very gracious efforts and contributions, we were able to raise $13,375 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Eastern Virginia! This is nearly DOUBLE our previous best summertime total! Congratulations to all of our prize winners, especially our 50/50 cash raffle winner who took home over $300 with her winning ticket. All photos we have received from this event have been posted in our online photo gallery. For all of the details on the biggest and best summertime pub crawl yet in Ghent, please visit the Summer Bar Tour event page.
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.
