Blake Center Hosts Somers Rotary Club for Charitable Concert

Proceeds to Benefit the Connecticut Burns Care Foundation

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HILLSDALE, Mich. — The Rotary Club of Somers, Connecticut, sponsored a charitable concert at Hillsdale College’s Blake Center for Faith and Freedom on July 23. Proceeds from the concert were donated to the Connecticut Burns Care Foundation.

“The concert was beautifully performed and went towards an important cause,” said Labin Duke, the executive director of the Blake Center. “Hillsdale College is always proud to work with the Rotary Club and people of Somers to help our brothers and sisters in need.”

Following a cocktail hour, vocalist and performer Dominic Mantuano performed at the Blake Center’s replica of Monticello. Mantuano has had a long, celebrated career as a vocalist on the national and international stage. In 2021, he became director of the Connecticut Burns Care Foundation.

Tickets for the event cost $50 each, and all proceeds went to the Connecticut Burns Care Foundation.

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Hillsdale College is an independent liberal arts college located in southern Michigan. Founded in 1844, the College has built a national reputation through its classical liberal arts core curriculum and its principled refusal to accept federal or state taxpayer subsidies, even indirectly in the form of student grants or loans. It also conducts an outreach effort promoting civil and religious liberty, including a free monthly speech digest, Imprimis, with a circulation of more than 5.7 million. For more information, visit hillsdale.edu.

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