"Clap Your HANDS" showcases an online concert by Dwight & Nicole and Kat Wright & Brett Hughes on Sunday, April 4, at 7:00pm, followed by a week long music-themed auction. Proceeds will benefit HANDS, a nonprofit dedicated to getting food to low-income older adults in Chittenden County. "When COVID hit last March, we started 'Support Buddies', a partnership with Heineberg Community Senior Center. The new program created connections with volunteers and isolated seniors via buddy phone calls and food delivery," explained Holly Cluse, HANDS Board President. "Clap Your HANDS, our spring fundraiser, will help us continue 'Support Buddies' and the other programs we provide."

The online auction includes an autographed vintage Phish poster, dance party with Dan Cahill aka DJ Brunch, a Matthew Thorsen photograph, and artwork by Shepard Fairey among many items. Cameo "singing telegrams" will also be available by A2VT, Darlingside's Auyon Mukharji, Rusty Dewees, Myra Flynn, Chad Hollister, Brett Hughes, Amber Lemay, Dr. Mark Levine, Charlie Nardozzi, Robert Resnik, Lowell Thompson, Mitch Wertlieb, and lots of other people well known in Vermont will be available to winning bidders.

The cost of the concert is $10. Tickets can be purchased at https://sevendaystickets.com/events/clap-your-hands-a-fundraising-concert-4-4-2021. The week-long auction runs from April 4-11 and will be at 32auctions.com/ClapYourHANDS2021. For more information about the concert and the auction, please go to https://handsvt.org. Very special thanks to August First, Luke Awtry, Fountain Fund, and Lucky Next Door.