Giving Strings Orchestra will perform its 22nd annual benefit concert at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 14 in the 200 block of Ridgewood Avenue in Oakwood.  All are welcome.

The concert is free but donations will be accepted and a silent auction will be held with proceeds benefitting Hannah’s Treasure Chest, a local organization providing clothes, books, shoes, safety equipment and hygiene items across Butler, Greene, Montgomery and Warren counties.

This year’s soloist is Micheal La Mattina, a percussionist who plays in the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra and teaches at Miami University.  Dr. Patrick Reynolds, assistant conductor of the Dayton Philharmonic, will conduct the all-volunteer orchestra.

If you would like more information or are interested in donating items or services for the silent auction, please call Austin Choi at (937) 520-5060, Garrett Enseleit at (937)657-4989 or email givingstrings@gmail.com.

Audience members should bring their own lawn chairs or blankets to the concert. In case of rain, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Oakwood will be the alternate location.