Benefits With Friends: Boat Bash, gala benefit Sheep Dogs

Sheep Dog Impact Assistance has a pair of benefits slated for this summer.

Power on the Bricks and the Big Boat Bash, hosted by Beaver Lake Performance and Powerboat Association, will be July 17 and 18 in downtown Rogers and on Beaver Lake. The benefit will include a street party, poker run, vehicle show, musical entertainment, beer garden, vendor booths and a kids' zone.

Sheep Dog Impact Assistance

Power on the Bricks Big Boat Bash

What: Street party, poker run, vehicle show, musical entertainment, beer garden, vendor booths, kids’ zone

When: July 17 and 18

Where: Downtown Rogers and Beaver Lake

Heroes Gala

What: Guest speaker combat-wounded Army Sgt. Sergio Trejo

When: 5:30-11 p.m. Aug. 22

Where: John Q. Hammons Center in Rogers

Tickets: $85, $95 and $150 with additional $100 VIP option

Information: (417) 812-6035 or sheepdogia.org

The eighth annual Heroes Gala on Aug. 22 at the John Q. Hammons Center in Rogers will feature combat-wounded Army Sgt. Sergio Trejo as guest speaker. The evening's guest of honor will be Dancing With The Starscompetitor and combat veteran Army Sgt. Noah Galloway. Army veteran Tracy Dufault will serve as honorary chairwoman. Matt Williams, a combat-wounded Army veteran and country music artist, will perform.

Sheep Dog Impact Assistance helps provide "a civilian framework through which trained emergency and military personnel extend their service to society, to assist our neighbors in times of disaster and our own in times of hardship, and to respond independently, efficiently and strategically, achieving the greatest impact possible."

Founded in 2010, Sheep Dog Impact Assistance is a nationally recognized nonprofit organization founded and headquartered in Rogers. SDIA exists to engage, assist and empower our nation's "Sheep Dogs" (veterans, law enforcement, fire and rescue, and EMS personnel) "to #GetOffTheCouch and reengage in living an active, meaningful and productive life with a renewed sense of purpose."