Annual Gourmet Gala set for September

By Anne Lautzenheiser
St. Tammany News
Published on Monday, August 11, 2008 11:52 AM CDT

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September'��s 12th annual Gourmet Gala fundraiser will transport guests to Italy with this year'��s theme, '��Under the Tuscan Moon.'��

The event is set for Sept. 14 from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Northshore Harbor Center in Slidell, and presenting sponsors are Pontchartrain Materials Corp., Ozone Aggregates and the Eugenie & Joseph Jones Family Foundation.

Proceeds will go to the K-Bar-B Youth Ranch, a nonprofit residential treatment facility for foster children, and Rainbow Child Care Center, an early childhood development program for low-income working families in St. Tammany Parish.

Board members and presenting sponsors of the 12th annual Gourmet Gala are, from left: Nancy Wood, Rainbow Child Care; Steve Douglass, Ozone Aggregates Inc.; George Douglass, Pontchartrain Materials Corp.; Jennifer Dexter, K-Bar-B Ranch; Hazel Harrod, Rainbow Child Care; and Mark Myers, Rainbow Child Care. (Staff Photo by Anne Lautzenheiser)

The soiree will feature food samplings from local restaurants, live music by Witness and specialty wines, beers and cocktails. Precision Pyrotechnics will stage a fireworks display, and a silent auction as well as a pick-a-prize raffle, sometimes known as a Chinese auction, will also be held. Individual admission is $75 per person, and tickets may be purchased at Habanos of Slidell & the Wine Seller, Java Jungle, Petals and Stems, and Northshore Harbor Center. Sponsorships and vendor spaces are still available. For more information call 641-1425 .

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