HOME • FOOD DONATIONS • FINANCIAL SUPPORT • SLIDESHOWS • GIVING THANKS • DIRECTIONS Giving Thanks Dear Friends, Thanks to everyone who played a part in making the Thirteenth Annual Community Dinner a resounding success. Over 600 people gathered to eat food prepared by Mama Dip’s Kitchen, The Carolina Inn, Bandido’s Mexican Café and Mint Indian Restaurant. Over twenty local restaurants, together with many businesses and organizations, provided supplementary entrees and desserts.We would particularly like to thank Mrs Mildred Council-Mama Dip- for cooking the lion's share of Thirteen Community Dinners. Although she will continue to work with the event, she will be handing over the main cook's baton to someone else in 2011. All who attended enjoyed the entertainment by bagpiper Yance Covington,The Signsations,The Mighty Gospel Inspirations, Arts in Action dance group, Ameri-Kantu Latino group, Guilty Pleasures Blue Grass group and the Emerson Waldorf School Jazz Band, directed by Erich Lieth. Ron Stutts of WCHL1360 and Marisol Silva were the emcees. This year’s event was an overwhelming success, in part, because of the efforts of so many people who have worked on dinners for the past twelve years. The event is designed to bring people together who might not ordinarily cross paths, and this year’s dinner shows that the event continues to be an important part of the community’s annual calendar. This year’s dinner reflected even more concerted efforts to include locally sourced foods on the menu and to be a zero waste event (95% composted or recycled). Without your help and donations, we would not have been able to offer such an exceptional dinner for so modest a ticket price. By keeping the event truly affordable (and by underwriting an unprecedented number of tickets), we were able to host citizens from every income level, and every ethnic, special needs and age group. In this way the dinner enhances the spirit of diversity in the community. To those of you who attended this year’s event, we are sure no explanation is needed regarding the benefit of such happenings as the Community Dinner. Our shared understanding and pride in community is, as we know, even stronger as a result of this year’s event, and we look forward to seeing you daily in the community and at the dinner next year. Sincerely, Nerys Levy Community Dinner • Food Donations • Financial Support • Slideshows • Giving Thanks • Directions