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Thanks to everyone who played a part in making the Eleventh Annual Community Dinner a resounding success. Over 550 people gathered to eat food prepared by Mama Dip’s Kitchen, The Carolina Inn, Bon’s Homecookin’, Bandido’s Mexican Café, Crawdaddy’s Cajun Café and Tandoor Indian Restaurant. Over twenty local restaurants, together with many businesses and organizations, provided supplementary entrees and desserts.All who attended enjoyed the entertainment by bagpiper Yance Covington, the TROSA Band, the Orange County Jammers Senior Cheerleading Group, The Suzuki Academy of North Carolina, The Carrboro High School Jazz band, the Peruvian American Association Dance Group, and Ron Stutts of WCHL 1360 as the emcee. 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 eleven 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. New to this year’s dinner were concerted efforts to include more 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 |