The Orcas Island Education Foundation wants to thank all who attended our 8th Annual Food for Thought dinner! Your generosity, and some after-event donations, helped bring the evening’s net proceeds to $20,000. That is $20,000 that will go to fund many enriching school programs such as the 6th grade trip to the Olympic Park Institute, the Farm to Cafeteria program, the Arts Initiative project, senior scholarships and to maintain the dynamic curriculum already in place in our award-winning schools.
The evening would not have been possible without the incredible generosity of all the artists who made boxes, the hardworking volunteers, and the chefs from Red Rabbit Farm, Doe Bay, ‘Erbs, Ship Bay, along with amateur chefs Art Lange, Cathy Ferran, Kyle Freeman and Camp Orkila’s Kim-Klein Tombs. We send a special thanks to our Live Auction supporters, Scott and Therese Lancaster of Ace Hardware and Michelle and Drew Reed of The Counter. Also a HUGE thank you to Camp Orkila for the use of their beautiful facilities for the evening.
It is because of the incredible generosity of our community and the amazing talent of our local artists that we were able to raise that money! So, again, on behalf of the Orcas Island Education Foundation, thank you so much for your generous contribution to our public schools. If you had a great time this year…just wait until 2010!
With heartfelt gratitude,
The Orcas Island Education Foundation Board
Michelle Reed
Janet Brownell
Madie Murray
Barb Skotte
Terri Gilliland
and Kim Freeman
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