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Taste of Wrightsville Beach
Stop Hunger Now
The inaugural Taste of Wrightsville Beach, from 4 to 7 p.m., Saturday,
October 27, welcomes all to sample food and beverages from more than
40 local restaurants and vendors in the Roberts Grocery/Loggerhead’s
parking lot on the John Nesbitt Loop on North Lumina Avenue. Celebrity
judges will rate the dishes with a Best in Show and participants will select the
People’s Choice award. In addition to the mouthwatering seafood, the event will fea-ture
crafts, a 50/50 raffle and live music. Tickets are $40 for general admission and $75
for VIP, which offers a choice of oysters or seafood broil to the guests. Tickets can be
purchased at www.wrightsvillebeachfoundation.org.
Main sponsor, Hutchens, Senter, Kellam and Pettit, P.A. law firm has donated a
generous amount to the event’s cause, a collaborative idea hatched by New Hanover
County Tourism Development Authority chairman, John Andrews of South Beach Grill
and former Wrightsville Beach Alderwoman, Lisa Weeks. The proceeds are intended
to support the Wrightsville Beach Beautification Project. In conjunction with Taste
of Wrightsville Beach, area churches and volunteers will participate in Stop Hunger
Now, a dehydrated, high protein, nutritious meal packaging program used in crisis
situations and in-school feeding programs for schools and orphanages in developing
countries around the world. For more information, visit www.stophungernow.org.
A Worthy Cause
FOR Masonboro
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WBM october 2012
Mark Lawson of East at the Blockade Runner
created a colorful presentation of seared tuna
atop dichon radishes and peppers for Food
for Thought on Oct. 20, 2011 in the Northeast
Regional Library. The restaurant will be one of
those participating in the inaugural Taste of
Wrightsville Beach on Saturday, Oct. 27.
Guests at the FOR (Friends of the Reserve) Masonboro Island fundraiser gather at the Blockade Runner Beach Resort on Oct. 16, 2011
for dinner, music and a silent auction.
WBM FILE PHOTO