‘A Taste of America’ event benefits Allies, Inc.
Come out and enjoy a Food, Wine and Beer Extravaganza!
Allies, Inc., a state-wide nonprofit social services organization headquartered in Hamilton, will once again host its highly popular annual fund-raising tasting event to sample the best cuisine from the area’s finest restaurants including a great selection of wine, beer and plenty of silent auction items.
A Taste of America is planned for Thursday, October 6, 2016 in the ballroom of the Nottingham Firehouse, 200 Mercer St., Hamilton, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. All are welcome to attend.
Plenty of exciting offerings this year. For example, participate in a wine pull. For a $20 cash contribution you pull a numbered wine cork at random and win the corresponding bottle. Wine values start at $20 and go up.
Purchase an advance 50-50 raffle. Tickets are $5 each. You don’t have to be present to win. To purchase tickets, call Maria Gallo or Gladys Conkling at (609) 689-0136.
Jon Savage and the Classic Rockers Band will entertain the guests. The area’s newly formed band is making its second time appearance at Taste of America. Come out and hear their toe-tapping sounds.
Admission is $55. To purchase tickets call (609) 6890136, ext. 135 or purchase online at ww.alliesnj.org/ events
Allies is a non-profit agency providing support services that includes: housing, employment training, behavioral and medical along with offering innovative day programs for more than 300 people with special needs and developmental disabilities. Since 1999, Allies has enriched the lives of people with disabilities by promoting greater independence with dignity, respect and understanding. Allies is fully licensed by the NJ Division of Developmental Disabilities and operates in 17 New Jersey counties. Guests making the rounds of the participating restaurant tables at last year’s Taste of America. Christopher Burgos, President of State Troopers Fraternal Association of NJ, Inc. (left) and Don Tretola, Senior Vice President of Allies Public Affairs & Program Development enjoying last year’s A Taste of America.