Taste of Cary Grove this weekend
Cary Grove Neighborhood Life will host the Taste of Cary Grove from 1 to 3 p.m. and from 4 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 17 at Lake Julian in Cary. Continuing its mission to feed the hungry, all profits from the event will be donated to the Cary Grove Food Pantry.
Ten local restaurants will be participating in the "Taste" including 5 O'clock Steak House, Wool Street, Galati's, Brunch Café, The Tracks, Kojak's, Boardwalk Bob's, Peter's Bakery, Chicago Eats Catering and The Coffee Station. Each restaurant will be featuring a "taste" from their menu that is considered a specialty of their establishment.
The Taste will be offered at two seatings - from 1 to 3 p.m. and from 4 to 6 p.m. and tickets will be sold for each.
The Taste will feature live entertainment by local band "Jake to the Bone." The event is family friendly and will include a bingo tent with prizes and children's activities and games.
Tickets for the Taste of Cary Grove are $10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and younger. Tickets must be purchased in advance and only 250 seats are available at each seating. The event is expected to sellout, so order your tickets early by visiting the CGNL Web site at www.carygrove.org.
CGNL is also sponsoring Lemonade Stands during the months of July and August throughout the community to support the local Cary Grove P.A.D.S sites that provide food and shelter to the homeless. Chase Bank will award $50 to the best decorated stand.
For more information about how your children can get involved in this fundraising event, visit Web site www.carygrove.org. or call (847) 639-6895 to register your lemonade stand.
Cary Grove Neighborhood Life is a local nonprofit organization that connects people who live within the geographic area of Cary and Fox River Grove with opportunities to meet and help each other and/or their community. Cary Grove Neighborhood Life is a faith based partnership of five local churches - Cary Grove Evangelical Free Church, Cary United Methodist Church, St. Barnabas Lutheran Church, Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church and Willow Creek Community Church and several organizations. CGNL has sponsored many successful events since its formation in 2007 including raising $9,000 for Habitat for Humanity, the renovation of the Honeymoon apartments in Cary, Feed My Starving Children and the McHenry County Lemonade Stands. For more information, visit www.carygrove.org, call (847) 814-1121 or e-mail sdunn@carygrove.org.