Tickets Now Available for ‘Running with Spoons’ Fundraiser
The 2019 Running With Spoons event. (RVBusiness file photo)
Tickets are now on sale for the seventh Annual Running with Spoons cooking competition fundraiser benefitting Bashor Children’s Home in Goshen.
The event is generously sponsored by Nuway Construction, Scott And Kim Welch And The Welch Packaging Group. Don and Theresa Gunden, Obeco, Patrick Industries and Genesis Products.
Thirteen teams of local business and community leaders will compete by cooking up their favorite dishes for attendees to sample during the Sept. 8, event at the Lerner Crystal Ballroom. Doors open at 5:45 p.m. for the 6 p.m. event. Attendees will vote for their favorite dishes and chefs with donations to Bashor Children’s Home. The winner will receive the Bashor Golden Spoon Award. Tickets are $50 per person or $80 per couple. There is no reserved seating. Tickets can be purchased at bashor.org.
“This is a great opportunity to enjoy delicious homemade food graciously prepared by highly respected leaders in our community while helping Bashor serve children who come to us when they have nowhere else to go,” said Steve Riikonen, Director of Development at Bashor Children’s Home.
All the proceeds from Running with Spoons, including donations given during voting, will go directly to helping support the programs at Bashor Children’s Home and care for survivors of Human Trafficking in our community.
This year, competing chefs include:
- Scott and Robyn Radeker
- Ryan Casey and Ron Mullet
- Rick Kessler and Sherman Goldenberg
- Kaitlyn and Wes Kirkwood
- Cassie Russel and Cory Payne
- Stacey Pletcher, Michele Kay and Andrea Graves
- Zach and Matthew Eppers
- Sean Kelly and the Erekson Brothers (Cam, Dr. Craig, and Chris)
- Josh Hendricks, Scott Taylor and Jon Wenger
- Marty Blenner and Mike Deranek
- Kerie Sekal and John Rose
- Sinai Vespie, University of Notre Dame
- Steven Depostar
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