It’s always a great night out and this year was no different. The 9th annual North Shore Rotary Wine and Food Festival was held last weekend at Park Royal South. Several wine and food stations, provided by local agencies and restaurants like Taylor’s Crossing, Grouse Mountain, The Keg, Mangia e Bevi and more, ensured guests could eat and sample to their heart’s content. Live music and mingling all helped raise funds for this year’s beneficiary, the North Shore Youth Safe House.
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01 – Taylor’s Crossing crew Katie Joyce, left, manager Jody Antone and Kelly Price are putting out the pizza for all the guests past their table.
02 – The always dynamic Daniel Falcon, of Mercedes-Benz North Vancouver, is one of the night’s smiling sponsors. Could it be because he gets to drive that fabulous luxury SUV?
03 – Back to back . . . to back. Jordan, left, Holly and Dennis Back are as close to a North Vancouver founding family as you’ll ever get having been active in the community’s government, charity and business scenes for years.
04 – North Van District councillor Mike Little even makes the job of spitoon boy look glam as he carries his bucket from table to table. Eek!
05 – Long time Rotarians Janice Bosley, left, and Jacci McTavish, both of West Vancouver Sunrise, count up the raffle tickets and money at the front door.
06 – A fab “Fusili Tartufate” has them lining up for a taste from Mangia e Bevi’s main men Paul Jennings, left, and Rob Parrott.
07 – Hard working volunteers are always the key reason behind the success of functions like these. Thanks to Rotary Club members Ardth Paxton-Mann, left, Nancy Robblee, Marni Fraser and Shirley Roberton for their hard work.
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By Catherine Barr – Oct 23, 2010
Also as printed in the North Shore Outlook Newspaper on October 28, 2010
All month long, West Vancouver’s Mangia e Bevi restaurant has been raising money for oncology research through their third annual “Festa Invernale”. Called B.A.C.I.O (Because a Cure is Obtainable), it is a cause close to the hearts of owners Doug Grisdale, Rob Parrott and Antonio Sauro, all of whom have had family members affected by this cancer. Last Sunday, the final celebration dinner took place featuring surprise musical guests Adam Woodall and Canadian country music star Jessie Farrell. A surprise cheque for $27,000 helped the group raise a total of $50,000 for the BC Children’s Hospital and Lions Gate Hospital Oncology Clinic.
It was a culinary event of Olympic proportions and the big winners were our own Olympic athletes. The Canadian Culinary Championships (CCC) were held late last month and were the culmination of the local regional Gold Medal Plates city competitions held throughout the year across Canada. The fundraisers were all designed to help put Canadian athletes on the podium come February – so no matter how you slice it, everyone came out a winner. Also, this week marks the start of Mangia E Bevi’s special month-long fundraiser entitled “B.A.C.I.O” (Because A Cure Is Obtainable). The West Vancouver restaurant is raising funds all this month with a special menu – a portion of which will be donated to the BC Children’s Hospital and the Lions Gate Hospital Oncology departments. Join them until Jan 31 at 