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Veniños Food Tasting Fundraising Event April 27th, 2008
Thank you all!
The event was a total success
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Invitation
to a Venezuelan Food Tasting
and
Charity
Fundraising Event
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Date: Sunday
– April 27, 2008 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM
more
Music, Dancing and Entertainment after 5:00PM
Location: Nova
Terra Restaurant
78 Albany Street
New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901
(732)
296-1600 |
To ride with Lisa contact:
lfoglietta@casadevenezuela.net
Download invitation(pdf)
Download Press Release(pdf)
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Dear
Friends,
We
cordially invite you and your friends to attend a fantastic and
gastronomic food tasting charity event coming in April to support the
Veniños
– Venezuelan Children in Need – (USA) organization. You will love
the authentic South American (Venezuelan) cuisine combined with Latin
Music, good friends, and a note worthy cause. Set aside the date of
April 27th,
2008 at Nova Terra Restaurant located in New Brunswick to attend this
charity food tasting event.
This
charity event is being sponsored and organized by the Nova
Terra Restaurant and
Casa
de Venezuela Delaware Valley
in conjunction with Veniños
to bring you a fun filled day to sample Venezuelan food, live music
and dancing to South American musical delights.
Veniños
is promoting the Cycle
Challenge USA / Bici Sin Rodilla 2008 which
takes place between March and October 2008, covering approximately
9,000 miles around the United States. Lisa Tylee
MBE1
is
a sponsored one-woman, one-legged (she was born with only one knee)
cyclist whom attempt to spend at least 171 days on her bike,
traveling through 24 states across America to raise awareness and
money. Money raised will go to community education projects for poor
children in urban Venezuela.
Food
selections are being prepared by two prized chef’s:
Luis
Martinez
(Venezuelan) from Teresa Caffe (Princeton)
Luis
Bollo
(Spaniard Chef) from Nova Terra (New Brunswick)
There
will be a Silent Auction for the benefit of Casa de Venezuela and
Veniños.
Date: Sunday
– April 27, 2008
Time: Main
Event (see program below): 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM
more
Music, Dancing and Entertainment after 5:00PM
Location:
Nova
Terra Restaurant
78 Albany Street
New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901
(732)
296-1600
Donation
for Admission: $45/adult and $25/child 5-12 years old
Program
and Agenda:
Food
tasting (soft drinks included) from 2:00 – 5:00 PM.
Bar
will be open (not included)
The
Silent Auction will also be taking place throughout this time slot.
| 2:00
PM |
Video about Venezuela. |
| 2:30
PM |
Opening words from a
representative of Casa de Venezuela. |
| 2:35
PM |
Words from Chef
Luis Martinez of Terra Momo Restaurant Group. |
| 2:45
PM |
Teleconference with
Lisa Tyler MBE1
from her Veniños charity
fund drive.
During this
session, Lisa will be speaking to us from a remote stop on her
tour
and will be
taking questions from our guests.
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| 3:00
PM |
Musical session
performed by Harpist Edmar Castañeda |
| 3:30
PM |
Video about
Venezuela |
| 3:45
PM |
Musical session
performed by Musical Ensemble Casa de Venezuela |
| 4:15
PM |
Closing of the Silent Auction. |
| 4:30
PM |
Musical session
performed by Musical Ensemble Casa de Venezuela |
| 5:00
PM |
Open Dancing to Music
performed by Latin performers Son
DelCafé |
Reservation
for this event must be purchased in advance from either the Casa de
Venezuela website at http://www.casadevenezuela.net/donations,
from the Nova Terra Restaurant in New Brunswick (732) 296-1600 or by
contacting lfoglietta@casadevenezuela.net
of
the Casa de Venezuela organization for in person or via mail
purchases.
If
you cannot attend and would like to make a donation directly to any
of these non-profit and charitable organizations, we request that you
visit the Veniños
website
at http://www.veninos.org
and/or http://www.casadevenezuela.net/donations
Please
keep the date of April 27th
open and we look forward to seeing you at this great event.
Best
Regards to all and we’ll see you there!
For
more information e-mail: Luz Marina Foglietta: lfoglietta@casadevenezuela.net
CASA
DE VENEZUELA,
a non profit organization registered in Pennsylvania, is engaged in
promoting and nurturing the values, traditions and culture of
Venezuela
within the within the communities of the area of the Delaware Valley
and within American society in general. Casa De Venezuela
shall always be a nonprofit and non-political organization, and will
be nondiscriminatory with respect to race, creed, sex, nationality,
age, sexual orientation, political ideology, and religion.
http://casadevenezuela.net
NOVA
TERRA RESTAURANT,
part of Terra Momo Restaurant Group. A celebration of creative
Pan Latino flavors and ingredients. Featuring Rodizio, a Brazilian
barbeque of assorted rotisserie style meats served tableside.
http://terramomo.com
VENIÑOS
- Venezuelan Children in Need,
is
a UK and US registered not-for-profit charity, dedicated to improving
the lives of street and shanty town children in urban Venezuela.
Veniños has no religious or political affiliation.
The
funds raised by Veniños will be used to support projects run
by well respected NGOs operating in Venezuela.
http://veninos.org/about_us.html
1
MBE
- an honour awarded to Lisa by Queen Elizabeth II in 2000 for her
work with street and shantytown children in Venezuela
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