Tag: Kenyon College

Now is the time to reserve your seat for the 2024 Kenyon Snowflake Gala

Luisa Barone Gantt, Kenyon Communications and Project Management in the Advancement Division and Amy Quinlivan, Kenyon’s Coordinator of Administrative Services in the Office of the Provost came to WNZR to share about this year’s Snowflake Gala.
Click HERE to hear the full conversation.
The Event is Friday 12/13/24 at Kenyon’s Lowry Center.
Amy and Luisa share this year’s info – the theme is tied into Kenyon’s Bicentennial. There will be music from the Kenyon Jazztet, a photo booth and desserts from the Kenyon cookbook.
Amy and Luisa explain the Fund-A-Cause concept, the William Stroud Award for Community Service and the Founders Award.
Register at https://www.foodforthehungrycares.org/kenyon-gala-rsvp
The deadline to register is this Friday, 12/6/24.

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WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart sat down with Kathryn Brechler to talk about the Snowflake Gala at Kenyon College.

WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart sat down with Kathryn Brechler to talk about the Snowflake Gala at Kenyon College.

Click HERE to listen to their conversation

They talked about the following:

  • Kathryn’s position as Director of Board Relations and Presidential Events at Kenyon College
  • The excitement of the committee members in charge of the Snowflake Gala. This is the first Gala in two years!
  • The Snowflake Gala’s theme of “Swinging Into The Holidays”
  • The events, including time set aside for dancing, mingling, food, Fund-A-Cause, and the William A. Stroud Jr. Award
  • The Snowflake Gala will be held on December 9th at 6pm. Attire is formal. Tickets are $100 and can be purchased HERE. Funds raised go towards Food For The Hungry
  • Peggy and Dick Mavis will be honored with the William A. Stroud Jr. Award this year. Kathryn gives us the history of this award.
  • The deadline to purchase tickets is December 2nd.
  • Kathryn tells us how the slogan “Working Together to Care for Our Neighbors” shows that we can all work together to help our neighbors in need.

You can help with Food For The Hungry this year. Stay up to date on all the events at www.foodforthehungrycares.org

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More changes for Kenyon’s 2020 Snowflake Gala

Kenyon Snowflake Gala moves forward
While Kenyon College had planned to present a recorded version of portions of its annual Snowflake Gala on Friday, December 4,in support of Food for the Hungry of Knox County, COVID-19 concerns have necessitated a change.  With several members of the gala’s committee now affected by the virus, recording of the program has been canceled in order to protect all participants.   

WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart talked with Kathy Brechler, Director of Board Relations and Presidential Events at Kenyon College about how the Gala is moving forward, and donor contributions are adding up.

Click HERE to hear their conversation.

The 2020 Snowflake Gala Committee successfully launched efforts to solicit donations to Food for the Hungry from previous donors.  Thanks to the generosity of Karen Buchwald Wright and the Ariel Corporation, both individual and corporate contributions to this year’s gala are eligible for a dollar-for-dollar match, up to a maximum of $50,000. 
 
The committee will announce its total contributions and a list of donors this Friday at 5:00 p.m. on the Food for the Hungry website, www.foodforthehungrycares.org   Donations may still be made by logging on to kenyonsnowflakegala.godaddysites.com or by calling Jacob Doup of WRP CPAs at 740-397-0779.

A highlight of the Snowflake Gala each year is the presentation of the William A. Stroud Jr. Award for Community Service, bestowed annually for outstanding support of local causes, to “The People of Knox County.”  In the midst of these unprecedented times, the 2020 Snowflake Gala Committee decided to recognize not a single individual or family but the commitment of all Knox County citizens, businesses, and institutions to making sure their neighbors do not go hungry or without essential services.    

This year’s event, though different from its predecessors, will still serve as a key part of the 2020 Food for the Hungry fundraising campaign, which has a goal of $240,000.  All proceeds from campaign will benefit needy families and individuals right here in Knox County.  

You can stay connected to the FFTH calendar in a few ways online:

Website – www.foodforthehungrycares.org
Facebook – Food For The Hungry of Knox County
Twitter and Instagram – FFTH Cares

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The Morning Thing Friday Favorites – We LOVE Italian Food!

In honor of the Kenyon Snowflake Gala and their theme of “Tour of Italy”, we decided to share our favorite Italian foods.

The deadline to reserve tickets for the Kenyon Gala is TODAY, 11/22/19.
To reserve your place, please contact Kathryn Brechler Lake at 740-427-5111 or email lakek@kenyon.edu.

Click HERE to hear our favorite Italian Food!

Click HERE for all the event details.

Finalized Menu for the Gala:

Appetizers
Bruschetta
Arancini Stuffed with Italian Cheeses and Ham or with Asparagus and
Portabello Mushrooms, Served with Ammoglio Sauce
Antipasti

Salad
Caesar Salad, with Housemade Dressing, Focaccia Croutons,
and Parmesan Tuile

Breads
Parmesan Grissini Breadsticks, Housemade Focaccia with Rosemary,
Served with Olive Oil and Roasted Tomato Dipping Sauces

“Tour of Italy” Chef Stations
Chicken Marsala
Sauteed Chicken Scallopini, Wild Mushroom Marsala Sauce,
Served with Roasted Asparagus

Carved Beef Braciole
Flank Steak Rolled with Fresh Italian Herbs and Spices,
Braised in Housemade Tomato Gravy

Housemade Seafood and Vegetarian Ravioli
Lobster and Truffle Stuffed Pasta, with Salsa di Limone
Spinach and Ricotta Stuffed Pasta, with Tomato-Basil Sauce
and Shaved Parmesan

Primavera Pasta (Vegetarian)
Pappardelle Pasta and Local Roasted Vegetables,
Sauced with Alfredo Toscana or Sugo Verde

Desserts
Chef’s Selection of Italian Pastri

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Kenyon College hosts the 9th Annual Snowflake Gala to support Food For The Hungry. Get your tickets by Friday, 11/22!

This week, The Morning Thing is shining the spotlight on events to support Food For The Hungry. WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart talked with Tom Stamp, Kenyon College Historian about the 9th annual Snowflake Gala Dinner and Auction.

Click HERE to hear their conversation.

Tickets are now available for the Ninth Annual Snowflake Gala,
benefiting Knox County Food for the Hungry

On Friday, December 6, 2019, Kenyon College will host the Ninth Annual Snowflake Gala in support of Knox County Food for the Hungry.  The event will begin with a cocktail reception at 6:00 p.m. followed by dinner at 7:00 p.m. in the Kenyon Athletic Center’s Multi-Activity Court, which will be transformed for the occasion.  The evening’s program will conclude with a “fund-a-cause” auction, providing guests with opportunities to support both the food-gathering and social-service activities offered by Food for the Hungry.

Denise and Mark Ramser, Knox County volunteer leaders and philanthropists, will be recognized at the gala with the William A. Stroud Jr. Award for Community Service, presented annually for outstanding support of local charitable causes.  Chairpersons for this year’s event are longtime Food for the Hungry supporters Peggy and Dick Mavis.

The December 6 dinner, prepared by the skilled chefs of AVI Food Systems, will feature a buffet of gourmet Italian favorites, prepared with locally sourced ingredients, with both vegetarian and non-vegetarian options.

Tickets for the 2019 Snowflake Gala are priced at $100 per person, which includes a contribution to Food for the Hungry (the exact amount of which will be provided after the event for tax purposes).  Tickets may be reserved by calling Kenyon at 740-427-5111 or by visiting www.foodforthehungrycares.org, which offers online payment options.  Tickets must be purchased no later than Friday, November 22, 2019.

Proceeds from this annual event benefit needy families and individuals right here in Knox County.  If you or your company would like to sponsor a dinner table ($1,000 for eight people) or support the gala in some other way, please contact Kathryn Brechler Lake at 740-427-5111 or via email at lakek@kenyon.edu.

Chef Giulio is the Corporate Executive Chef that will be “auctioned off” during the gala for the private dinner! Here are some pics of Chef Giulio.

 

Chef Giulio Fattore, CEC

Chef Giulio Fattore is first generation as both parents immigrated from Italy. Giulio’s family is from the Abruzzo Province with his father is from Ripa Fagnano Alto and Mother from Pacentro, Italy.  Giulio started cooking at the age of 14. Giulio is a graduate of Macomb College Culinary School and has competed professionally in 15 hot food and cold food cooking competitions earing medals in all.  He has held positions at some of Detroit’s most prestigious Country Clubs and Hotels, Progressively working his way up from Cook to Executive Chef.  Giulio is a Certified Executive Chef, designated by the American Culinary Federation. Giulio has been with AVI Foodsystems for 15 years, majority of the time was as Campus Executive Chef at Wayne State University. Currently, Giulio is a Corporate Research and Development Chef for AVI concentrating on Brand Development, Creating Recipes and Culinary Training.

 

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Brown Family Environmental Center

Get an early start celebrating Earth Day with the Brown Family Environmental Center! We talked this morning with Maddie Morgan about upcoming events! Click HERE to listen to the full conversation and HERE for more information! As always, thanks for listening!

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Kenyon College supports Food For The Hungry

Kenyon College has many activities planned to support Food For The Hungry.
WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart talked with Kathy Brechler, Kenyon’s Director of Board Relations and Presidential Events and Tom Stamp, Kenyon Historian.
They talked about the 8th Annual Snowflake Gala to benefit Food for the Hungry, plus other collections that will happen on campus this holiday season.

Click HERE to hear their conversation

Click HERE to stay up to date on all the activities happening for the 2018 Food For The Hungry Drive.

Click HERE to stay up to date on what is happening at Kenyon College.

Food For The Hungry – Working Together to Care for our Neighbors!

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The Earth Day celebration is going on NOW at the Brown Environmental Center!

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Get WILD at the Brown Family Environmental Center from 12 – 4 p.m. TODAY, 4/21!

The Columbus Zoo, Ohio Wildlife Center, Ohio Bird Sanctuary, St. Francis Center for Wildlife, and Midwest Biodiversity Institute will all be there with live animals to “meet.”

Build a bluebird box, bat house, or a home for native bumblebees.  Everything you build, you will take home with you.

Vendors will have good stuff to purchase:  Kenyon Farm (eggs), Broken Oak Farm (honey), Yellow Bird Food Shed (CSA shares), Our Farm (veggies & herbs), Potter’s Field Farm (native wildflowers).

These Community Partners will have hands-on games and activities:

  • Ariel-Foundation Park
  • Knox County Head Start and Gambier Child Center
  • Knox County Parks
  • Knox County Recycling and Litter Prevention
  • ODNR
  • Public Library of Mt. Vernon and Knox County
  • SPI
  • OCVNs
  • Master Gardeners
  • Yellow Flower, Storyteller
  • Kenyon’s Office of Community Partnerships
  • Kenyon Review

Be sure to stay awhile to tap your toes to the live music, and Truckin’ Delicious, a local food truck, will have tasty treats for sale. View their interesting menu items.

WNZR’s Abby Fairless talked with Noelle Jordan about today’s big celebration. Click HERE to hear their conversation.

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Kenyon College hosts Gala Dinner and Auction to benefit Food For The Hungry

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A special event is coming on Friday, December 1 to Kenyon College. The 7th annual Snowflake Gala Dinner Auction will be held in Gund Commons. The night includes a wonderful dinner featuring a buffet of locally sourced foods, a live fund-a-cause auction, plus live music and a special award. Jim and Maureen Buchwald are this year’s recipients of the William A. Stroud Award for Public Service. Chairpersons for the event are long-time Food For The Hungry supporters, Jan and Ken Reynolds.

WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart had a chance to talk with Kathy Brechler Lake, Assistant to the President of Kenyon College and Matt Starr of Kokosing River Productions. Click HERE to hear their conversation.

To register for the event, click HERE!

 

 

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Food For The Hungry celebrates 35 years of giving in Knox County!

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2016 marks the 35th Anniversary of Food for the Hungry. This is the annual drive to collect food and funds to benefit Interchurch Social Services and The Salvation Army of Knox County. The calendar is full of events and special collections planned to support the annual drive.

Click HERE to read the history of how this drive started in 1982.
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(Mount Vernon News article from 1982!)

Click HERE to read more about who we help. You can also find information at this link about our 2016 grant available to non-profit organizations with food initiatives. The deadline for the grant application is Monday, 11/28/16.

Click HERE to see the complete calendar of Food for the Hungry events in 2016.

WNZR is bringing you information about all events and collections connected to Food for the Hungry. The Morning Thing has been featuring conversations with committee members about these exciting events.

Click HERE to hear a conversation with Lisa Mazzari, Food For The Hungry Coordinator and Joy Harris, Executive Director of Interchurch Social Services of Knox County. Marcy Rinehart of The Morning Thing talks with the ladies about the power of this collection and the impact these donations make on the Knox County community.

Marcy also had a chance to talk with Lieutenants Gigi and Brandon Gonzalez-Cottrell of the Mount Vernon Salvation Army about how Food for the Hungry helps their ministry. Click HERE to hear this powerful conversation.

There are SO many organizations and individuals working to collect food and funds to support this outreach.

Psi Iota Xi and Delta Kappa Gamma sororities are working with the elementary students in our county. The incredible ladies from these two organizations have been working hard to encourage that ALL children in Knox County participate in Food for the Hungry.
Elementary schools across the county held collections the week of 11/14 – 11/18. So far, we are seeing GREAT results from those collections! Over 14 pallets of food were picked up from Mount Vernon elementary schools on Monday 11/21! That is amazing!
Click HERE to hear how Food for the Hungry representatives responded to the news of this amazing collection.
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So how can YOU get involved?

#1 – Exercise!
Get up early and get some exercise on Thanksgiving morning. Come to the 6th annual Turkey Trot! Click HERE for more details from Scott Burgess from “We Run MV”.
Sign-in starts at 8:00AM on race day at the MVNU Chapel with the race to start at
9:00AM.

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(2015 Turkey Trot at MVNU)

#2 – Shop in an auction!
The Knox County Career Center is hosting TWO auctions to benefit Food for the Hungry. The online auction features gift certificates from labs at the Career Center. Go to www.knoxcountycareercenter.yolasite.com to place your bid. There is a safe and easy form to fill out at the bottom of the website.
Bidding ends at 5pm on Friday, 12/9. The winning bidders will be announced at the Food For The Hungry broadcast at 12:30pm on Saturday, 12/10.

The Knox County Career Center is also hosting a LIVE Auction of amazing gift baskets! This will take place at around 12:45pm during the Food For The Hungry broadcast.
There are 6 baskets ranging in value from $356 to $1277!
Tune in to Time Warner Cable channel 9 or to WMVO 1300AM and 100.9FM on Saturday at 12:30pm and place your bid! You can also place an advanced bid by calling John Feltman at 740-507-5386.

SEE the baskets and complete contents at www.knoxcountycareercenterbaskets.yolasite.com

You can also SEE the baskets THIS SUNDAY (11/27) at the Mount Vernon Christmas Walk. Stop by Hunter Hall (where Happy Bean is located) and see the baskets on display in the conference room. You can also go ahead and place a silent bid for your favorite basket.

Click HERE to hear Marcy’s conversation with KCCC Student Services Principal, John Feltman about the Career Center’s involvement with Food for the Hungry. We are SO proud of these amazing young people.

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(Vacation Basket valued at over $1,300!)

#3 – Get dressed up, go to dinner and support FFTH!
Kenyon College is hosting the 6th annual Snowflake Gala Dinner Auction to benefit Food for the Hungry on Friday, December 2nd in Gund Commons. Enjoy dinner prepared by the talented chefs of AVI Food Systems. This year’s dinner will feature a buffet of locally sourced foods, with both non-vegetarian (beef and pork) and vegetarian options. Reservations accepted NO LATER than THIS FRIDAY, November 25, 2016.

Click HERE to hear Marcy’s conversation with Matt Starr of I-Conn Video Production about the event details, this year’s honorees and how you can donate through the “Fund-a-Cause” live auction.
The evening begins with a reception at 6:00 p.m., followed by dinner at 7:00 p.m.. Individual tickets are priced at $100 per person. To reserve your place, call 740-427-5111. Online registration and payment options are available at www.foodforthehungrycares.org, click the Auctions Tab and then Kenyon Gala Dinner and Auction. Proceeds from this annual gala benefit needy families and individuals in our own county. If you or your company would like to sponsor a table ($1,000 for eight people) or support the gala in some other way, please contact Kathryn Brechler Lake at 740-427-5111.

(Kenyon Gala pictures from previous years)

Is that all that is happening? NO!
There are MANY MANY events happening to support Food for the Hungry.
Keep checking back to this blog and listening to The Morning Thing weekdays from
6-9am. We will keep you up to date on how you get you and your family plugged into an event.
Right now you can click HERE to see a full calendar of upcoming events.
Click HERE for information on how you can volunteer!

Join WNZR at the 35th annual Food for the Hungry drive, Saturday, December 10th. We will broadcast from City Hall from 9am to 5pm providing updates on the total and all activities. The Big Blue Crew wants YOUR help in supporting Interchurch Social Services and the Salvation Army.

For more information, log on to www.FoodForTheHungryCares.org.

Food For The Hungry – Working together to care for our neighbors.

 

 

 

 

 

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