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Bracken’s Kitchen Giving Tuesday Chefs to End Hunger
12.01.15
Orange County based Bracken’s Kitchen, a nonprofit committed to combatting food insecurity by providing one tasty meal at a time has partnered with LA Specialty and Chef's to End Hunger.
The mission of Chefs to End Hunger is to provide meals to the hungry by redistributing the excess prepared food that would normally go to waste in hotels, restaurants, and other foodservice operations to local food agencies to serve the meals.
Rescuing leftover food is one of the newest and biggest movements in California since the passage of the Good Samaritan Food Donation Act. One of the challenges that local hunger relief agencies face is the ability to take this rescued food and cook, prepare or process it, creating healthy and nutritious meals.
At Bracken's Kitchen they are tackling that very challenge in support of many of the smaller hunger relief agencies in Southern California.
“We will recover the excess prepared food that would normally go to waste in hotels, restaurants, and other foodservice operations using it to prepare nutritious and tasty meals for those who need it most,” says Bracken's Kitchen founder Bill Bracken. “We will use this process to train at risk young men and women for jobs in the culinary world, providing them not just a hand out but a true hand up to a better life.”
Bracken’s Kitchen is also introducing culinary training to those kids who are aging out of the foster system as well as other at risk young adults.
“By using the "Chef's To End Hunger" program we will have a steady supply of food products that we will use to train our clients. And in doing so we will turn the rescued food products into meals to serve those who need it most,” Bracken says.
During this holiday season, you can provide a hot, tasty and nutritious meal to those who need it most by making a donation in support of Bracken’s Kitchen’s programs.
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Balboa Bay Resort’s Annual Christmas Tree Lighting
12.01.15
Experience a magical holiday event tonight from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Balboa Bay Resort’s Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at the porte cochere.
The complimentary family-friendly festivities will include the lighting of a giant 20-foot Christmas tree adorned with thousands of twinkling lights, a special visit from Santa Claus, holiday movie projections and spectacular holiday décor throughout the Resort and Club.
Guests will enjoy seasonal treats and hot beverages while the seventy-piece Laguna Concert Band performs holiday favorites and the well-known classics of the season. Solo artists Kim Salyer and Sydney Haik will also accompany the band for select songs.
The Balboa Bay Club requests that each participant donate a new, unwrapped toy or gift to its “Toys for Tots” drive.
After the ceremony, attendees are invited to dine at one of Balboa Bay Resort’s signature restaurants – A&O Kitchen+Bar or Waterline. Call 949.630.4145 or visit here to make a reservation.
1221 West Coast Highway, Newport Beach.
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