Global Gourmet Photos

Thanks to everyone who attended this year's Global Gourmet last Friday.  I think we can call the evening a success; thanks to the generous donations of everyone involved (from the corporate sponsors to the restaurants and companies that donated in-kind items to the attendees and those who bought silent auction items), we raised roughly $48,000 for services at KRM!

Two of our amazing interns enjoy the evening!

One of our former elders (former because now he is a brand-new citizen) is an artist and was able to set up a table at Global Gourmet to sell some of his paintings.

 Lazaro and his friend Pedro, who is also an artist, were able to set up a table to sell some of their work... by the end of the night, all of their business cards were gone.  Hopefully some of the Global Gourmet attendees will commission these two to do a painting or sculpture.

Lazaro discusses his story and paintings...

Mayor Fischer also attended Global Gourmet and was gracious enough to spend a few minutes speaking with Lazaro about his new citizenship and his artwork.  He asked Lazaro which was his favourite painting; Lazaro explained his favourite was titled 'Kentucky Cuba' and that it symbolized how Cuba was broken for him, but that how America represented hope and chance to begin again.  It was a very moving conversation. 

Lazaro and Mayor Fischer meeting again...

You might remember that the Mayor spoke with Lazaro when he visited the Refugee Elder Program back in June. We are very thankful for our mayor and his support of programs like ours!  Thank you Mayor Fischer and to everyone else who helped make Global Gourmet a success!