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The Fifteenth Annual Community Dinner
will be Sunday, April 15, 2012 at 1 PM
McDougle School Cafetorium
900 Old Fayetteville Rd. in Carrboro
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The Community Dinner is a community building event, crossing economic, racial, religious and ethnic barriers and presenting a wealth of wonderful, culturally diverse food and entertainment from our own community.
A large number of the tickets for the dinner are distributed to people who might not otherwise be able to afford to attend. You can feed a family of four with a $22 donation by making a pledge today!
Here is the entertainment line-up for 2012!
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 TICKETS -
$8 for adults and $3 for kids (10 and under) are available at the door on Sunday, or in advance at
Carrboro Branch Library in McDougle School, Carrboro Cybrary in the Century Center,
Mama Dip's Kitchen, Orange County Library in Hillsborough, Preservation Society of Chapel Hill, Signs Now at 1322 N Fordham Blvd,
FRANK Gallery 109, E. Franklin St., Townsend, Bertram and Company in Carr Mill,
and The Ink Spot at 501 W Main St. |
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Thanks for your interest in the Community Dinner, and we hope to see you Sunday!
SEEKING VOLUNTEERS, SUPPORTERS AND DONORS
 We are always seeking volunteers to help prepare for the dinner, including advance and day of preparations, so keep us in mind if you have some time you can give as we look forward to in 2012.
Our committee can always use more members and fresh ideas!
We are also always seeking donations of both food and money to help pay for dinners for the less fortunate in our community. All groups and food donors are recognized above. Individual financial donors are recognized on our Donors page. If you can, make a pledge for our 2012 dinner! |
OUR 2012 SPONSORS: Strowd Roses Inc., The Town of Chapel Hill, Mama Dip's Kitchen, Carrboro Branch Library and Cybrary, The Cultural Arts Group, The Town of Carrboro, The Town of Chapel Hill, The Orange County Department of Housing, Human Rights and Community Relations, Kol-Haskalah-a Humanistic Jewish Congregation, The Friends of the Pearl and Robert Seymour Center, Carol Woods Retirement Community, and Mrs. Florence Peacock.
OUR 2012 FOOD: Mama Dip's Kitchen, Margaret's Cantina, Mediterranean Deli, Weaver Street Market, Whole Foods Market, The Chapel Hill Restaurant Group (411 West, Squids, 518 West, Spanky's & Mez), kugels from members of the Chapel Hill Kehillah, United Food Services, Sisco, Fords Produce, Mrs. Patricia Farrington, St Paul AME Church, Haddasah, Harris Teeter in Carrboro, Kroeger's, Harris Teeter in Meadowmont, Harris Teeter North in Chapel Hill, Mrs. Louise Parrish, Carrboro Farmers Market, Sage Restaurant, Red Bowl in University Mall, 35 Chinese, Jade Palace, Vimlas Curryblossom Restaurant, and The Fresh Market.
OUR 2012 SUPPORTERS: UniqueOrn Enterprises & Carrboro.com, The Carrboro UPS store, Townsend, Bertram and Company, The Ink Spot, Orange County Libraries, Preservation Society of Chapel Hill,
Townsend, Bertram and Company, 1360 WCHL, and Signs Now.
OUR COOKS:
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In 2012, Mildred Council, from Mama Dip's Kitchen will coordinate the menu and, along with the Carolina Inn, provide the Dinner's main courses.
In addition, many local restaurants and churches donate side dishes and desserts to complete the feast. This gives attendees the opportunity to taste food from our many community partners who contributed dishes, all in one place.
Muriel Williman from Orange County Waste Management Department, will once again help make the dinner a zero trash event.
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OUR 2012 ENTERTAINERS:
Our emcee is Ron Stutts, long-time announcer at WCHL Radio. Ron has been waking up the Chapel Hill-Carrboro community since the 70s. Wake up with Ron and the WCHL Morning News, from 6 to 9am, Monday through Friday for the latest local stories, weather, sports, traffic, live interviews with the people of our community, and a little touch of irreverance thrown in for good measure. When Ron's not on the air, he's probably getting ready to emcee an event like ours.
Our translator, Marlyn Henriquez Valeiko, is a long-time advocate for Latino/Hispanic and immigrant communities. She has been with Orange County Government for five years, acting as Limited English Proficient (LEP) Specialist to ensure that people who are not fluent in English can access County services. Marlyn’s dedication is based on her love of different languages and cultures.
Jay Bryan will recite a poem and give the blessing. Jay lives on a farm in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with his wife, horses, guineas, dogs, a cat and a cockatiel. He is poet laureate for Carrboro, North Carolina. For fifteen years he has coordinated poetry readings on Carrboro Day for the town’s celebration of its residents and their gifts. He compiled and edited the Carrboro 100th Birthday Poetry Anthology, published in May 2011, and available at the town’s Parks and Recreation Department, with poems by Carrboro poets and former poet laureates. In 1994 he published Haiku for Carroll.
Monday Night Jammers - Pete White, George Michaels, and Bill Whitmore have been playing music together for more than five years…among their friends and occasional band-mates are Grace Camblos, Judi Chatowsky, Marie Vander Beck, Frances Conlin, and others. This group of friends play eclectic music, usually folk-based, but ranging to country, rock, and singer-songwriter songs. They will select songs of special relevance to Carrboro, including four of the wonderful songs written by Carrboro native Elizabeth (Libba) Cotten whose song Freight Train is known the world over and was inspired by the train tracks that still run through Carrboro.
Chapel Hill's First Baptist Church Male Chorus will be performing at the Community Dinner. For more information on the chorus please contact David Barnette-telephone number 919-929-6528.
Piedmont Youth Orchestra - Music for Children helps foster meaningful music education in the Chapel Hill/Durham area by supporting and offering collaborative programs for students of all levels, their families, teachers, and community. We promote experiences that are vital to musical growth, that strengthen connections between music and community, and that nurture cognitive, emotional and social development, as well as a profound love of music.
The Bouncing Bulldogs is a Chapel Hill-Durham, North Carolina based not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing jump rope instruction and experiences to jump rope enthusiasts around the world. The Bouncing Bulldogs have been a model for producing youth ambassadors who are passionate about jump rope, physical activity, civic engagement and education for over two decades.
The Bouncing Bulldogs Jump Rope Team is comprised of 110 boys and girls from the Research Triangle Park (RTP) area of North Carolina, ranging in age from 5 to 26. The team is based in Chapel Hill and Durham, North Carolina. Team members can teach and perform hundreds of synchronized skills, maneuvers, and dances using a combination of single and double dutch ropes. Their innovative jumping style includes fancy footwork, flips, and other acrobatic skills with ropes of various lengths.
The Karen Youth Choir is mostly local high school students, who will perform traditional songs. These songs are sung during New Year's celebrations and other festivals of their culture. It is very important for the Karens to keep both their language and culture alive.
 2012 Forms:
Past Press:
♦ Buy tickets early for 15th Community Dinner - by Nerys Levy - April 3, 2012 Chapel Hill News
♦ Sunday dinner celebrates community's diversity - by Nerys Levy - Feb.25, 2009 Chapel Hill News
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