Education foundation’s annual event planned for March 15 at HHS
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 • The Hammonton Gazette • Page 3
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said.
According to Hammonton Education Foundation member Mary
Gillespie, Dance Magic students,
the local jazz band and Susan
Leiser Piano Studio students will
be performing at the Taste of the
Town event. The event chairperson is Marie Campanella.
The many restaurants, stores
and shops that will participate in
this year’s Taste of the Town include Chocolate Pretzel Heaven in
Atco and Andy’s Pizza and Ristorante in Hammonton.
Carol Rynex, owner of Chocolate Pretzel Heaven, said she has
been a vendor at the Taste of the
Town on two or three occasions
before, but is participating for the
first time in a few years. Rynex
has a son currently at Hammonton
High School and another son that
graduated last year. She said she
likes to support the school system.
“It also gives me some PR for
the Hammonton and Atco communities for my business recognition. I am looking forward to
being a part of it,” Rynex said.
Andy’s Pizza and Ristorante
owners Marco Carranza and German Lucas will be at the Taste of
the Town event as relatively new
restaurant owners in the community. They said they always embrace the opportunity to pay back
the customers and the community
by participating in events such as
this.
“We are going to have some
surprises on the menu at the
event. We want to help the
schools, and not just that, we want
to help everyone. We will be there
to help the kids. We want to be
able to help the community. If
people stop in and talk to us about
how we can help the community
we are all for it. We are looking
forward to our first year participating in the event,” Lucas and
Carranza both said.
Tickets for the event are $25 for
adults and $10 for students. Plus,
anyone who is donating can sponsor a table for $25. Hammonton
Education Foundation member
Mark Leiser has been instrumental in the public relations and en-
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tertainment organizing portion of
the event, while Shelley Henely
and Toni Anne Galletta have been
in charge of decorating for the festivities. Roseann Struble has assumed the role of ticket collection.
According to Gillespie, there
will be three or four big prizes for
the raffle table. One of the prizes
is a 58-inch smart television, donated by Don and Rhonda Maimone.
With tremendous contributions
from others in the community and
associated with the Hammonton
Education Foundation, the annual
Taste of the Town promises to be
a wonderful afternoon for everyone.
“I think it is good for the community to be exposed to the different restaurants in our area because
the vendors are just so generous,
and I am hoping it will increase
their business. At the same time,
all of this will benefit the school
district. This fundraiser is the most
lucrative one we have organized
the last 11 years. That is where we
raise most of our money for the
grants we give out,” Gillespie
said.
Gillespie added that the foundation has raised more than
$360,000 during the first 11 years
the Taste of the Town event has
taken place. On a side note, the
foundation is seeking donations
for the Blueberry Bush Giving
Inc.
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