THE TASTING EVENT (SIP SAVOR AND SUPPORTING ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES) Tuesday 29 May, 2018
Another foodie event in Atlanta but this one was held for a special cause. I attended my first The Tasting event with JF&CS Atlanta. I brought my friend Talaia, who is also a fellow foodie and food app developer of WholeYum.com
Jewish Family & Career Services invited us to Sip, Savor and Support at TheTasting, an iconic Atlanta event that raises funds for the Zimmerman Horowitz Independent Living Program (Z-H ILP). The nonsectarian Z-H ILP is a program of Jewish Family & Career Services (JF&CS) and serves individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities — as well as their families and caregivers — so they can work, live and thrive in their communities.
Tasting featured dishes from more than 25 of Atlanta’s best restaurants, including: 10 Degrees South, 1Kept Kitchen and Bar, Amara, Bistro Niko, Kevin Rathbun Steak, La Tavola Trattoria, Nan Thai Fine Dining, Serpas True Food, South City Kitchen and many more. Guests will enjoyed an exclusive silent auction including vacations, sports memorabilia and restaurant gift cards.
There was so many food samples to choose from. It also gave great exposure to the local restaurants that I haven’t heard about before that is local to the city of Atlanta. All of the food was fresh cooked on the spot and very high quality cuisine food.
The Zimmerman-Horowitz Independent Living Program will continue to provide exceptional support for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The generosity of the attendees silent donations helped to increase their self-sufficiency and improve their quality of life.Total Raised: a record-breaking $226,714!
This event meant a lot of me, because helping adults with disabilities is near and dear to my heart. I have a brother who is 30 years old with autism so I understand the importance of the assistance adults with intellectual and learning disabilities because they do have special needs.
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Such an awesome event to support a worthy cause. I think this kind of event should be done more often because this is a great way to go out and help people with disabilities and special needs.
Thanks for sharing with us photos of this awesome event. Aside from the food looking so delicious, it made me happy that the event was able to raise that much money for a worthy cause.
It is so great that a tasty, festive event like this can raise money to support such a wonderful cause. Love the photos you took, I am starving already!
What a lovely evening to support a good cause. I’m glad they were able to raise that much to help out adults with disabilities. I think we don’t have enough programs to help support them and seeing this is definitely good. There’s also a lot of good food which makes this event even more worth it.
It’s so great that the event was meant to help those out with people with disabilities. In addition, the event and food looked amazing. Looks like such a good time.
I love foodie events, especially in Atlanta. I’ve had to turn down the last couple of invites but once these storms clear out, I just might see you gals at one. I think supporting adults with disabilities is a great event in and of itself.
The food looks wonderful. What a great event to get all dressed up for.
Everything looks so exquisite!! I love that they are helping to give back to those less fortunate.
What a great program. You ladies look very nice in your outfits (again).
Wow how awesome. Looks like a wonderful event too, as always! Such a great cause to get out and dress up for!
I love that they give back to such a great cause. What an amazing event.
Everything looks so lovely. As an aside, I think your jumpsuit is awesome!
What a beautiful evebt! And how special you got to bevapart of it!
Sounds like a fun event with a great cause! Really amazing!!
What a great event for a worthy cause. It’s always great when you can combine wine, food and charity! Three of my favorite things all in one event.
Looks like a great event and I love that it gives back to a great cause. A win-win for sure.
Such an awesome event to support a worthy cause. I think this kind of event should be done more often because this is a great way to go out and help people with disabilities and special needs.
Thanks for sharing with us photos of this awesome event. Aside from the food looking so delicious, it made me happy that the event was able to raise that much money for a worthy cause.
It is so great that a tasty, festive event like this can raise money to support such a wonderful cause. Love the photos you took, I am starving already!
I love tastings!! I have has some of the best food I have ever eaten at these types of events! Looks like you had an amazing and tasty time!
What a fabulous event you went to! The food and drinks, and you all look so amazing!
Great food and a great cause? What a wonderful event
Yum! Everything looked delicious, more so that sushi dish. One of my favorites!
Oh this sounds like a fun event!! I love going to things like this with my girls friends.
What a cool event! Tacoma usually just has one kind of big one but it’s super close to my house so I’m looking forward to that this year.
What a gorgeous event! All the food looks so yummy!
Wow you look beautiful! This is definitely such an amazing event. Everything from cause to the decor it looks absolutely amazing.
This looks like a fantastic event! All of the food looks amazing and I absolutely love the cause as well.
What a lovely evening to support a good cause. I’m glad they were able to raise that much to help out adults with disabilities. I think we don’t have enough programs to help support them and seeing this is definitely good. There’s also a lot of good food which makes this event even more worth it.
It’s so great that the event was meant to help those out with people with disabilities. In addition, the event and food looked amazing. Looks like such a good time.
This looks like a great event to support a great cause. The food looks amazing!
That looks like a fun event. I have never been to a tasting!
I love foodie events, especially in Atlanta. I’ve had to turn down the last couple of invites but once these storms clear out, I just might see you gals at one. I think supporting adults with disabilities is a great event in and of itself.
A good event for a good cause! I love those little sushi bites! You all also raised so much money.
What a great looking event, also for such a good cause! x
Love events like this, the cause is so important! Everything looks amazing from your pictures, food included!