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Fat Tuesday

Even before the doors opened at 5 p.m. excited attendees were lined up from one side of the building to the other. Salem Kiwanis Past President Debbie Leggett said that Kiwanis was expecting approximately 160 people in attendance, and that the number of people in attendance had exceeded last year. (Photo by Morgan Ahart)
Even before the doors opened at 5 p.m. excited attendees were lined up from one side of the building to the other. Salem Kiwanis Past President Debbie Leggett said that Kiwanis was expecting approximately 160 people in attendance, and that the number of people in attendance had exceeded last year. (Photo by Morgan Ahart)
Even before the doors opened at 5 p.m. excited attendees were lined up from one side of the building to the other. Salem Kiwanis Past President Debbie Leggett said that Kiwanis was expecting approximately 160 people in attendance, and that the number of people in attendance had exceeded last year. (Photo by Morgan Ahart)
There were nearly 30 raffle baskets for the basket raffle. (Photo by Morgan Ahart)
Ten members of the Salem Key Club were in attendance assisting attendees, and educating them about the Thirst Project, a youth-led nonprofit organization partnering with Key Club which builds underground wells to provided clean, safe drinking water to communities which do not have a natural source of it. Currently the Thirst Project is directly supporting the construction of wells in rural Eswatini. Shown is Salem Key Club Lt. Gov. Ben Wolford. (Photo by Morgan Ahart)
Shown is John Panezott. (Photo by Morgan Ahart)

The Kiwanis Club of Salem hosted its “Fat Tuesday Chef Tasting” fundraiser Tuesday at the First Christian Church fellowship hall. The event featured 17 individuals and businesses acting as “celebrity chefs” prepare signature food items for attendees to sample including: Jalisco’s, Coaches Burger Bar, The OG, Shepherd of the Valley, Farmer’s National Bank, Salty Mama’s Snacking Boards, Myers Family Insurance, Kravitz Deli, Harmony Hospice, Totally 80’s Ice Ice Cream, Betty Brothers, Ezio’s Italian Restaurant, Affordable Catering & BBQ, Fleming House Family Recovery Center, Mike’s Penn Grill, Kast Iron Soda Works, and Papa John’s. All proceeds from the event tickets will benefit FreeThree, a faith-based nonprofit dedicated to serving trafficked, exploited, and at-risk populations in the tri-county area, while proceeds from the accompanying basket raffle will support the Salem Key Club’s non-profit partner the Thirst Project, which works to improve access to clean drinking water in other countries.

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