Mornington Community Support Centre is celebrating 40 years of serving the community with a winter appeal fundraiser event at Commonfolk Mornington on Friday, June 21, from 6-10pm.
The event will highlight the centre’s Fresh Food Program partners SecondBite, OZHarvest and Food for Change and Peninsula farm gate producer Torello Farm, with a celebrity chef cook-up from mystery box ingredients delivered on the day. Food writer and broadcaster Richard Cornish, SecondBite founder Simone Carson and Torello Farm’s Sophie O’Neil will be part of the wok fun on the night. A grazing table and canapes and music from Peninsula singer/songwriter Hazel will greet guests on arrival.
A short film about the centre’s work will be screened along with a Q&A with centre CEO Ben Smith and MC Tracee Hutchison. The evening will also include a silent auction and a DJ.
Mr Smith said the event would pay for vital programs at the centre, including financial support, crisis accommodation, referrals and counselling, and the wonderful Meeting Room Café where everything is free or by donation. “We’re thrilled to have Richard, Simone and Sophie putting the fun into the fundraising on the night. We’re so proud of what we do at MCSC, turning every dollar donated into $3 worth of emergency relief so anyone experiencing hardship has somewhere to turn. We can only do what we do with the financial and in-kind support of our local community.”
Tickets for the evening are $75 and all proceeds will go to support the centre’s important work. The event is part of the centre’s annual winter fundraiser appeal, which aims to raise $75,000 to fund core programs at the centre.
Go to www.mcsc.au for more details.
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