Event Advance

EVENT ADVANCE ‘Mint To Be’ at annual gala fundraiser

Tickets are now on sale for the Central Missouri Foster Care and Adoption Association’s 14th annual gala fundraiser from 5:308:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1, at Capitol Plaza Hotel, 415 W. McCarty St., in Jefferson City.

Tickets are $50 each or $90 for a couple. They can be purchased at https://mofosteradopt.salsalabs.org/galatickets/index.html.

The event is CMFCAA’s largest fundraiser of the year. Proceeds help the organization offer free services/programs to foster, adoptive and kinship families in central Missouri.

The event starts at 5:30 p.m. with reception and silent auction. A dinner and program start at 6:30 p.m., with three special guests sharing their foster/adoption stories. The program also will feature a live auction with items such as a Fender acoustic guitar signed by all five REO Speedwagon members and a bottle of Buffalo Trace bourbon valued at close to $3,000.

The theme for this year’s Gala is “Mint To Be,” a play About the event on words similar to what we hear in adoption stories. WHAT: Central MO Foster Care and Adoption 14th Each adoption is unique, annual gala fundraiser but we hear a common reWHEN: Tuesday, Nov. 1, 5:30-8:30 p.m. frain: “This is meant to be.” WHERE: Capitol Plaza Hotel, Jefferson City CMFCAA is a rapidly growing 501(c)3 organization. Last year, due to an increased need, the organization expanded its coverage area from 13 to 24 counties, while increasing its services. Those services include training for prospective foster/adoptive parents and respite providers; Begin Again Backpacks for children entering the foster care system; Odyssey respite events for foster/adoptive parents; our Trunk clothing/supplies store; 30 Days to Family, a program to find relatives for children to be placed with upon entering foster care; and Community Connections Youth Project, which supports young adults aging out of the foster care system.

THANKSGIVING LUNCH BUFFET

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

The Trophy Room

11 AM - 3 PM • THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24

Join us at the Trophy Room for Thanksgiving Buffet, featuring a selection of assorted salads, shrimp cocktail, smoked salmon, roasted turkey, prime rib, smoked pit ham, Atlantic salmon, mashed potatoes and gravy, stuffing, green beans, and assorted deserts.

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