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Catering by Design was a Corporate Sponsor for Guardians of Angels

Chef Greg Lewis has three rescue dogs at home. And he likes to help people doing good in the community, and one of those people is Terry Dorsey, a pastor who founded Guardians of Angels to build an Adoption Center.

Saturday September 23 2011 was the big campaign launch for the Guardians of Angels Adoption Center, an evening that was attended by PBS’ Roy Underhill of The Woodwright’s Shop fame, a local to Pittsboro.

At the campaign launch event, it was announced that Roy Underhill would be the Adoption Center’s first Honorary Chairperson.

Roy Underhill at the Guardians of Angels Adoption Center Campaign Kick-Off (photo courtesy of Guardians of Angels)

When introduced Roy stood up and gave a moving talk about all the rescue animals in our own families, and what they mean to us. He himself has four rescue pets at home.

About one hundred people came. Awards were given out. Two bands played Beatles music, and people got up and danced. Pledges and email addresses were given, and we at Catering by Design are proud to have been a part of it.

We were one of the event sponsors, and donated a gift certificate that was awarded to one of the first people to give a pledge to the Adoption Center.

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We’ve got a story about a very special dance group in Siler City: The Tuesday Night Dance Group.

Greg Lewis, owner of Catering by Design lives near Siler City in Chatham County, and last year was pleased to offer catering for Prom Night. This year, Catering by Design again catered their very special night. Here’s more about the group.

The Tuesday Night Dance Group has been meeting every Tuesday for the past 18 years in Siler City. They’ve only missed three Tuesdays in about 1000 (52 x 18).

It was started almost 20 years ago by Lois Garner, the mother of a special needs child got together with a few parents of special needs children and adults. Word traveled and pretty soon, The Tuesday Night Dance Group was the night to be on the town for a whole community of people.

On any Tuesday night as few as 50 and as many as 150 girls and boys,  and men and women come.  They could be as young as 10 and as elderly as 80.

Many of the dancers are from Chatham County, but a couple of groups are from group homes in Randolph County. “We’ve had people come from as far as Greensboro and Highpoint,” said Joe Ellen, father of a young man with special needs, Josh. Josh is THE DJ for The Tuesday Night Dance Group, on every Tuesday, except Prom Night.

Prom Night is the fanciest. A professional DJ. Professional photographer. Professional catering. One mother has made corsages for all of the girls and women.  Sometimes a local business sends a limousine to pick up a few of the attendees.

“Joe and the other parents in the group are really good people,” said Chef Greg Lewis, “What they are doing is important and makes such a huge difference  in their lives, parents, as well as the adults and young teens who come.”

Joe Ellen has been Special Olympics Coordinator for Chatham County for almost 12 years, and has only this year retired from that role. He has overseen Special Olympics throughout the county, as well as being a sports coach.

“When is the Special Olympics event?” we asked. “Every weekend of my life,” Joe Ellen answered. “People don’t realize that we practice year round.  Every team has to qualify and then qualify some more to be eligible to play in the state-wide events.”

Joe Ellen, (Ellen is his last name), is certified to coach in three sports. When there aren’t regular practice games scheduled, other county coordinators get together and have their own games.

There are teams in many different sports. Players are put on a team based on their ability not their age or sex. All the teams are co-ed.

“I like my guys, my men and women. We have a really good time together, ALL the time.” Joe said. “I enjoy them in everything we do.”

The Tuesday Night Dance Group’s Prom Night was held September 13, 2011 at the Sage Academy at 501 Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard in Siler City, NC 27344. For more information contact Joe Ellen at JosephEllen49@gmail.com.

Saturday April 9, 2011 Spring Fling Noon-5 pm

Spring time is on its way. This year’s cold snowy winter may be behind us. And in just a few weeks, it will be time for the annual Spring Fling in Apex!

Mark your calendars for:  Saturday April 9 – noon – 5 pm.

What is Catering by Design doing? We’re one of a number of community sponsors, and we stepped up, being that we’re in the catering and event planning business, to coordinate the donations and staffing. (And of course we’re helping out with the food!) There are over 80 volunteers and many many donations. Come early and get a free lunch between noon and 2 pm.

Kids will have a great time with carnival games and egg hunts, all through the day, and free snacks of cotton candy and popcorn.

And did we say that it’s all free?

It is all free!

Last year we had a surprising number of visitors and so this year we’re preparing for 10,000 people!

People come from as near as Apex and Cary, and farther away too, from Fuquay Varina, Pittsboro, Carrboro and Wake Forest.

You’re invited and your friends are invited. Come make an afternoon of it.

Say hello on the Spring Fling Facebook Page.

This annual community event is put on by Hope Chapel, located at 6175 Old Jenks Road in Apex, across from Salem Elementary School. Directions.

Come on out!

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Catering By Design is a full service catering company serving the really great greater Raleigh metropolitan area between Rocky Mount and Pinehurst, Siler City and Wendell, and everywhere in between. Learn more about catering events on our blog. And of course, we’d love to hear from you on Catering By Design’s Facebook Page.

A Fundraiser Wine-Tasting Dinner for CISNA a Boy’s Orphanage in El Salvador

On Sunday November 21, the Sunday before Thanksgiving, we are hosting a fine wine five course dinner as a fundraiser to help CISNA a boys orphanage in El Salvador. We are looking to raise several thousand dollars to help these boys.

We’ll start with hors d’oeuvre at 5 p.m. and dinner will begin at 6 p.m.

Click here to see the Menu.

$75 per person gives you a wonderful evening with a first class meal and excellent wines and a donation to help us help young boys we’ve come to know through mission work in El Salvador.

Join us and let’s start the season of giving thanks and giving together.

RSVP Now by Calling (919) 481-2366

If you’re on Facebook, “Like” our Page and show your support here on the event page.

Read a little about CISNA on our recent blog post.

CISNA is an orphanage that Greg Lewis of Catering by Design visited on a mission trip to El Salvador. Located in San Salvador it houses about 120 boys.

Greg Lewis visited the orphanage on at least one of his mission trips earlier this year. “When I visited the orphanage, I looked right through those wires into the orphanage. As soon as we went in the kids were so hungry for attention, they were all over us wanting to play. You can’t help but want to do something more for them.”

Photo from CISNA Blog

Orphan Helpers staffs the CISNA orphanage and on their Website they write that CISNA stands for “Complejo de Integración Social para la Niñez y la Adolescencia” (Complex for the Social Integration of Children & Teenagers)

Here is the About CISNA blog for the organization.

We’ve added a few other related links.

Orphan Hepers’ CISNA Page.

Orphan Helpers that does work with CISNA created this video on YouTube.

Here’s a newspaper story about the orphanage in Spanish.