Mardi Gras Fun to Benefit Meals on Wheels

By Danielle Stanfield

Celebrate Mardi Gras and raise money for a good cause at the Ninth Annual Fat Tuesday Benefit for Meals on Wheels of Wake County at 6 p.m. on Feb. 16 at the Raleigh Convention Center in Raleigh. 

Attendees will dine and bid in live and silent auctions. Entertainment will be provided by Zydecopious, a swinging Zydeco band guaranteed to get everyone on the dance floor.

In 2009, close to $47,000 was raised at Fat Tuesday to support Meals on Wheels of Wake County, which equals 12,000 meals. This year’s goal is to double the number of meals purchased.

Meals on Wheels has served Wake County’s senior and disabled neighbors since 1974, and during the course of 36 years, more than 6 million meals have been served. These meals are delivered by a volunteer force that numbers more than 2,200. Each weekday, volunteers deliver 1,500 meals to homebound senior and disabled neighbors.

Tickets are $100 per person and $1,000 for a table of 10.

For more information, call (919) 833-1749, visit www.wakemow.org or send an e-mail to marykate@wkemow.org