NOVEMBER 11-17, 2009 UCW 11
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One could call it a "Pastapalooza" when the 51st " World's Largest
Annual Spaghetti Dinner and Greek Pastry Sale" takes place on
Wednesday, Nov. 18, from 10 a.m.-
8 p.m. at the Hellenic Center of
Sts. Constantine & Helen Greek
Orthodox Church, 814 Oakridge
Ave. in Fayetteville. The cost for each
meal is $6.00, and tickets may be
purchased at the door.
If past years are any indication,
volunteers at the church expect to
serve approximately 12,000 dinners,
according to Fr. Chrysostom Manuel,
Pastor Emeritus of the church. The
meals, which include spaghetti and
sauce, cheese –– and napkins –– are
available for takeout only.
" We have a special line for people
to pick up 20 or more orders," said
Manuel. "Those who bought tickets
in advance can call and tell the people
who sold them the tickets what time
they will pick them up."
The annual fundraiser involves 30 or more volunteers who begin
cooking the sauce on Monday, two days before the event. The sauce is a
highly guarded secret recipe used only for the dinner.
"It is a very good sauce," said Litsa Da Rosa, church secretary. "It's
made of all natural ingredients."
In addition to two tons of pasta and hundreds of gallons of sauce,
volunteers will make and sell Greek pastries. Baklava, phyllo dough
filled with honey, walnuts and pistachios;
kourabiedes, almond shortbread-type
cookies; koulourakia, lighly sweetened
butter cookies and finikia, honey-dipped
walnut cookies, will be available for
purchase individually or by the box.
" We are also going to have homemade
breads and pound cakes," said Da Rosa.
Proceeds from the annual dinner event
go to charities, both local and out of town.
"Ten percent goes to city charities like
the Care Clinic, the Autistism Society and the
Red Cross," Manuel said. "The church also
contributes to an orphanage in New York State
and the theological school in Boston. We want
to thank people who come and support us."
For more information, call the church
office at 686-2010 or the Hellenic Center at
484-8925, or visit the church's Website at
www.stsch.nc.goarch.org.
Organizers say the whole event takes about
three days to prepare, with many people working 13-hour days.
The cost for each meal is $6. All
proceeds go to local charities as
well as an education center that is
being built at the church.
'World's Largest Spaghetti Dinner' Serves Up
Great Food for Great Causes
by KAREN POPPELE
KAREN POPPELE, Contributing Writer
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