Juan Silva on Sunday loaded a portion of her Abulala’s Chicken Tortila Soup, as well as a major help of sympathy during the 13th annual soup and bread benefit hosted by Bed Plus.
“My motto is that no one will be hungry on my watch,” said a former La Grenj Park Trustee Silva, who owns the beach Avenue BBQ in Brookfield, who serve various types of hot soup in Holiday Inn in rural areas Was among the people. “If I can support such a reason, I will always do it.”
Beds Plus Executive Director Tina Rounds said that the idea for soup and bread is the same, but slightly different, several years before the incident, a Lincoln Park is at the music site.
“I felt that it would be a good way to communicate people to our mission,” he said.
For $ 30 per person, an estimated crowd of 800 people wishing to help the end in the area can take a sample of 22 different soup, including new people like Beach Avenue BBQ and now in La Granj Park, now, And long -run participants like The Irish Times are also in Brookfield. ,
A silent auction at the main banquet hall accepted dialects on the items autographed by Disney Vacation Gateway, a Colorado Mountain Retreat Trip, White Sox Ticket and Sports Memorabilia to Hockey Great Bobby Orr and Stan Mikita.
Music acts such as August James Band Classic Blues, The von Building Playing Classic Rock Music and Eclectic Covered Crows with Furi’s crows provided the soundtrack for the evening, while Marco the Roving Wizard introduced an element of surprise.
But the main attractions were soup.
Karpi Restaurant Italiano served pasta Fagioli in Palos Heights; Brookfield’s Irish Times, a soup and bread participant from the beginning, offered corn beef and cabbage; Prasino brought his cream of mushroom soup at downtown la grang; And at a nearby summit, the worker hideout served chicken dumplings soup.
“This is our second year and it seems that it is growing bigger and growing,” said Nanet Pecoro, owner of Antonino’s restaurant in La Granj, said, serving the ministry soup of the restaurant. “We are receiving more and more people with our soup more and more people. It is really popular. ,
Buck pits in Hodge served the vegetable beef soup immersed by Brian Center and Julie Wilson.
“I have been doing self -service in bed plus here for almost 20 years, it has been almost six years to Julie,” the centers said. “It’s about the sixth year that I have soup and bread. I have been a volunteer with a bed for some time. We used to work outside the churches. ,
La Granz officials said that the annual funder reflects the kindness of the people in the area.
The village community development director Charity Jones said, “This is a great family friendly event for a very worthy reason with many wonderful people of our community in support of our local businesses.” “This is actually what makes small businesses so special, how they give back to the community.”
This includes Brookfields such as La Grazing Park’s hop district, Brookfield’s Imperial Oak Breviery, La Granz’s Milk Money Brooying and Bruckown Brookfield in Liones, including Bruriies, which serve all the craft beer. Cooper’s Hawk Winery and Restaurant served their red and white selections, while whislepig whiskey sent Representatives of Vermont to present samples of their mustard and borbon whiskey.
La Granz President Mark Kuler said, “It is really good to see all the restaurants who want to contribute.”