Food Bank set for annual Jewels of Giving Gala

Enjoy an evening of dinner, dancing as well as silent and live auctions at the Northwest Arkansas Food Bank’s ninth annual Jewels of Giving Gala. The event will begin at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18, at the John Q. Hammons Center in Rogers.

The event is the Food Bank’s main fundraiser each year. With your help, the food bank provides food for our neighbors in need –

the nourishment that is necessary for them to be good workers and good students.

In 2015, the proceeds of the Jewels of Giving Gala furnished more than 990,000 meals for the hungry in Northwest Arkansas. In 2016, the goal with the Northwest Arkansas community’s support is to provide 2 million meals.

Tickets for the Gala are $100 a person for general admission, $125 a person for a VIP ticket or $1,000 for a table of 10 persons.

For more information, call the NWA Food Bank at 479-872-8774, email at gala@nwafoodbank.org or go to its website at www.nwafoodbank.org and click on the Jewels of Giving Gala tab. The Northwest Arkansas Food Bank serves more than 150 food pantries and agencies in a four-county area – Benton, Carroll, Madison and Washington.