Leadership Pasco will host its fourth annual Taste of Pasco fundraiser April 12 to help raise money for the West Pasco Pregnancy Center and the Runaway Alternatives Project House, both located in New Port Richey.
The event itself will run from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Rotary Pavilion at the Concourse, 15323 State Road 52 in Land O’ Lakes. Visitors will have a chance to sample good and beverages from local restaurants, and shop a silent auction while hearing live music and watching demonstrations from the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office K-9 unit.
Tickets for the event are $25 in advance, or $30 at the door. Kids 12 and younger are free, however, for $5, children can take part in an All Kids Zone complete with a mobile gaming unit, rock wall and other activities.
The RAP House provides young people between the ages of 10 and 17 who are runaways, homeless or in need of short-term, out-of-home respite, a safe place to stay. They provide 24-hour, seven-days-a-week admission services, youth supervision, food, clothing, crisis counseling, life skills education and more.
Funds from the Taste of Pasco event will be used for building improvements and new furnishings for RAP House.
The West Pasco Pregnancy Center has saved thousands of lives over the last 27 years by helping clients deal with the pressures and consequences of an unintended pregnancy. Funds from the event will be used to purchase a mobile ultrasound for the center’s mobile medical unit.
“Both charities provide services to some of Pasco’s most vulnerable residents,” said Tony Vannata, president of Leadership Pasco Class of 2014. “This is why our class chose them as recipients of our fundraiser.”
To buy tickets, become a sponsor or a vendor at the event, email , or visit Facebook.com/tasteofpasco, or LeadershipPasco.com.
