Soup for the Spirit: “Team Work Makes the Dream Work!”

North Ridgeville Community Care Board members Georgia Awig, Andrea Ferguson, and Nikki Roth along with Heather Kaesgen, Executive Director and Mary Beth Bogner (husband, David is on the board) got together to put the finishing touches on the organization’s biggest fundraiser of the year, “Soup for the Spirit.”

The annual event, sold out this year at 240 tickets, will be held at Elegant Assets, 1514 Lake Ave. Elyria, unique schoolhouse venue, in Elyria on Sat., Feb. 22.

Danielle Wiggins, Morning Traffic Reporter and Anchor of the 4 a.m. half hour of the Go! morning show at WKYC studios in Cleveland will be the Emcee. Also new this year will be DJ Shane J. Siniscalchi, owner of EnterShanement LLC, who will provide music for dinner and dancing. Strolling close-up magic will again be generously donated by David Garza of Lake Erie Illusions and David Sands, photographer of people, pets, and places will be capturing the whole evening in pictures. There are over 50 baskets you will have an opportunity to win by participating in raffles. Silent auction items include a dining room table donated by My Wood Loft and a diamond necklace donated by Basch’s Moment in Time. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m. and will consist of garden salad, baked chicken, roast beef, mashed potatoes, green beans, and rolls.

Andrea, Georgia, Heather & Nikki had a chance to taste the food catered by I DO Cuisine and it is absolutely delicious. The Culinary Arts Institute at Lorain County Community College will provide a complimentary tray of desserts for each of the 20 tables. Beer and wine will be available throughout the evening.

Georgia Awig says she is happy to see so many of the organizations & businesses in North Ridgeville along with the city and schools working together for a common cause of raising funds to help provide care for the less fortunate in the city. Programs at Community Care includes Christmas Adopt-A-Child & Christmas Store, Christmas, Easter, & Thanksgiving Food, Clothing & Household Items, Crisis Counseling, Dairy Products, Easter Baskets for Children & Seniors, Emergency Prescription Financial Assistance, Essentials Program – Choice for Daily Living, Food Pantry, Layettes for Newborns, Produce from the Community Care Garden, Salad Wednesdays, School Supplies for School-age children, Summer Lunches for Children, & Utility & Housing Assistance.

There will be plenty of additional surprises this year throughout the evening. “We are grateful to Maximum Graphix who printed the tickets and programs at no cost to us. If you have printing work to be done, Community Care hopes that you will support this business if you are not already doing so. They do a great job and are so easy to work with. Family owned and run businesses are the best!” says the team.

Tickets are $50 each. Call 440-724-7246 for tickets and information.

If you had to miss this annual event this year, put Sat., Feb. 27, 2021 on your calendar for the next “Soup for the Spirit” to be held at Spitzer Conference Center at Lorain County Community College.