FACETS is hosting its 16th Annual Taste of Fall with FACETS, an evening filled with food, fun, entertainment, and a live and silent auction to raise funds to help families and individuals in Fairfax County who are suffering the effects of poverty including homelessness. Attendees can sample food and drink from a variety of Fairfax-area restaurants, wineries and breweries.
Among the expected participant: U.S. Rep Gerry Connolly (D-11), State Sen. Chap Petersen (D-34), Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Sharon Bulova, Fairfax County Deputy County Executive Patricia Harrison, FACETS Executive Director Margi Preston, clients and more than 300 guests.
Participating restaurants, wineries, breweries include: Austin Grill, Willie T’s, PJ Skidoos, Hard Times Café, BlackFinn Ameripub, The Auld Shebeen, Coyote Grille, Giardino Italian Restaurant, Caribbean Corner–Fairfax, Glory Days Bar and Grill, TGI Fridays, Paradise Springs Winery and Hops Restaurant and Brewery.
‘A Taste of Fall’ will be held on Saturday, Nov. 14, starting at 7 p.m., with program starting at 8:30 p.m. at Stacy C. Sherwood Community Center, 3740 Old Lee Highway,
Fairfax.
A Taste of Fall helps support FACETS’ life changing services. FACETS works throughout Fairfax County to help impoverished men, women and children succeed by offering a full spectrum of services, such as basic needs and financial assistance, counseling and outreach, educational enrichment programs, and permanent and supportive housing.
Tickets are $50 and include tastings of all food and beverages, including wine, beer and sodas. Register online at www.FacetsCares.org or get tickets at the door or call 703-352-3268.