Healthy Eating at School Fundraiser Thursday

Help break the chain of unhealthy eating in schools with the 2011 Leadership Dorchester CHEFS Fest, a fundraiser for the healthy eating initiative at Alston Middle School, 6-10 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29 at the Woodlands Inn in Summerville.  

Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at the Summerville YMCA, Tidelands Bank or Maggie Rose in Summerville. A limited number of tickets will be available at the event. All proceeds will go to the Alston Middle School CHEFS project.

Each admission includes an all you can eat Lowcountry Boil, special tastings from six restaurants, a silent auction, cash bar and live music.

The guest speaker will be 2011 Miss South Carolina Bree Boyce, who will share her nationally known story on her amazing journey of weight loss. Other guests will include 2011 Miss Teen South Carolina .  

For more information, please call Mark Mandel, 843-937-5458, or Melissa Stowasser, 843-574-6312.