Food Fest to raise funds for South Lake Tahoe schools

Its time for the Lake Tahoe Educational Foundation's Food Fest on Saturday, October 7 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Hard Rock Tahoe Hotel and casino. This fundraiser raises funds for grants to support enrichment programs for the Lake Tahoe Unified School District.

Also a fun time, this year's Food Fest has a new twist, Silent Disco! Event goers can check out a headset tuned to the one of three varieties of music allowing everyone to dance to their own preferred tunes while letting conversations flow among the rest of the crowd.

Sample food, beer and wine from local restaurants, brewerys and wineries; Lake Tahoe AleWorx, Cork & More, Baja Fresh, Cafe Fiore, Ernie’s, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, MacDuff’s, Tahoe Blue Vodka, Korbel, Tacos por Favor. South Tahoe High School Culinary Arts and Verde.

Tickets to are $50 and available from at every school site, Elevate Wellness and the LTUSD education center. Tickets will also be available at the door. The Lake Tahoe Educational Foundation board members are also selling just 200 tickets for a one week trip to Hawaii, raffle tickets with those great odds are $50 each.

At the event there will also be raffle prizes to such locales as Disneyland, Montana, Mendocino, Edgewood Lodge, Staycation in the Keys, Beach front property and a handmade coffee table from MEZworks just to name a few. People must be present to win those raffle items.

Coldwater Brewery is offering up a "playground" complete with games, beer and fun for the party.

The foundation’s grants support enrichment programs that hit all academic areas from the arts to sciences. The 2017 grant request cycle which just closed in September resulted in the highest ever funding request from district teachers of more than $100,000. The foundation is a public, non-profit organization run by a 24 member volunteer board and operates with no administrative costs.

“This last grant request cycle really illustrated how fundamental the Ed Foundation is for the school district, and has motivated us as a board even more to get the word out and raise the money needed to make these programs possible for students,” said Michelle Ramirez, foundation board president.

Founded in 1989, Lake Tahoe Educational Foundation supports the educational programs and needs of the Lake Tahoe Unified School District. The money is raised through Snow Sports week in February, an annual mail solicitation, and through the group’s signature fundraiser in October the Food Fest. More information is available on the organization’s website www.ltedf.org.