Saint Martin's Gala Gazette 2019

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Saint Martin's University Gala 2019 saturday, november 2 Saint Martin's University

Join us for a black-tie gourmet evening that includes an exquisite five-course dinner, cooking demos and a live auction benefiting Saint Martin’s students.

Reserve your table at stmartin.edu/Gala or call 360-438-4366.

The Saint Martin’s Gala supports scholarships, which make a Saint Martin’s education accessible to all students. On behalf of all students, a big thank you to all of our amazing and generous supporters!

Gala Chairs Pat and Helen Rants Jay and Carla Rudd Emeritus Executive Gala Chairs Armandino '59 and Marilyn Batali Rick and Pam Panowicz Board of Trustee Chair Joseph Williams

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Carla Hall first won over audiences when she competed on Bravo’s “Top Chef.” She later became best known as a co-host on ABC’s award-winning “The CHEW.” Born in Nashville, Carla graduated from Howard University’s Business School and worked as an accountant before switching careers to become a runway model. Traveling through Europe, she found her true passion was food. She trained as a chef, working in several restaurants in the Washington, D.C. area. Carla believes food connects us. She strives to communicate this through her work, her cooking and in her interactions with all.

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the menu This year’s menu features vibrant colors, flavors that sing lots of soul. This is a Gala dinner like no other. From smashed beets with mint to black-eyed pea salad and bitter greens to Sea Island shrimp and grits and slow braised pork ribs, Carla Hall pulls from her Southern roots to create a menu that is a fresh and wonderful blend of the modern and the traditional. Get ready to savor a five-course meal of amazing, lip-smacking goodness from start to finish.

Saints Sourced Ingredients for this year’s Gala menu include produce from Our Common Home Farms, a collaboration between Saint Martin’s, Pope John Paul II High School, Sacred Heart Church, the O’Neill Farm, Parsons Family Farm, and Community Kitchen. Through this partnership, Saint Martin’s students, faculty and staff volunteer to help grow nutrient-rich food while learning about sustainable agriculture and climate change resiliency. Last year the project donated over 4,000 pounds of produce to those who needed it the most in our community.

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Bon Appetit! a growing partnership about bon appetit

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This will be my fifth Saint Martin's Gala. My staff of 100+ Bon Appetit employees and I look forward to it every year.

This event is an amazing experience and we are excited to work with Carla Hall this year!

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Bon Appétit Management Company has partnered with Saint Martin’s University since 2009 to offer healthful, flavorful and sustainable meals on campus. Bon Appétit operates over 1,000 cafés in 34 states. In addition to providing catering services to colleges and corporations, they operate cafés for museums and parks and standalone restaurants. Since 1999, their Farm to Fork program is a companywide initiative to buy locally with the belief that food grown locally is fresher, better tasting, and often has greater nutritional value. Bon Appétit’s commitment to local food is about preserving biodiversity, protecting open space, supporting family farmers and investing in the local community.

about chef matt Matt Alspaugh’s first restaurant job was rolling silverware at a café in Big Sur when he was 12 years old. During his teenage years, he went from washing dishes in a local restaurant in Michigan to working as a server and a cook. In 2004, he moved to Seattle and got a job working produce in Pike Place Market. From there he became a butcher’s assistant and later executive chef at Place Pigalle Restaurant. Matt has been with Bon Appétit for five years and with Saint Martin’s since 2017. Inspired by regional cuisine and his love of travel, Matt is thrilled to be sharing his passion of food and hospitality with the Saint Martin’s community.

auction spotlight The exciting live auction will feature delectable gourmet packages and exclusive excursions that you will not find anywhere else!

Washington D.C. Smithsonian Visit the other Washington! With your one-year Castle Circle Membership to the Smithsonian Museum, you’ll enjoy special access and invitations during the year to members-only tours, receptions and lectures. This package includes airfare for two, hotel accommodations and other delights the Washington D.C. scene has to offer!

A Need for Speed!

A bucket list experience awaits you! Join hydroplane Ken Muscatel in a ride-along experience as he drives the Pay ’N Pak hydroplane in the Mahogany and Merlot Festival in Lake Chelan, October of 2020.

Oregon Wine Tours for Four Your personal guide will lead your group of four on delightful tours and in-depth tasting experiences at the following Dundee, Oregon, wineries: Domaine Roy et Fils, Furioso Vineyards and Domaine De Brogile. Includes wine from each winery to enjoy at home.

Go Hawks!

Root for your Seattle Seahawks from four premium club level seats on December 22, against the Arizona Cardinals. Includes parking pass in Union Station parking garage as well as two hotel rooms for one-night for four.

Gala Schedule Saturday, November 2 5 p.m. Gala Reception Saint Martin’s University Charneski Recreation Center 7 p.m. Gala Dinner Culinary Demos and Live Auction Hal and Inge Marcus Pavilion Master of Ceremonies RC Smith RC is one of the best warm-up comedians in the business, working for such shows as “The CHEW.”, “The Rachael Ray Show” and “The Colbert Report.” RC was emcee for the Saint Martin’s Gala in 2015, 2017 and 2018.

Gala Hotel Accomodations Hotel RL in Olympia 1-800-RED-LION Gala room rate of $99.

Reserve by October 18 Reference code: SMUGALA1 Shuttle provided Holiday Inn Express & Suites Lacey 360-491-7985 Gala room rate: $99, includes breakfast CODE: GALA Hampton Inn & Suites Olympia/Lacey Gala standard room rate: $129 Gala suites rate: $149 Valid: 9/1/2019 – 12/31/19 Ramada Olympia 4520 Martin Way E. Olympia WA 98516 360-459-8866 Group Name: SMU Gala $99.75/night + tax Reserve by October 28 Shuttle provided #SMUGala | 7

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Our Gala supports our extraordinary students.

For so many students, a Saint Martin’s education, which prepares and inspires young women and men to change the world, would not be possible without the aid of scholarships.

100% of Saint Martin's students receive some form of financial aid

1000 grants were provided to students l ast year that were funded by the 2018 Gala Feed-a-Mind

47% of students are ethnically diverse 34% are first generation students

At last year’s Gala, Chantal Arevalo '17 shared her gratitude with the audience:

“You make it possible for future young women and men to find at Saint Martin’s their people, their place and their purpose.”

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making headlines saint martin's university

Ranked one of the Top 50 Transformative Colleges in the U.S., Money Magazine

 One of the Top 20 Best Value

Regional Universities in the West, U.S. News and World Report

 One of the Top 50 Performers on Social Mobility among Regional Universities in the West, U.S. News and World Report

 First Purple Heart University in Washington state

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FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

At Bon Appétit, we believe we have the opportunity and responsibility to make this a better world, which is why we align ourselves with committed and socially responsible partners such as Saint Martin’s University.

For Bon Appétit, it’s about investing in the health of our communities and the future of our food supply.

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