ALLEGANY — The Olean Rotary Club will be hosting its annual Veterans Recognition Pasta Dinner from 400 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday Nov. 12, at the Allegany American Legion Charles Harbel Post 892, 4350 Route 417, Allegany.
Tickets for the eat-in and takeout dinners will be sold at the door, and available presale from any local Rotarian. Adults are $14; children under 12 or senior over 65 are $10; with family tickets available for $40. Veterans will be provided with a free dinner.
Guests will have a choice between homemade tomato sauce with fresh garlic and herbs, or alfredo cheese sauce. All dinners will include homemade meatballs, salad, bread, and dessert made by Rotarians and others.
Proceeds will go to benefit the greater Olean area through community service projects and other charitable endeavors sponsored by the Olean Rotary Club.
“We were hoping that area businesses could assist us by being a Community or Elite Sponsor of this year’s Veterans Day Pasta Dinner,” said Paula Bernstein, Olean Rotary Club president. “For a $125 sponsorship or greater, you will receive 10 tickets to the event and your business will be mentioned in event marketing materials, including Social Media.”
Bernstein said having local businesses support the organization and its projects is part of what sets this community apart.
“This is a wonderful place to live and work,” she said. “Please support us so we can continue to give back to our community and help deserving community members. Thank you to those who have supported us already.”
Rotary Club members have been a part of the fabric of the Olean area community since 1928. Rotary’s current members patronize virtually all Olean-area businesses and have donated literally hundreds of thousands of dollars over the years to many Olean-area causes and organizations. For example, Olean Rotary has given mini-grants to many area teachers, provided thousands of dictionaries to area third graders, helped construct a high tunnel garden at the Olean Food Pantry through a Rotary grant, funded supplies to the Olean Food Pantry and Operation Warms Hearts this year and many other worthy endeavors.
The Olean Rotary Club meets at 12:10 p.m. Tuesdays at the Bartlett Country Club. For more information, email paulafidurko@hotmail.com. Anyone who would like to donate to the Olean Rotary Club Community Improvement Fund with the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation can visit cattfoundation.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/create?funit_id=1196
For more information about the Olean Rotary Club, visit www.facebook.com/OleanRotaryClub.
