Save the Date for our 4th Annual Gala:
A Night Under the Stars!
We are SOLD OUT and EXCITED for Saturday!!
Here’s everything you need to know to prepare for a wonderful night:
Event Timing
5:30 PM
Doors open, check in, cocktails, and appetizers
6:30 PM
Dinner service begins
10:30 PM
Event concludes
Your evening will include delicious food, meaningful moments, and plenty of opportunities to connect and celebrate.
Each gala ticket includes two drink tickets. Additional beverages will be available for purchase at the bar. We will also be featuring a signature cocktail for the evening!
Dress Code: Elevated Evening Attire — Dress to Shine
Feel free to lean into the theme with cocktail attire, suits or sport coats (ties optional), festive fabrics, and a touch of sparkle. Whether you go all out or keep it simple, we can’t wait to celebrate with you. ✨
Parking
Street parking is available, along with:
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- The Marina lot (including metered spots, which are free on weekends)
- Public lot on Washington Ave next to Associated Bank
- PWSB lot
- Additional parking near the bandshell (a short walk to Inventors)
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We encourage guests to allow a few extra minutes for parking upon arrival. See you Saturday!
(Questions? events@ozaukeefoodalliance.org)
We could not do this without our STELLAR sponsors!!
Thanks also to our Fund-A-Need Sponors:
Third Annual Growing Our Table Gala
In 2025, the Growing Our Table Gala went a little bit country…and did we have fun! Yeehaw!! Here are some amazing moments from the evening, captured by our favorite photog Lauren Howie Laur. A lot happened that night — we surpassed our fundraising goal due to some super generous matches, had just fantastic musical guests, tried out a new space that we loved, and had a big announcement: Mark Gierach, our founder and Executive Director, has decided to retire, turning over his baby to the incredibly able and wonderful Andrea Acosta. We raised over $65,000 that night, all because of our wonderful community. THANK YOU to all who sponsored, donated, attended, or helped in big ways and small to help us raise what we need to make a difference here in Ozaukee County. See y’all again next year!??!
IT WAS A GREAT NIGHT OUT, FOR A GREAT CAUSE
Check out the fun from our
Second Annual Growing Our Table Gala
Around 200 of our old and new friends joined us for good food, fun drinks, a great silent auction, raffles, a wine pull, a bourbon wall, and more, all to raise money to outfit our new welcoming, bright, and open food space!
Master of Ceremonies Mark Baden ably led us through a “Fund A Need” auction to help convert our old walk-in freezer into a new-to-us walk-in cooler, sponsored by Port Washington State Bank, who MATCHED the first $5000 raised! And we were so pleased to welcome Patti Habeck, CEO of Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin as our keynote speaker to help us understand the impact of our pantry on our community ecosystem.
Our Gala was presented by Port Washington State Bank with Spotlight Sponsor Charter Steel, along with all of the great Table Sponsors mentioned below and some fantastic Fund A Need Sponsors and Friends of the Pantry Sponsors. Amazing in-kind donations from all the great folks listed in the program (click the photo on the right to view the program as a pdf) were absolutely essential to our success. And, we are so grateful to all the Live and Silent Auction donors and everyone who joined us, bid on something, or purchased a raffle ticket or a chance to win a great bottle of wine or amazing selection of bourbons. Overall, we raised $50,000! Amazing!
Let’s do it again in 2025!
