Save the Date for our 4th Annual Gala:
A Night Under the Stars!
Would you like to join our friends at Port Washington State Bank and be a gala sponsor? Please see the options on the right (below if you’re on your phone!), and thank you for considering!
Are you or your company interested in attending for a fun night of auctions and games and food and drink, all for a VERY good cause? BUY YOUR TICKET(S) or TABLE(S) now! EARLY BIRD PRICING only lasts until March 15, 2026!
MORE DETAILS ARE FORTHCOMING. For now, save the date (April 11th!), consider a sponsorship, and please don’t hesitate to reach out to Kathleeen at events@ozaukeefoodalliance.org with questions or to offer donation of a Silent Auction item!
WE CAN’T WAIT!
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!
