Taste of Liberia Newsletter
August 2019
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What's Taste of Liberia all about?
-Celebrating Liberia's 170+ years of remarkable history, arts, cultural heritage, and rich foods of Africa’s only republic founded by free African American Settlers.
-Remembering our historical past of founding by freed slaves from the US and Caribbean
-How the freed slaves foods got mixed with the indigenous residents foods and some became a blend of Black American Southern Cuisine and African dishes (Collard Greens, Cabbage, black eyed peas, Fried Okra, etc...).
-Which is especially important given that 2019 is the 400th year anniversary of the arrival of the 1st African slaves into the US.
-Chance to protect and develop Liberia's eco-tourism potential
Sickle Cells education and fundraising for St. Jude's Children's hospital
-Although sickle cell disease is a rare disease in the USA (affecting some 100K+ people). It is a major killer in Liberia and other West African countries with very little diagnosis and treatment facilities.
-St Jude is the premier and world renowned research hospital involved in the quest for a cure for sickle cell disease.
-Whatever we can do to further that along by fundraising and supporting them, will also greatly help many needy and ill prepared Liberian and West African kids towards curing this horrible and painful disease.
2019 Taste of Liberia activities and attractions
-See program guide
Get Social With Taste of Liberia!
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Friday (September 6, 2019):
Donate Today and Save A Life
http://fundraising.stjude.org/tasteofliberia2019
3rd ANNUAL SICKLE CELL AWARENESS AND GALA FUNDRAISER
DANCE FOR THE CURE!
Saturday (September 7, 2019):
3rd ANNUAL TASTE OF LIBERIATM 2019
Featuring
-Taste of Liberia — Sample some of the BEST Liberian dishes and refreshing drinks from our food and drinks vendors
-Arts, Culture, Music, and Traditional Liberian gifts and crafts
- Cultural Performances
-Learn about Sickle Cell Disease and how YOU can play a part in finding a cure during Sickle Cell Awareness Month
-Fun and Activities for the entire family…ALL ARE WELCOME!
3rd annual Taste of Liberia to celebrate Liberia’s food, culture, and tourism. The Festival will feature lots of Liberian foods, non-alcoholic drinks, and activities for the entire family.
Kids Activities Include:
- Bouncy house
- Face Painting
- Traditional Liberian children games
Please Note: Taste of Liberia 2019 will be selling tickets for food and drinks, and will be unable to accept cash. All forms of card payments (Debit, Credit, Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, etc…) will be accepted.
Preferred Hotel Accommodations:
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VENDORS FORMS
Deadlines:
August 15th for stated rates
$50 late fee after August 30th
ALL FOOD VENDORS HAVE TO BE APPROVED & LICENSED BY August 1st
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Sickle Cell-ebration of Hope Gala & Fundraiser
Sickle Cell Foundation of MN proudly announces our 2nd Annual Sickle Cell-ebration of Hope Gala featuring hometown talent and American Idol Season 5 finalist, Paris Bennett!
Don't miss out on this event, purchase your tickets TODAY!
I'm not talking about blind optimism, the kind of hope that just ignores the enormity of the tasks ahead or the roadblocks that stand in our path. I'm not talking about the wishful idealism that allows us to just sit on the sidelines or shirk from a fight. I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting.
~President Barack Obama, 2012
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NEXTAINMENT, LLC
EVENTS. PROMOTIONS.MARKETING!
NEXTAINMENT, LLC is the producer of TASTE OF LIBERIA™. We look forward to working with all our stakeholders, our sponsors, local city and state government agencies, community organizations, and the general public to make TASTE OF LIBERIA™ a very unique and worthwhile educational and cultural journey in the United States and beyond.
If you have any questions, would like to perform, or would like to inquire about a media, corporate, non-profit sponsorships and/or vendor packages, please feel free to contact us via email info@tasteofliberia.com
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