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14th Annual Local Foods Dinner & Virtual Auction

The Spiral Living Center invites you to join us for our biggest fundraiser of the year: The 14th Annual Local Foods Dinner TO-GO Event on Saturday November 12, 2022! This evening of community and locally grown organic food in the Illinois Valley features a multi-course to-go meal and a virtual auction. We are once again creating multi-course meals bagged for pick-up to be enjoyed at home. All food is made by cooks in commercial kitchens and features ingredients from within a 100 mile radius. We do our best to source organically grown food and grassfed animal products processed without antibiotics, hormones, or GMO feed. All dinner packaging used is recyclable, compostable, or can be reused! Celebrate harvest season with us! All proceeds from this event will allow us to continue to offer free and low-cost programs and projects in the IV.

2022 MENU:
Meat Meal Ticket:
Chicken Chile Verde Soup
Hopi Blue Cornbread
Sauteed Greens & Garlic
Smoked & Home-raised Pork
1 Raspberry Crisp Bar

Veggie* Meal Ticket:
Creamy Zucchini Soup
Hopi Blue Cornbread
Sauteed Greens & Garlic
Fried Green Tomato Casserole
1 Raspberry Crisp Bar


*Veggie Meal DOES include dairy, butter, eggs, cheese. All meals include gluten. Child portions are roughly 1/2 of the adult. Physical meal tickets are available at Frog Farm at 9044 Takilma Rd. Cave Junction, 97523 or online at www.spiralliving.org. If you would like to pay with cash or check, please make checks payable to Spiral Living Center and mail to Frog Farm at the address above.


EVENT SCHEDULE: 4PM-5PM: Meal Box Pick-up at Takilma Community Building or Jubilee Park in Cave Junction (choose your location). If you cannot pickup your meal by 5PM, please coordinate with a friend or neighbor. We cannot hold your meal after the pick-up window is done. 6PM: Virtual Auction OPENS! Get your bids in all week long as the the LFD Virtual Auction will close on Friday November 18 at 8PM! The auction features locally handmade art, food, craft items, and gift certificates from local business.Fundraiser/Auction link: http://www.givebutter.com/LFD2022

13th Annual Local Foods Dinner

Our 13th Annual Local Foods Dinner is going TO-GO style again this year! Join us for our biggest fundraiser of the year, Saturday November 20th, 2021 for a one-of-a-kind event featuring local food, a virtual auction, and radio entertainment. Come celebrate harvest season with us! We are creating multi-course meals bagged for pick-up to be enjoyed at home. All food is made in cooks and/or commercial kitchens and features ingredients from within a 100 mile radius of the Illinois Valley. We do our best to source organically grown food and grassfed animal products processed without antibiotics, hormones, or GMO feed. All dinner packaging used is recyclable, compostable, or can be reused! The “Child Ticket” portion will be roughly 1/2 of the adult meal (below).

1 Adult Meat Meal Ticket Includes:
•1 Slice Seeded Sourdough Bread
•1 Cup of Hearty Lemongrass Chicken Soup
•6oz Serving of Meatloaf
• Side of Mashed Winter Squash & Potato with Goat Chevre
•1 Serving of Peach Crumb Dessert

1 Adult Vegetarian Ticket Includes:
•1 Slice of Seeded Sourdough Bread
•1 Cup of Creamy Potato Leek Soup
•6oz Serving of Lentil Mushroom Walnut Loaf
•Side of Mashed Winter Squash & Potato with Goat Chevre
•1 Serving of Peach Crumb Dessert

When ordering, please specify where you will be picking up your box.
Meal boxes will be available for pick up at two different locations:

• Takilma Community Building, 9367 Takilma Road
• Jubilee Park, 307 South Junction Ave. Cave Junction, OR 97523

EVENT SCHEDULE: NOVEMBER 20, 2021

4PM-5PM: Meal Box Pick-up window in Takilma or Cave Junction (choose your location). If you cannot pickup your meal by 5PM, please coordinate with a friend or neighbor. We cannot guarantee to hold your meal after the pick-up is done.

7PM-8PM: “Dinner Hour” Radio Show hosted by Kate & Mark Dwyer featuring local music by Connor Flowe and interviews featuring SLC Staff and local farmers who contributed to this year’s Local Foods Dinner! Learn more about what went into your meal! This program is a part of the 12 hour on-air FUNdraiser Drive for KXCJ. Broadcasted locally on KXCJ-LP 105.7fm or available for streaming at www.kxcj.org. Let’s support our local radio station in their 2021 fundraising goal. See below!

9PM: Virtual Auction CLOSES! Get your bids in before 9PM. The Virtual Auction is open for bidding at www.32auctions.com/SLCKXCJ2021!

All proceeds from this event will allow us to continue to offer free and low-cost programs and projects in the Illinois Valley. Any questions before or after purchase? Email us at spirallivingcenter@gmail.com.