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SAVE THE DATE: Taste of Wilkes 2023

Save the Date for Taste of Wilkes 2023: Neighborhood Cookout!

This year, Taste of Wilkes 2023: Neighborhood Cookout will be held on Tuesday, November 7th, 2023 in the Jean and Paul Adams Commons! 

Taste of Wilkes is an annual fundraiser that benefits the Wilkes United Way Campaign. All proceeds got to the campaign and benefit the United Way of the Wyoming Valley. This year’s Taste of Wilkes: Neighborhood Cookout is the 31st annual event, and it will feature:

  1. Attendees will have the option to sit and enjoy the food made by their Wilkes colleagues or take their food to-go. The event will be held in the Henry Student Center Ballroom from 11:30am-1:00pm.
  2. Raffle baskets from local businesses, Wilkes departments, and employees.
  3. FIRST PLACE winner’s name and winning dish will be memorialized on the Taste of Wilkes plaque.
  4. Prizes will be presented to the First, Second, and Third place winners

Start thinking of any dishes you would like to contribute, and keep am eye out for registration forms in the coming weeks! Questions, please contact The University Staff Advisory Committee at usac@wilkes.edu or Jeanne Rabel at jeanne.rabel@wilkes.edu.