{"id":18309,"date":"2024-09-16T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/?p=18309"},"modified":"2024-09-11T16:17:03","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T20:17:03","slug":"save-the-date-for-taste-of-wilkes-2024-let-us-serve-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2024\/09\/16\/save-the-date-for-taste-of-wilkes-2024-let-us-serve-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Save the Date for Taste of Wilkes 2024: Let Us Serve You!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Save the Date for Taste of Wilkes 2024: Let Us Serve You!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This year, <\/span><b>Taste of Wilkes 2024: Let Us Serve You<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> will be held on Tuesday, November 12th, 2024 in the Jean and Paul Adams Commons!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Taste of Wilkes is an annual fundraiser that benefits the Wilkes United Way Campaign, and it is a spirited food competition among Wilkes community members to share favorite dishes and fellowship with one another. All proceeds go to the campaign and benefit the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedwaywb.org\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">United Way of the Wyoming Valley<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. This year\u2019s Taste of Wilkes: Let Us Serve You is the 32nd annual event, and it will feature:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">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.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Raffle baskets from local businesses, Wilkes departments, and employees.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">FIRST PLACE winner\u2019s name and winning dish will be memorialized on the Taste of Wilkes plaque.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prizes will be presented to the First, Second, and Third place winners<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Start thinking of any dishes you would like to contribute to the competition, and we appreciate your consideration of donating a raffle basket for the event!<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please submit your best dish by using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfZNoEmEYbzjVCK_8GCY1EZZsnJAKvVDprJsZEERGBc0F4Hag\/viewform?usp=sf_link\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">this form<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Friday, October 18th.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Want to donate a basket? Please share your donation with us <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdJlOwekHK8rzGhyiSycqxS4LrWIG4xs8ylyC95BKfK-99AjA\/viewform?usp=sf_link\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Friday, October 25th.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Questions, please contact The University Staff Advisory Committee at usac@wilkes.edu or Jeanne Rabel at jeanne.rabel@wilkes.edu.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Save the Date for Taste of Wilkes 2024: Let Us Serve You! This year, Taste of Wilkes 2024: Let Us Serve You will be held on Tuesday, November 12th, 2024 in the Jean and Paul Adams Commons!\u00a0 Taste of Wilkes is an annual fundraiser that benefits the Wilkes United Way Campaign, and it is a&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2024\/09\/16\/save-the-date-for-taste-of-wilkes-2024-let-us-serve-you\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Save the Date for Taste of Wilkes 2024: Let Us Serve You!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-staff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18309"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18325,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18309\/revisions\/18325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}