10th annual Taste 4 Los Al
set for Rossmoor Oct. 16

The Taste celebrates its 10th; has raised a million and a half dollars to help Los Alamitos HS activities and facilities

The10th annual Taste For Los Al, the single largest fundraising event in the Los Al-Rossmoor-Seal Beach community, will celebrate its 10th annivesrary on Saturday, October 16, 2010, once again at The Shops of Rossmoor.

The last two events have each raised over $270,000 and featured the fare of over 40 local restaurants and numerous items for sale at one of the largest silent auctions in the world (over 110 tables in 2009) and somehow still seemed crowded. Officially 3,000 locals attended last year's event.

Of the $277,000 gross, Los Al High School booster clubs directly made over $150,000 from their share of event ticket sales and the silent auction and gear sales. The remainder of the ticket sale revenues went to OUR Los Al which paid the expenses (around $40,000) and the balance goes into a fund to help school facilties, in particular a fund to build an all-weather track.

A couple interesting numbers to throw at you:

• The Original Fish Company served over 70 gallons of chowder.
• Mahe served 2,750 pieces of sushi
• California Pizza Kitchen went through 180 pizzas in three hours.
• Rubio's served over 1500 samples of their fresh Mexican fare, including lobster tacos.
• Marie Callender's went through over 20 prime ribs

Over forty restaurants, some of which spent well over $1,000 on food, labor and decorations, have now done their part to help the community. It's time for the rest of you to do your part and reward these restaurants by giving them some business and thanking them for doing the event.

The 42 restaurants who participated do it for free, partly for marketing value but also as a way to help out a large group of their most loyal customers.