three million that is the number of children reported each year as victims of abuse and neglect in the united states hello my name is for del karpen vice president fund raiser for the washington county casa for kids over three hundred of these children are living here in washington county and declared dependent in the juvenile system these children need your help to give them a voice in the court system and to speak up for their best interest currently c volunteers court appointed special advocates advocate for only eighty four of those three hundred children volunteers are trained to work as fact finders then write reports for the judge prior to a hearing working as that extra set of eyes and ears the goal of the casa program would be to have a casa advocate for each child who has experienced abuse and neglect in washington county the casa staff provide supervision and individual support for the volunteers in advocating for these abused and neglected kids throughout the year casa kids hold fundraising events to help generate funds to enable the organization to continue training community volunteers so that they can advocate for the best interest of these children april is child abuse prevention month this year will behold the our annual spring gala fundraiser chef for casa march twenty fifth event then you i am honored to have today with me some of the top ships owners and representatives from the finest restaurant in washington county with graciously donated their time and cullen aries skills of plots zero eight hundred thirty seven restaurant day welcome guys hello and i just wanted to share with everyone who you are who the people behind chef acoss are we couldn't do this event without you guys so i'm going to start with you to ok because you next to me find her no you have an incredible success story you a bakery fake house has become very recognized here in peter's township and i just want you to tell a little bit about your story how you got started because it's just it's great well family business is a little kid mom and dad had a little pie business they delivered two different little grocery stores a and so my wife and i after we graduated from college then we got married we decided by the business from my parents and we did a lot of wholesale work that companies also companies and things and decided to open up our little bakery and it's been great we just celebrated our second anniversary so i know i asked you this before had to get the name of trim that is my great grandmother's name so we wanted to have family back to the community we can't thank you enough because it's you you know it's cost you it's your time money and you know you donate it all and it's it's you know the business is family the community is family when you're able to help the children like this and such a special way and an organized way yes it is i have to say that it's not where monies are you know trickle through the cracks everything that we donate everything we do all the funds adriel to raise go directly to the organization so and it's going to help train those volunteers and we need those volunteers to speak up for those kids are great in the courts nothing better so i thank you i thank you for being a participant year after year i'll be calling on you next year as well i'll be here ok next we have a new face on the panel we have the shell you sit in who is executive not executive coordinator event coordinator thank you  function and help causes out like casa and yeah you do a lot of fundraisers there who do which is so fortunate for us you know to have such a great event venue to have that i mean it's huge and you when you walk in there you feel like you just stick into italy place another rest in markets where we have bellisario that just opened up a year ago a year ago we're doing very well with everything that is going on to the city we can't be any more grateful with everything market square is complete now and the senate on the record lunch and dinner know breakfast lunch and dinner lunch and dinner and we're doing corporate functions there as well oh you do my private parties so you have a private room for that the space itself that's right exactly ok forty five people wow and how many people you hold we hold up to three hundred to four hundred comfortably three hundred ok with events like your side exactly last year we we made it to a two hundred we'd like to get to three hundred years that would be that would be shifted their job in the kitchen you did your job out front and it worked beautifully thank you so thank you we also have a new restaurant on board which we're so excited that not a new restaurant but a new restaurant on board we have matt and suzanne sager from class so i say it right correct eight hundred thirty seven restaurant day and it's a new restaurant here in peter's but not out there it's been you've been downtown for many years console that would be my wife's family they started that and influenced by old fashioned northern and southern italian cuisine and a very successful menu down there so we're opening this one out here about a year and a half ago more of a country atmosphere a very rustic colonial era building it's in a beautiful quail mansion the menu is you know step right right in step with what's going on downtown because that's been successful but a few things that we tried to do to add a different dimension for the market out here i've got a rack of ribs on the menu french got blown in rib eye authentic glassware for all of our beers classical european beer selection suzanne's wine list is spectacular she's trying to get into the wine spectator right yeah sounds like a great use the breakfast but yeah you're atmosphere is incredible two you have so many different rooms in that house you know how it was converted into a restaurant is that fabulous  eighteen thirty seven by william came from ireland and he was very wealthy and he created a beautiful red brick colonial mansion and the owner of the property has restored it so beautifully that it is  thirty seven every room is a fireplace really spectacular and the food delicious and you want to add to that map it looks like it's just an honor to be in that building like she said i always been in the there's some things you simply cannot control and them really important things you can like keeping your family healthy managing finances preparing for retirement it's all here in this booklet from the american diabetes association because we want everyone to be healthy and happy warrior free copy of planning for a healthy life now to help manage the things you can control i'm someone who cares about smiles i'm an orthodontist a specialist a crutch teeth and god i received two to three years of specialized education beyond them of i'm the maker of healthy smile michel you want to tell us you know you work in front of the scene behind the scene let us know what food is going to be served that night well this year we're going to start bellisario obviously start with the passing order which will be an array of an assortment and then we all decided this year that we go with the theme of the venue being that it is right out of italy we're going to do everything family style ok so we've all chose to do a pasta dish that's kind of our signature dish we're actually going to contribute our part to which is fresh organically grown basler out of jason's mom form which is wonderful we go down to green county and bring it back and make our own pesto sauce and then we've also all have decided to delicious boatwright that's what i understand gelato can we start with dessert work our way back with only at my place is it legal well i love what you have on your e mails what is it saying life is uncertain eat dessert first love that word to live by love it so that is great that is going to be delicious delicious ending to a fabulous meal so we have to do better than two hundred is that correct i agree with everyone here that last year or two hundred last year was two hundred i was goal is three hundred ma now it's for the children and it's actually worth while before our eyes and i thank you guys any last minute things or just come on out come on out i appreciate that you guys are going to be there support the kids let's go dining experience and it's going to such a worthy cause a little bit about the evening it will be held on march twenty fifth at six thirty at tell us their event venue it's going to be a sit down full course dinner as we dancing and listening pleasure by adam brock and the jazz trio we will have many optional auction items from some of the finest stores including louis anthony jewelers will be raffling off southwest airline tickets and have beautiful accessories by chloe a dorman's tickets are on sale now and can be purchased by calling seven two four two two eight zero four one four we are also interested in corporate sponsors the sponsors will have their own table with their gift wine and signage at the event and in our evening program please call for more details seating is limited like we said we want to try to get to three hundred this year so please spread the word to all of your friends and family and call now also if you are interested in hearing more about becoming a cost of all interior please call the number on your screen as well i want to thank you i want to thank our guests one more time and i just want to leave you with one note remember speak up for a child's thanks guys really appreciate