NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Taste of Hutchinson: The Men Cook event to benefit Salthawk Community Support is back in January after a two-year hiatus because of the pandemic.
"We're coming back and have a lot of enthusiasm," said Claire Foy who is on the committee for the fundraiser. "The cooks signing up, we had a meeting a couple of weeks ago. There was a lot of enthusiasm and bantering back and forth about what they are going to fix. Of course, there's competition, because there's always competition. I think people will have a wonderful time. I know, when they first started in 2019, people came and thought, okay, we'll come in, we'll support this cause and then we'll go out and eat dinner. An hour and a half later, they had eaten all that they could hold. There was no need to go out and eat dinner, because, even though it's only a sample and a bite, it does fill up and I don't think anybody went away hungry and certainly didn't need to go out and eat dinner."
There will be 22 individuals or teams providing food for the event on January 21, 2023. One ongoing activity between now and the fundraiser is the Christmastime Santa Sacks given out by Salthawk Community Support.
"The sacks are being filled," Foy said. "We would like very much for the community to be able to help us raise money for these. We, at this point, hope to be able to provide 150 Santa Sacks for Hutchinson High School, a hundred sacks for Midtown at the Avenue A academy and 30 sacks at HMS-8."
The goal for the Santa Sacks project is $22,000. You can give online or buy your tickets for The Men Cook event there as well. Tickets are $40. You can also use Venmo at TrinityUMC.Hutch.
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