NEW ORLEANS -- Cottage Catering and Bakery will donate $25,000 in king cakes to benefit three local charities: Team Gleason, Animal Rescue New Orleans (ARNO), and Fallen Heroes.
On January, 4, 2014, Cottage Catering and Bakery will hold a King’s Day celebration at their bakery, 1536 River Oaks Road W., Harahan, Louisiana, 70123 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. During the event, 100 percent of king cakes sales will be turned over to the three charities.
"With winter upon us, it will cost us approximately $6,000 in propane to keep our shelter heated to keep our animals warm and cozy. The funds from this eventwill help us cover this cost. We are thrilled that Cottage Catering has included usin this fabulous benefit for both animals and people,” stated Charlotte Bass Lilly,executive director, Animal Rescue New Orleans. ARNO is the only no-kill shelterin Jefferson and Orleans, and is dependent upon donations to carry on work forhomeless cats and dogs since the rescue days post-Katrina.
“The funds raised from this event will help the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation provide comfort, assistance and resources to the survivors offirefighters who died in the line of duty, as well as support our efforts to help thefire service reduce the number of line of duty injuries and deaths,” said ChiefRonald Siarnicki, executive director, National Fallen Firefighters Foundation.
“Team Gleason is committed to leading a national conversation about potential cures for ALS. Meanwhile, we are committed to providing those afflicted with thiscruel disease the latest technology so that they can lead an inspired life. We arethrilled that Cottage Catering joins us in this vision,” said Gerald Duhon,development director, Team Gleason.
How it works: Customers receive a token with their king cake purchase, which they assign to the charity they wish to support. “At the end of they day, theorganizations will split the proceeds from the king cake sales based on theamount of tokens they receive from the public,” says Lesley Forynski, catering manager.
In addition to the king cake sale, Cottage Catering will offer food tastings, games,activities for kids, and more. Each charity will be on hand to talk with customers.“We are hoping to turn King’s Day into an annual festival that supports localcharities,” said John Caluda, chef and owner of Cottage Catering and Bakery.
Cottage Catering and Bakery (formerly Coffee Cottage), was started in 1990 byChef John Caluda (Culinary Institute of America, 1983). It served fresh baked artisan pastries and light café fare. Today, Cottage Catering and Bakery services the New Orleans Metro area specializing in catering for all types of events,baking king cakes year round, and serving up crawfish strudel and whitechocolate bread pudding at Jazz Fest annually.:
For more information about Cottage Catering:
www.mycottagecatering.com
Contact
Lesley Forynski
504-343-5706
