Serious Fun at Saltwater Grill
A fundraising event benefiting children’s programming at The Grand

Tuesday October 30, 2007
6:30-9:00pm

Food, fellowship, and a “Serious Fun” Silent Auction will highlight the upcoming ninth annual “Serious Fun at Saltwater Grill” evening, Tuesday, October 30, from 6.30pm-9pm. Benefiting exclusively The Grand 1894 Opera House’s “Serious Fun” Children’s Programming, the event will include such unique auction items as a hand-crafted dollhouse designed as a lighthouse created by local artist, Dr. Mel Schreiber and Wooden Step Stools painted by eleven of Galveston’s local artists – Dotsy Balentine, Carlotta Barker, Merri Edwards, Catherine Garrison, Laura Hyatt, Florence Noyes, Melanie Patton, Ellie Peters, Kathy Van Dewalli, Judy Webb, and Virginia Weber. Additional silent auction items will include painted dessert plates from The Saltwater Grill Plate Project.

The evening is sponsored by Saltwater Grill - Johnny Smecca, Joey Smecca, and Danny Hart. Co- chairs for this year’s event are Margo Markowitz and Mary Ann Salch. In the past eight years, this event, along with the year-round Dessert Plate project, has netted over $60,000 for The Grand’s “Serious Fun” Children’s Programming projects.