Thirteenth Annual Art & Soup Event To Provide Support For Local Shelters
Omaha, NE (February 11, 2010) – The Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) will host its 13th Annual Art & Soup event to benefit the Shelter Nursing Program on Sunday, February 21, 2010 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Convention Center, located at 72nd and Grover Streets in Omaha, NE.
A Patron Party featuring hors d’oeuvres soups prepared by Sage Student Bistro at the Institute for the Culinary Arts, Marjorie Nabity at the keyboard, artists with “creation stations” that guests can create and take their own original art and the opportunity for early entrance to Art & Soup, buy-it-now on the silent auction, meet artists one-on-one and purchase original artwork will be happening from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Proceeds from the event will allow the VNA to continue providing public health services for children and adults living in area homeless shelters. In 2008 VNA shelter nurses provided public health nursing services to 1,138 children, 1,245 women and 2,150 men totaling 4,533 individuals and families served. Children living in homeless shelters continues to increase. VNA provides care to these youth and teens in the six Omaha children’s shelters. Forty-four percent of the area homeless have children age 18 or younger.
This year, Art & Soup will feature original artwork from 55 area artists and soups uniquely created for this event by 26 of the metro areas finest restaurants. The event raised more than $140,000 in 2009 through art sales (a minimum of 50 percent of the proceeds from artwork must go directly to the VNA), ticket sales and donations. This accounts for more than 17 percent of the program’s funding for the year.
Attendees can sample the different soups and vote for their favorite, in addition to viewing and purchasing original art from area artists. Artwork will include both 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional art along with wearable art and live artist demonstrations. Wonderful smooth jazz performed by Higher Pursuit, desserts and coffee will also be on hand for guests to enjoy.
Tickets are $45 online and $50 at the door; $100 for Patron Party tickets, which include entry into Art & Soup. Purchase tickets online at www.thevnacares.org or call (402) 930-4170 today.
ABOUT THE SHELTER NURSING PROGRAM Nurses visit local Omaha and Council Bluffs-area homeless shelters to provide health care to children and adults, including health screenings, prenatal education and support, nutrition education, adult and pediatric asthma care, as well as linking individuals to primary health care providers, identifying community resources for families and advocating for the homeless, including frail elderly and immigrant populations.Restaurants Include:
Tickets are $45 online and $50 at the door; $100 for Patron Party tickets, which include entry into Art & Soup. Purchase tickets here or call (402) 930-4170 today.
Participating Restaurant:
Bourbons BQ & Steak @ Ameristar Casino, Catering Creations, Chocolate Moose Café,Dundee Dell, Field Club of Omaha, Greek Islands, Hitz on Howard at Magnolia Hotel, Jazz, Liberty Tavern,M’s Pub, Mahoney State Park Lodge, Market Basket, Marrakech Gourmet, Methodist Hospital, Operation Frontline, Rick’s Cafe and Boatyard, Ryan’s Bistro, The Institute for Culinary Arts at Metropolitan Community College, Sergeant Peffers, Shucks Fish House & Oyster Bar, Spencers, Taste, The Bread Oven, Tradewinds at Holiday Inn Convention Center, Vincenzo’s Ristorante Old Market, Vivace, WheatFields.
Other treats included are:
Dessert from WheatFields Coffee from Starbucks Coffee Company Bread from Great Harvest Bread Company Gelato from Gelato Jo’s
Participating Artists:
Jan Addison, Jody Anderson, Susan Anderson,, Maggie Barnes John Brian Beilman, Lynn Bowes, Leia Brown, Beth Brown-Gershovich, Larry Budwig, Rob Cerveny, Amy & Ted Dohmen, Kathy Frank, Joan Getzfrid, Sandra Hagen, Darcy Horn, Pam Huckins, Joy Kasun, Mary Ann Kuk, Lynn Kvigne, Jeff Leanna, Nancy Lepo, Patricia Lontor Margie Magnuson Thomas Mangelsen Irene Marchese Jennifer McEvoy Meridith Merwald-Gofta Pasquale R. Mingarelli John Munoz Naava Naslavsky Paul A. Nichols Sandra K. Nichols Pamela Patton Kristi Pederson Clark Pflanz Sue
Pickering John Prouty Phillip Rich Rose Rutherford Bob Schipper Margie Shanahan Angie Simonsen Sara Sumnick Wamsat Sue Thelan Lavonne Tripp Pat VanOutry Margaret Watkins Dennis Wattier Adam Weiss Carl Weiss Linda Wilkie
