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SOUTHEAST TEXAS RECORD

Friday, March 29, 2024

Tasting for Some Other Place another success

Thousands attended the 2007 "Tasting" to benefit Some Other Place on Aug. 21.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints distributed wheat bread at the Tasting for Some Other Place.

Henry's Place booth was the source of Holy Ghost Gumbo.

"Give us this day our daily ... bread pudding" was the theme of the St. Stephen's Episcopal Church booth.

Patrons enjoyed fellowship as well as food at the Tasting for Some Other Place.

Volunteers from Trinity United Methodist Church dressed in turn-of-the-century costume at the church's Spindletop-inspired booth.

"A Tasting for Some Other Place" was held Tuesday, Aug. 21 at the Beaumont Civic Center.

Some Other Place is a non-profit organization that provides meals and emergency aid to the homeless and indigent.

Thirty-nine faith-based groups and 12 businesses furnished, prepared or served food at the event.

Since 1968 Some Other Place has served the North Jefferson County area by providing emergency assistance to low/no income families who have faced emergency situations.

The Board of Directors created the event five years ago as a community-oriented way to raise benefits for Some Other Place, with the hope that it would become an annual event. In the past four years, each event has been attended by more than 4,000 people and raised more than $50,000.

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