Jazz brunch to benefit at SLV McCormick children's home

Good food will be on the menu along with a satisfying helping of good music when the McCormick Children's Home holds its first Jazz Brunch on Saturday, August 25, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at the Savannah Lakes Village Activity Center. Proceeds from the event will benefit the work of the Children's Home.

SLV's Food Services Department will provide its usual tasty brunch with omelets, waffles and other breakfast items and a lunch line including a salad bar, soup, teriyaki baked chicken, top round of beef, vegetables, rolls and dessert.

Entertainment will feature the John Banks Quartet, four professional jazz musicians who have entertained crowds at Greenwood's Festival of Flowers and appeared in concerts in other parts of the state and elsewhere.

A limited number of tickets are available for the brunch. Tickets are on sale for $30 each and can be obtained at White's Hardware and Strom's Drugstore in downtown McCormick.

Tickets are also available by contacting members of the brunch plan- ning committee: Irena Webster, 391- 5714; Chuck Neilson, 391-5006; Irene Crowley, 391-3300; Laurie Franklin, 864-871-0567; Louella Thomas, 391-5007; Dave Lorenzatti, 391-4339; McCormick Mayor Roy Smith, 992-8058; and Aaron Gordon, 391-3239.

The McCormick Children's Home is a private, non-profit organization that provides emergency shelter for abused, neglected or abandoned children from all regions in South Carolina. Youngsters in the care of the agency range in age from birth to 17 years old.

Each year, the facility serves an average of 200 children who stay at the home from 30 to 90 days and longer, if necessary. They are provided food and clothing and transportation to schools, doctors' offices and church services. They also are treated to a variety of recreational activities such as outings at local parks and lakes.

The Children's Home receives funding from the state Department of Social Services, but relies in large part on fundraising events, donations and grants to meet its budgeted expenses.