Food & Fun For a Good Cause
Release Date: November 24, 2009
Join top Lehigh Valley restaurants and interior designers as they raise money this holiday season for Second Harvest Food Bank of Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania. The 2009 Holiday Designer Showhouse, located in Saucon Valley, will open with a special food and wine event on Wed., Dec. 2, with the Showhouse opening to the public on Thursday, Dec. 3. The party and Showhouse are located in The Villas at Saucon Valley, at the intersection of Goodman Drive and Mountain Drive South across from Lehigh University’s Goodman Campus. Kurfiss Sotheby's International Realty has listed for sale several new homes in The Villas community.
Opening Night: On Dec. 2, beginning at 5:00 p.m. until 7:30 p.m., favorite Lehigh Valley eateries, including Melt, Blue, Bolete, Apollo Grill, Edge and Pacifico, will offer selections from their menus paired with wonderful wines. A silent auction, live music and a preview of the Showhouse will round out the evening. Tickets are $50 each and all proceeds go to Second Harvest. Please contact Lynda Somach at LWSasid@aol.com or Sheryl Brittle at brittledesign@gmail.com for tickets.
The Showhouse: See just how elegant condominium living can be at this year’s Designer Showhouse. With a theme of “Renew, Recycle and Rejoice,” Lynda Somach, ASID, and Sheryl Brittle, two of the area’s interior designers, and many other local craftsmen, retailers, and artisans have re-made a 3,000+ square-foot home using a mix of new finishes and furnishings, recycled pieces and classic pieces picked up at auctions and tag sales. The Showhouse is open 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Dec. 3, 4, 5 and 6. Tickets are now available at all area Wegman’s and cost $10 in advance, or $15 at the door.
The Showhouse also has a boutique with holiday gift items donated by local artisans and businesses. All proceeds from the opening night party, daily Showhouse admission and boutique purchases will be donated to Second Harvest to help feed those in need in the Lehigh Valley.
For more information about donating items for the silent auction or holiday boutique, volunteering your services, or to receive an invitation to the preview party, please call Lynda Somach, ASID at 620-820-9366 or email LWSasid@aol.com.
Second Harvest Food Bank distributes food and grocery product to more than 60,000 people each month through a six-county network of nearly 200 member agencies including emergency pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, and child care, rehabilitation and senior citizen centers. The Food Bank also serves as an advocate for food assistance programs for people with low income and as a source of education and training for people working to improve food availability and nutrition to those in need. Second Harvest Food Bank is a program of the Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley and a member of Feeding America, (formerly named America’s Second Harvest), the nation’s largest hunger relief organization.
Lynda Somach, a member of the American Society of Interior Designers, has been an interior designer and space planner in the Lehigh Valley for almost 30 years. Her projects include a day spa in Chicago, condominiums in Florida, apartments in New York City, and a restaurant in the Poconos. Her areas of special interest include kitchen and bath renovations, designing furniture and lighting schemes, and working with clients who are downsizing so that they can blend their existing furnishings with new pieces.
Sheryl Brittle, of Brittle Ltd. Design, attended the Ringling School of Art for interior design and has experience working with a family design firm in South Florida. For the past twelve years, she has been working in the Lehigh Valley for several builders and developers creating functional architectural plans as well as kitchen and bath designs. Her residential interior business focuses on interior design, kitchen and bath design, and home renovation.
The Villas at Saucon Valley was built and developed by Steve Strelecki and Mike Saklee, who also won a Community of the Year Award for the Woodfields Residential Community adjoining the Villas. They approached the site that was originally zoned for a six story rental apartment building and, in the spirit of giving back to the community, they instead created a twenty eight unit, high-end town house development. The farmhouse style stucco and stone architecture style of the exterior of the villas along with its splendidly landscaped surrounding is both classic and enduring.
Contact: Sharon Lee Hall
(610) 434-0875
slhall@caclv.org
