Eighth Annual International Dinner

March 06, 2008 09:25 am

— The International Dinner, held last Saturday, was once again sponsored by the morning Rotary Club. The money raised during the event goes to support various humanitarian, educational and cultural programs and operations across the world.
Countries and cultures represented include Argentina, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cajun, Chile, China, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Germany, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, the Philippines, Romania, Scotland, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, the United Kingdom and Venezuela. The United States was represented by a booth offering Cajun food from Louisiana. The crowd as well as the cooks enjoyed an excellent evening of getting to know each other.

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Drs. Khalid and Anjum Iqbal, as well as Dr. Shazia Iqbal, were ready and waiting to serve food from Pakistan. Commonwealth Journal

Urooj Nasim, Hina Iqbal and Caitlin Lawson have a good time at the dinner. Commonwealth Journal

Several people from Thailand get ready to serve the crowd of around 500 people who were at the event. Commonwealth Journal

Azeb Melaku serves Jeffrey Seraphine food from Ethiopia. Commonwealth Journal

District Governor of Rotary Tom Ashford and Polky Ashford, eat food from many different countries during the dinner. Commonwealth Journal

Several people serve food from India. Commonwealth Journal

Millie DeBord and Kate Cabrini serve Argentinian food to Rick Anderson. Commonwealth Journal