{"id":68551,"date":"2018-03-12T18:37:38","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T22:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=68551"},"modified":"2018-03-12T18:37:38","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T22:37:38","slug":"dinner-gala-to-benefit-the-judith-adele-agentis-charitable-foundation-slated-for-saturday-march-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?p=68551","title":{"rendered":"Dinner Gala to Benefit the Judith Adele Agentis Charitable Foundation Slated for Saturday, March 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>BETHLEHEM, PA &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 Reaching High Notes, JAACF&#8217;s annual dinner gala will be held <span data-term=\"goog_197504759\">Saturday, March 24<\/span>, from <span data-term=\"goog_197504760\">6 to 10 p.m.<\/span>, at Blue Event Center.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are $95 per person and include passed hors d\u2019oeuvres and a three-course sit-down dinner, which will feature an entr\u00e9e of filet mignon and crab, roasted vegetables, a vegan option, and a layered opera cake.\u00a0 Each guest will receive a $50 gift certificate courtesy of Lehigh Valley Jewelry Exchange. Tickets online are available at <a href=\"https:\/\/whennow.com\/event\/reaching-high-notes\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/whennow.com\/event\/reaching-high-notes&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1520971521837000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGulmCDp70mNI-LxCSa8vFVJauo0g\">https:\/\/whennow.com\/event\/reaching-high-notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Musical entertainment will highlight music through the decades with the acoustics by <span data-term=\"goog_197504761\">3 AM.<\/span>, during the cocktail hour.<\/p>\n<p>Luxury auction items including a Fender guitar signed by all members of the Rolling Stones, will be on the auction block.\u00a0 A special speaker will round out the evening\u2019s offerings. After dinner, Billy Murnin and &#8220;Not Quite Right&#8221; formerly of Uproar will provide the evening with dance music.<\/p>\n<p>Judith Adele Agentis Charitable Foundation was the recipient of the PA Hospice Network Heart of Hospice Award in 2014 and was awarded the Shining Star Award from St. Luke\u2019s Hospital Network that same year. In addition to meals, JAACF provides funding for early\u00a0cancer detection education\u00a0for pancreatic, liver and colon cancers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We depend on the generosity of local businesses, restaurants and donors,&#8221; says Agentis, who has delivered 90 percent of the meals JAACF provides weekly and spends time with the family members when possible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>There are currently more than 40 participating restaurant donors to JAACF.\u00a0 Going forward, the nonprofit is looking to garner new and additional Lehigh Valley restaurants as annual or semi-annual donors. Interested restaurants can <\/strong>reach Bob Agentis at\u00a0ba.jaacf@gmail.com to find out more about being part of the meal program.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jaacf.org\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.jaacf.org\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1520971521837000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGg9bcqecpTZuK6HhZ4UebL0MTO2w\">JAACF.org<\/a>; find us on Facebook; or email\u00a0us at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ba.jaacf@gmail.com\">ba.jaacf@gmail.com<\/a>. The mailing address for JAACF.org is P.O. Box 22075, Lehigh Valley PA 18002.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-68552\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/70q.ab7.mytemp.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Reaching-High-Notes-s.jpg?resize=474%2C711\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Reaching-High-Notes-s.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Reaching-High-Notes-s.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Reaching-High-Notes-s.jpg?resize=300%2C450&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nTina Bradford<br \/>\nWriter\/Public Relations\/Social Media<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/TinaBradfordPR\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/TinaBradfordPR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68553,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[14,69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-calendar-events","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/high-note.jpg?fit=672%2C372&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/68553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}