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Buy A Party

What is Buy-A-Party? These events are for groups of four people or as many as 40 people. You buy the entire event and then invite your friends to join your party. Or get a group together ahead of time and plan to buy a party. Either way, you sit back and enjoy the event, while the donor does all the planning and preparation!

• Breakfast Party for 40
• Sicilian Dinner for 12
• Valentine Dinner or Lunch for Eight
• Cooking Party
• Mediterranean Medley for 12
• Wine Party led by K & L Certified Wine Sommelier
• Festa Italiana
• Spanish Dinner for 10 Prepared by Matthew Zito
• A Day Off with Mr. Darcy
• Mad Men Wine Pairing Dinner for 12
• TRX Strength Training & Core Training
• Host a Yoga Party with Cristina Garelli Vitale

 

Breakfast Party for 40

It's a Pajama Party! Di Gow and Beth Henninger will come to your house and prepare breakfast for you and 39 of your friends! Breakfast will include: scrambled eggs, waffles, bacon, sausage, bagels, donut holes, fruit, coffee, milk and orange juice. This is perfect for a family get together, a birthday party, a neighborhood gathering, sports team party or any other fun occasion.
Restrictions: Mutually agreed upon date. Actual party serving time is two hours. Not available December 2011. All food included, does not include linens, plates or paper goods. Limited to Menlo-Atherton Community.
Donors: Di Gow and Beth Henninger

Sicilian Dinner for 12

You and up to 11 of your friends will enjoy an evening of terrific Italian food prepared by M-A boys' water polo coach Marco Palazzo and his talented Italian wife Paola. Marco hails from Sicily, and played water polo professionally for years before bringing his polo and culinary skills to California. Marco and Paola will prepare a Sicilian meal for you and your friends, complemented with a selection of Italian wines. The party can either be catered at your home or hosted at the home of one of the dinner sponsors.
Restrictions: Mutually agreed upon date and time.
Donors: The Deal and Mouchawar Families, and Marco & Paola Palazzo

 

 

 

Valentine Dinner for Eight Ladies

It's True Love when Chris Rivera prepares delicious, heart healthy food to celebrate friendship. A Beloved item for MA on eBay auction for years, this event returns by popular demand. This will be Forever remembered here at M-A. So come and Be Mine at this Valentine Dinner for eight.
Restrictions: Mutually agreeable date during week of Valentine's 2012.
Donor: Chris Rivera

 

 

 

 

Cooking Party

You and 11 of your fabulous M-A Moms will enjoy a not-so-rigorous but very delicious cooking party with Judy Hood and Lisa Major. Food, beverages, and clean-up will be handled while you enjoy a special lunchtime with hands-on cooking, good friends, and lively socializing. Come let us put a glass in your hand, set a beautiful table for you, and guide you through seasonal recipes.
Restrictions: Mutually agreed upon date.
Donors: Judy Hood and Lisa Major

Mediterranean Medley for 12

Travel and dine in fine style across Europe without the need to bring your passport. You and 11 of your friends will join your hosts for a culinary tour of Italy, France and Spain with M-A parent and culinary genius Tom Foody (with a name like that, would you expect anything less?!). Be spoiled with a multi-cultural culinary feast, expertly paired with a thoughtful selection of fine wines from around the world, all set under the stars at the Mediterranean home of Ted and Linda Schlein.
Restrictions: Saturday May 21st, 2011.

Donors: Dianne & Jeff Child, Adrienne & Steve Fioretti, Tom & Marnie Foody, and Ted & Linda Schlein

Wine Party led by K & L Certified Wine Sommelier

You and nine friends will explore the world of West Coast Pinot Noirs through a sensory experience that will be both educational, and incredibly enjoyable. Melissa Lavrinc Smith is a classically trained chef that spent time in the kitchens of French Laundry, Picasso, and the Inn at Little Washington while studying wine and its enhancement of food. As a certified sommelier in wine and sake, Melissa works as a Wine and Spirits Consultant for K & L Wine Merchants and as a freelance writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. By carefully selecting a flight of six Pinot Noirs from different regions and price points, Melissa will cover variations in terroir, yield, and treatment of one of the most sought after wine varietals in the world. Light snacks and tasting notes will be provided.
Restrictions: Mutually agreed upon date.
Donors: Lori Cohen, Sue Jaggers, Stephanie Nisbet, Kathy Oppenheimer, and Paula Rash

 

Festa Italiana

The M-A Social Studies Department will cook a five course Italian dinner for 8 at your home. Passed appetizers: prosciutto & melon, bruschetta, prosciutto wrapped figs stuffed with gorgonzola; Salad: radicchio, endive, scallions, roasted pine nuts, feta cheese; Entree: Risotto Milanese, Chicken scallopine, roasted aspargus; Cheese and Fruit platter; Dessert: Canoli. We will do set up, cook, serve and clean up. Jon Senigaglia will provide dinner music as well.
Restrictions: Mutually agreed upon date.
Donors: Social Studies Department and Friends of the Foundation

Spanish Dinner for 10 Prepared by Matthew Zito

¡Hola! While you sip sangria and enjoy appetizers, Principal and Chef Matthew Zito will prepare a delicious feast, including empanadas, paella, Spanish cured meats and cheeses, paired with Spanish wines and a sherry tasting with dessert. All prepared with fun and flair for you and nine of your friends in your home.

Restrictions: Mutually agreed upon date before June 20, 2011.
Donor: Matthew Zito and Friends of the Foundation

 

 

 

A Day Off with Mr. Darcy

Need a break from your routine and a little frivolity? You and 5 friends are cordially invited to a day of utter relaxation, pampering and Mr. Darcy. Spend Friday, October 7, 2011 in the home of Libby Tinsley, enjoying a day of Mr. Darcy (Colin Firth) in "Pride and Prejudice." Your day will begin at 8:30 a.m. with tea and scones, and the first half of the movie. You will lunch during intermission and continue the second half of the movie, concluding at 2:30p.m.
Restrictions: Friday, October 7, 2011, 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Donors: Cherie Campbell and Libby Tinsley

 

Mad Men Wine Pairing Dinner for 12

Join us for a delightful 1950's style sit down dinner for 12. Jim Varner, the head of Varner Wine Group, will graciously pair the perfect wine with each course, and take guests through a short discussion of why he chose that specific wine for that particular nibble. Highballs will compliment your skinny ties, bee-hive hairdos and Lucky Strikes recommended, but not required!
Restrictions: Mutually agreed upon date of either Saturday, October 1 or October 8. This will not be a vegetarian meal.
Donors: The Fornaciari, Gump, Spindt, and Tedesco Families

TRX Strength Training & Core Training

Kamp Fitness presents 1.5 hour class and presentation: TRX Strength & Core Training. This is one of the best core strengthening and flattening exercise class you will experience. You and nine of your friends will join instructor DeAnn Teixeira for this calorie burning total body workout that is guaranteed to increase your metabolism, firm and tone your muscles and improve your posture. The class will be followed by a talk on weight-loss nutrition while you enjoy some healthy snacks.
Restrictions: Mutually agreed upon date and time
Donor: Kamp Fitness

Host a Yoga Party with Cristina Garelli Vitale

Hatha Yoga instructor, Cristina Garelli Vitale, will teach a yoga class for up to 25 of your friends at your place of residence. You design the refreshments for your post yoga class, Cristina will design the yoga!
Restrictions: Mutually agreed upon date and time. Not available mid-June through mid-August. Expires April 30, 2012. For more about Cristina and Hatha Yoga visit http://criyoga.blogspot.com/.
Donor: Cristina Garelli Vitale