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FOOD FESTIVAL OF THE AMERICAS TO BE HELD AT OAS

On Sunday, April 27, the Organization of Women of the Americas (OWA) will host the Fifth Food Festival of the Americas, an event that allows the public to experience the rich diversity of food, music and dances from the countries of the hemisphere.

The popular festival also includes a raffle, with prizes that include several round-trip airline tickets (DC-Brazil, DC-Central or South America or Caribbean, Miami-Bolivia, Richmond-Bahamas). Other prizes include paintings by Chilean artist Margarita Calvo, another by a Nicaraguan artist, an oil painting from a renowned school in Peru and an artwork by Venezuelan José Pedrañez.

Raffle tickets are $10.00 each. Admission to the Festival itself is free.

All proceeds from the sale of food, crafts and raffle tickets are donated to charitable organizations. This year the funds will help mainly the Pediatric Clinic of the Hispanic Catholic Center of Washington, DC, an organization that helps the neediest Latin American and Caribbean people living in the Washington, Maryland and Virginia area, and other charitable organizations.

In previous years the Food Festival of the Americas has benefited the Mary Center of Washington, the Caribbean American Intercultural Organization, the Art Museum of the Americas, the OAS program to help landmine victims in Central America, and the Hispanic Catholic Center of Washington, D.C. as well as Mother Teresa’s Place.

The Food Festival of the Americas is sponsored by: Radio América 1540 AM, Better Events Catering, Grand Bahama Vacations, Solar Tours, Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano, Gorham Hotel in New York, OAS Credit Union, Riggs Bank, American Airlines, Delta Airlines, Brazilian Airlines TAM and Varig and Cerveza Sol of Mexico.

The Organization of Women of the Americas is a non-profit organization, founded by the wives of ambassadors and permanent observers to the Organization of American States (OAS) and other supporting members. Its current President is Mrs. Zulay de Valero, wife of the Venezuelan Ambassador to the OAS.



WHAT: FOOD FESTIVAL OF THE AMERICAS

WHEN: Sunday, April 27, 2003

TIME: 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

WHERE: ART MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAS
17TH STREET & CONSTITUTION AVE., (BEHIND OAS MAIN BUILDING)


FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT :

ZULAY DE VALERO - (202) 965-0481
CARMEN SEOANE DE GUTIERREZ (202) 255-2878
EVA FISCHER - (301) 263-9539
MARTHA RUIZ-CABAÑAS (202) - 265-3964
LUCY HERVAS (202) 686-9244
CLAUDIA ERAZO – (202) 467-0054


WEBSITE: www.oas..org/foodfestival

Contact at the OAS: Lucrecia Baracat (202) 458-6824

Reference: FEST-00403