SPROUT benefit set for Sept. 16 09/08/10

Story last updated at 5:28 PM on Wednesday, September 8, 2010

SPROUT benefit set for Sept. 16

An Indian dinner — featuring halibut curry, a potato and chick pea dish, a cabbage-chard dish, whole wheat tortillas, coconut-flavored basmati rice, raita and chai — and an auction benefiting SPROUT Nicaragua will be held at Kachemak Community Center, 5-8 p.m. Sept. 16. A minimum donation of $10 covers the meal and helps send Nicaraguan youngsters to school. The auction includes paintings done for the auction by Nicaraguan teens and brought to Homer by SPROUT founder Lauren Scharf. A rum and coffee raffle also will be held, with only 180 tickets being sold at $2 each, three for $5. SPROUT operates on about $10,000 a year. A portion is paid by local residents and businesses sponsoring specific university students. "but the lion's share is from the dinner, close to 75 percent," said Scharf. For information on SPROUT Nicaragua, see www.sproutnicaragua.org.

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