8/10/2007
Media Contact:
Margie Smith-Simmons, Mayor’s Office, 327-3690
Terri Downs, Mayor’s Office, 327-5793
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The Indianapolis-Cologne Sister City Committee, IFD Survive Alive to host “A Taste of Germany”
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indianapolis-Cologne Sister City Committee, along with the Indianapolis Fire Department (IFD), will host “A Taste of Germany” fundraiser featuring authentic German food and beverages next week.
When: Friday, August 17
5 – 10 p.m.
Where: Firefighters Union Hall
748 Massachusetts Ave.
The fundrasier will benefit “Survive Alive” – a program designed to teach children fire and live safety education - and the Sister City committee, a citizen-based cross-cultural initiative that will celebrate the 30th anniversary of formal ties with Cologne, Germany in 2008.
Tickets are $50 each and are available at Claus' German Sausage & Meats, 1845 South Shelby Street, Indianapolis; Helmut Fortense at Form + Function, Nora Plaza, 1300 East 86th Street, Indianapolis; Juergen Jungbauer at Heidelberg Haus, 7625 Pendleton Pike, Indianapolis; or at the historic Firefighters Union Hall. The event is only open to those 21 and older.
Tickets also are available from “A Taste of Germany” planners: Dave Grider (317-445-7016), Bob Mack (robertmack@comcast.net), Mike Mullenax (mmullennax@msn.com), Randy Wasmuth (rwsm7399@sbcglobal.net), Steve Schmidt (812-314-8713) or Sven Schumacher (317-353-8211, ext. 222).
For further information please visit: http://indianapolis-cologne.org/Events/eventsmain.htm and http://www.survivealive.org/.
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