NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, March 20.
PORT ANGELES — Tickets are still available for Midnight in Paris, a dinner and auction at C’est Si Bon restaurant, 23 Cedar Park Drive off U.S. Highway 101, on Saturday night.
But reservations must be made by 3:30 p.m. today.
Tickets to the largest benefit of the year for the First Step Family Support Center are $90, $50 of which is tax-deductible. None will be available at the door.
Despite the name, the evening will begin at 5:30 p.m. with champagne and a French feast prepared by C’est Si Bon’s Michele Juhasz, along with the auction and the dessert dash.
Among the auction items are one full year of massage at Renaissance in Port Angeles, a bird-watching tour around Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge replete with a native-birds book and a pair of high-powered binoculars, and a pickling party with Clallam Canning Co. pickler Betsy Wharton.
During the dessert dash, each table of guests will bid on homemade treats such as coconut cheesecake and whiskey-maple-bacon cupcakes.
Critical operating funds
The benefit generates critical operating funds for First Step, said Nita Lynn, the longtime executive director.
First Step, a registered nonprofit since 1974, has drop-in centers for parents and their children at its main location, 323 E. Sixth St. in Port Angeles, and at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave. in Sequim.
The agency also offers a variety of services for new mothers, play-and-learn groups, parenting classes and many other programs.
For reservations and more details about Midnight in Paris, phone First Step at 360-457-8355 or email accounting_fstep@olypen.com.
For more information, find First Step on Facebook or go to www.FirstStepFamily.org.