More than $5,000 was raised for the
Kids Korner charity last week at a
celebrity waiter event that marked the
grand opening of The Chophouse on
Virginia Street.
Among the local celebrities and politicians
who helped wait tables, pour wine,
sell raffle tickets and tend bar were Reno
Mayor Bob Cashell, City Manager
Charles McNeely,Washoe County
Sheriff, Dennis Balaam, Sparks Mayor
Tony Armstrong, RSCVA's Deanna
Ashby, City Council members Sharon
Zadra, David Aiazzi, and Toni Harsh,
KOLO-TV's Tad Dunbar, Northern
Nevada Business Weekly Publisher Pete
Copeland, Jet Propulsion Studios' Jet
Parker, 4D Strategies' Kristy DiGiovanni,
Paul Aboud and his wife Adele, former
owners of Adeles, KOH's Dave Preston
and members of the Reno
Redevelopment Board.
Much of the money will be going to
buying Christmas presents for downtown
area youngsters who otherwise wouldn't
get any.
