North End Studios & Sherpa Foods to host dinner to benefit underprivileged families in Nepal. All proceeds will benefit non-profit organizations Empower1 and Peace for People. Tickets are $18 in advance or $20 at the door. (Children under 10 are half price.) Attendees can go to northendstudios.org to purchase tickets in advance.

The dinner will include an array of traditional Nepalese foods that will accommodate vegetarian and gluten-free diets. Beef and vegetable momos (Nepalese dumplings), Himalayan style chicken curry with rice, lentils with rice, and mango lassi will be the featured dishes served at the event. The chefs are friends and family of Sherpa Foods, with additional help from local Nepalese volunteers.

The event will start with a presentation at 5:30 p.m. about the collaborative projects of non-profit organizations Empower1 and Peace for People. It will concentrate on the 2019 Women Empowerment Project in Nepal, which focuses on bringing education, entrepreneurship, and independence to local women by introducing soap production to a rural Nepalese community. The dinner will commence at 6:00 p.m. and will be followed by a dance performance by the Vermont Nepalese Cultural Heritage Dance Group.

The presentation will end with a Skype call to Nepal so that attendees can see for themselves who the proceeds are benefiting, as well as how, as founder Nurbu Sherpa said, "Empower1 believes everyone deserves an opportunity to explore and reach their potential and be all they can be."

For more information, please contact:
Sidney Durmick at sdurmick@gmail.com or (940) 808-6020