Ferndale SOUP Micro-Grant Dinner Gains Steam
The monthly dinner offering a boost to local non-profits has its next event planned for Feb. 17, Hometownlife.com reports.
The monthly dinner in Ferndale that lets guests choose which non-profit to support is back after a hiatus and is planning its next dinner for Feb. 17, according to a recent article at Hometownlife.com. Ferndale SOUP is a monthly dinner where guests listen to three people pitch a project idea that will benefit the Ferndale area. Attendees vote for their favorite project, and the winner is awarded a microgrant — based on the total collected from the $5 admission price — to give the idea a boost. Andy Didorosi, president and founder of art and business incubator Paper Street Ferndale, started Ferndale SOUP over a year ago, modeling it after a similar dinner he attended in Detroit. The program was on hiatus for a while, according to the …
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