Testing Taste of Havasu - About 900 attend event; estimated $20,000 raised

STAFF REPORTS
Gusty desert winds didn’t spoil the enjoyment of about 900 people who sampled the offerings of 19 local restaurants at Monday’s Taste of Havasu. “Everybody did a fantastic job and — no pun intended — weathered through it,” said Victoria Cowper, event organizer. Proceeds, which included ticket sales and a contribution by sponsor Wells Fargo Bank, were estimated at about $20,000, Cowper said. That was an increase of more than 100 percent over the past year’s event, which brought
in $8,000. “We have this community that just keeps giving,” Cowper said. The annual event is the major fundraiser of the K-12 Foundation, which donates money to
the city’s schools to be used at their discretion. In June, the foundation contributed $27,000 to the Lake Havasu Unified schools. The gift was divided evenly among the nine schools, which used it to buy everything from reading materials to a power washer.