This Sunday marks the annual dinner and fabulous auction at the Schmidt Mansion in support of my favorite organization, GRuB.

Dinner is served from 4pm to 7pm or later. Do come or buy dinner tickets just to make a donation if you cannot make it. I'll have tickets in hand all this week and will happily deliver them to you, or you can buy them at the door.

If you don't already know, GRuB is an organization which uses serious gardening -- vegetables and flowers and home-based raised beds -- to bring about big changes in the lives of troubled kids. Every year we host this end of year party to celebrate their work and to feed and entertain our local community.

Please come to the dinner and see why I'm so proud of this group and the effect we have on our gardening crew.

These are comments from this year's crew.

“GRuB is important to me because over the summer I learned how to be myself, I made strong memories and friends. GRuB isn’t just about making memories and friends, it’s about going into the community and spreading the grub love…