We went to the annual benefit dinner for Alpha Supported Living Services on Saturday at one of “Seattle’s Best Kept Secrets”, The Ruins.  The Ruins is a private dining club, but they are open to the public for private events.   The best thing is they do it all~beautiful flowers, gorgeous decorations, and…delicious food!

The mission of Alpha Supported Living Services is to serve individuals with developmental disabilities by providing accessible residential and other support services that will maximize each person’s quality of life.  We have been supporters of Alpha over the years, and are so moved each year about the stories from parents about what an amazing job Alpha does to increase the quality of life of not only the individuals with developmental disabilities, but their family members.  With budget cuts from Olympia, it is even more important that they get funding to allow them to continue to do the amazing job they do.  The dinner is such an a great way to support their efforts.  It’s an amazing evening, at a beautiful location, with delicious food and great entertainment.

The funny thing is that we went to the event last year, and I brought my little point and shoot in the attempts to capture all the amazing details of this event.  We were asked by my dear friend and CEO of Alpha, Scott Livengood, if we would want to capture the event this year.  I’m not sure he even got the sentence out of his mouth before I said yes!

Check out the dining room…wow!

The Ruins does all the flowers, which are always AMAZING.

Board President~ Stacy Gillett.

CEO,~Scott Livengood.  After giving the horrifying reality of budget cuts and how that effects their ability to do their job well, he had to make a joke to lighten the mood back up.

Then there was the food… YUM!!

The entertainment started with Tess Forte and Tamika Alston.  Not only does Tess work for Alpha, but she plays the piano beautifully.  Ooooh, an Tamika’s voice??  Lovely…  🙂

Later in the evening, we were treated to the sounds of Jacqui Naylor.  What a treat it was!!

At the end of the evening,  there were delicious cupcakes from The Radical Cupcake.  How cool is it that they are gluten free??

Not only delicious…but beautiful too!

I will end with this quote from the mother of one of the young men served by Alpha.  It gives me chills every time I read it.

If you would like to purchase any of the prints from the evening and continue to help support Alpha Supported Living Services, you can do so here.

Thank you!