The Chatham Education Foundation, chathamedfoundation.org, the leading provider of private funding to the School District of the Chathams, is hosting its 14th Annual “Taste of Chatham” to celebrate excellence in education on Friday, Feb. 27, at the Fairmount Country Club in Chatham.

Tickets can be purchased online at www.chathamedfoundation.org or the door.

The event begins at 7 p.m. The “Taste of Chatham” will feature delicious food and wine from favorite vendors in the area, including River Grille, Pascarella Brothers, Fairmount Country Store, Woodland Bakery, and Main Street Wine Cellars, among others. Silent auction items and tricky tray baskets highlighting the support of shops and services in the Chathams, and surrounding communities will also be featured.

The Chatham Education Foundation would like to extend a special thank you to this year’s underwriters whose support makes the event possible: StormHarbour (Premier Platinum), Investor’s Bank, Macy’s, and Pipe Works Services (Platinum), and Mary Weichert of Weichert Realtors (Gold).

Other event sponsors include Hickory Tree Landscaping, Keller Williams Realty/Francine Alcorn, Lavallette Capital, Triple Win Sales, Advanced Dentistry, Aesthetic Institute of NY and NJ, Allstate/The John Hawk Agency, Berkeley Heights Physical Therapy, Boll and Branch, Chatham Club, Chatham Orthodontics, Chatham Youth Wrestling Club, Coldwell Banker/Debbie Woerner, Dr. Robert Rosen, Kitchen Intuitions, Paragano Custom Building, Taylor Made Furnished Apartments, Town and Country Properties/Noelle Joralemon, YouHere Productions, and ShopRite.

The Chatham Education Foundation is the leading provider of private funding to the School District of the Chathams. Through the generosity of its supporters, it supports innovative and creative educational programs and special projects for all K 12 students enrolled in the district’s six public schools that would otherwise not be able to be funded through the traditional school budget. http://www.chathamedfoundation.org