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Dinner Party to Benefit Murrieta's Oak Grove Center

Evening Under the Oaks is planned for April 23. Silent and live auction items will include getaways and tickets to TV shows.

Wine from Temecula Wine Country is set to complement food and pastries from area restaurateurs during Evening Under The Oaks, a fine dining experience set for April 23 in Murrieta.

Guests are invited to attend the casual evening, which will be spent under the old oak trees on the campus of Oak Grove Center in Murrieta. The event will benefit a new gym and multi-purpose room for Oak Grove Center For Treatment, Education & the Arts.

The center is home to 76 students and an additional 80 to 90 day students; many are admitted with a variety of social, behavioral and psychological problems and have been victims of physical or sexual abuse.

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The center needs to raise $1 million to construct the gym.

"Plans have been submitted to The City of Murrieta and several developers, contractors and vendors have already committed their time and resources to the project," said Kristi Reedy, public relations representative for Oak Grove.

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"All that’s left is to raise enough money to complete the 120-foot by 150-foot multipurpose building that will include an occupational-play therapy room designed to meet the needs of the growing autism population, performing arts and recreation room. The gym itself will hold a CIF regulation basketball court."

The evening gets underway at 5:30 p.m. April 23 and will include a live and silent auction, live entertainment, dinner and dancing.

Dinner options will include menu items from Simply Sharon’s Restaurant, BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery, Pala Resort Casino and Spa, Smokey Mountain Catering, Great Harvest Bread Company, Ponte Winery, South Coast Winery, Espresso Chauffeur, US Foods and Sweet Layers Cakes and Pastries.

Items for bid in the live and silent auctions will include weekend getaway accommodations to Anaheim, Reno, Las Vegas, San Diego and Newport Beach, dinner packages at Yves’ Restaurant Wine Bar, BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery, The Club House at Anaheim Golf Course and Callaway Vineyard & Winery, tickets to tapings of the "Dr. Phil Show" and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," Hornblower Cruise tickets, gift cards, zoo tickets and more.

Individual tickets to Evening Under the Oaks are $85 per person. Couples tickets are $160 per couple. Tickets can be reserved by calling Cheryl Lievsay at 951-677-5599 or by visiting OakGroveCenter.org.  

Oak Grove Center is located at 24275 Jefferson Avenue in Murrieta.


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