Grace Center for Adult Day Services is inviting the community to come and experience the tastes of the local harvest on Sunday, and it promises to be quite a delectable celebration. Besides getting in on an opportunity to sample a lot of local cuisine, it’s a great way to explore just what Grace Center is all about, especially at a time when they’re still enjoying the newness of their relatively new location.

For people who are suffering from memory loss due to Alzheimer’s disease or other causes, or are recovering from strokes and other physical challenges, Grace center is an undeniable haven.

And as Grace Center administrator Cheri Babb, R.N., pointed out to me recently, “It’s a relatively low-cost method of care, considering you get so much more for your money than you would with in-home care.”

The center has two distinct programs, a post-rehabilitation program (focusing on folks who have had strokes, traumatic brain injuries, for example, who need specialized physical exercises), and memory-care program offering specialized services for people with memory loss.

To see the services the center has to offer, go to www.grace-adultdayservices.org.

AT A GLANCE

WHAT: Second annual “Chefs Jubilee: Tastes of the Local Harvest” for Grace Center for Adult Day Services

WHEN: 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday

WHERE: Grace Center for Adult Day Services, 980 N.W. Spruce Ave., Corvallis (between Ninth Street and Highland Drive).

TICKETS: $55 per adult; available at Grace Center; Town & Country Realty, 455 N.W. Tyler Ave.; Bombs Away Café, 2527 N.W. Monroe Ave., and at the door.

FOOD & WINE (Included in the ticket price): The event will be set up as a sort of “Moveable Feast,” with various food and beverage stations set up throughout the building. Libations will be from Lumos, Pheasant Court Winery, Tyee Wine Cellars, Belle Vallee Cellars, Eola Hills Winery and Airlie Winery. Culinary creations will feature food from Strega, FireWorks, Magenta, Aqua, Burst’s Chocolates, Bomb’s Away Café, Iovino’s, Evergreen, Corvallis Country Club, Gathering Together Farm, Francesco’s Gelato, First Alternative Co-op, Living Earth Bakery, Nearly Normals, Tazza di Caffe Express, Valley Catering and Zia SW Cuisines. Featured farms providing local produce are Denison Farms, Springhill Farm, Heavenly Harvest Farm, Stahlbush Island Farms, Alsea Acres Goat Cheese, Deep Roots Farm, Cattail Creek Farm and Midway Farms.

DETAILS! DETAILS!: Come hungry because for the price of admission, you’re going to get in on a lot of good eats and drinks.

SPECIAL THANKS: Sponsors for the event are Samaritan Health Services, Town & Country Realty, Peoria Gardens, Ingle, Carl & Ragsdale and the Alma & Mario Pastega Family Foundation.

RAFFLE: As for their past raffles at the Strawberry Jubilee, tickets can be purchased prior to the event, and you don’t have to be present to win. Tickets are $5 for one or $10 for three.

MORE INFORMATION: Call the Grace Center at 754-8417; on the Web, www.grace-adultdayservices.org.