CHARLOTTE — The St. Gabriel Church Men’s Club reported a “very successful” Oyster Roast and Music Jam, raising more than $3,000 to support local ministries.
The club sent $1,000 to support relief efforts following Hurricane Matthew’s devastation of Eastern North Carolina, as well as funds to other charities including Homemakers of Mercy and the Boy Scouts.
More than 400 St. Gabriel parishioners and guests plowed through more than 4,200 oysters in two hours at the Oct. 22 event, and the Jim Garrett Band rocked the house with bluegrass music.
Kudos to event chairman Pete Mussoni and all the members of the men’s club who made this a memorable, and in the words of Father Frank O’Rourke, pastor, a “Church building event!”