Central Oregon Community College Foundation’s Meal of the Year  is set for 5:30 p.m. April 13 in the Mazama gym on the Bend campus.

The scholarship fundraiser has limited seating, with tickets priced at $150. Funds raised will support COCC student scholarships. 

The event, in its 45th year, will include a whiskey lounge, raffle, live auction and game of chance. The four-course meal will be prepared by COCC chef-instructor Brian Kerr and Cascade Culinary Institute students.

The event will honor the Miller family, who founded the company that would become Miller Lumber Co. They have supported COCC and the COCC Foundation since it began.

Recently, members of the Miller family donated a parcel of downtown Madras real estate to the COCC Foundation’s campaign. Proceeds will support the Madras campus expansion.

The COCC Foundation provides funding for scholarships and capital improvements, cultivates relationships with donors and develops programs to focus on COCC student success.