About this Event
After hearing the amazing feedback we got on your experience last year, we are back again this year at The Great Southern Box Co. Food Hall & Bar! Taste of College Park is THE LARGEST charity event in College Park and we can't wait to celebrate with you! Over 16 restaurants and counting, hand picked wines from Digress Wines and craft beers Ivanhoe Park Lager House, amazing silent auction items, and a 50/50 Raffle. The only this missing is you!
What Do Tickets Include?
Tickets include food form 16+ of the best local restaurants from College Park and the surrounding area. Also included are craft beers from the Ivanhoe Park Lager House, and specially selected wines from Digress Wine!
Online/Silent Auction
During the event there will be an online/silent auction. Proceeds will go to charity partners of the Rotary Club of College Park. Below you will see just some of the amazing organizations we support.
50/50 Raffle
At 8:30 we will also be doing our drawing for our 50/50 Raffle! Proceeds from the raffle go to support Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, an organization that sends free books directly to children in communities right here in Orlando! We have 'adopted' the ZIP codes of 32808 (Pine Hills), 32810 (Rosemont), 32805 (Paramore), and our own 32804 (College Park). Our club has delivered over 50,000 books to promote early childhood literacy!
Who is Hosting the Event?
The Rotary Club of College Park is a local club of a world-wide organization with over 1.4 million members with the common goal of doing great things in our community!
Your College Park Rotary Club has been here since 1986 and works on local community projects like delivering free books to children under 5 to promote early childhood literacy, contributions to charities like the ones listed below, scholarships to local students, roadway cleanups and much, much more!
Taste of College Park is sponsored by the Rotary Club of College Park Foundation, Inc., a Florida 501 (c) (3) non-profit corporation.
First held by the Rotary Club of College Park Foundation, Taste of College Park has become the largest charity event that takes place in College Park!
Taste of College Park combines food, wine, beer, music, and an online/silent auction for an extraordinary evening in College Park. Twenty-one local restaurants and distributors provide food, beer, and wine. Local retailers supply items for the online/silent auction. College Park businesses and Rotary Club members sell over 400 tickets. Beneficiaries of the net proceeds from Taste of College Park include:
• Ronald McDonald House - a home away from home for families whose children are hospitalized during a medical crisis.
• Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library - in cooperation with the Dollywood Foundation. Since 2012, our club has provided over 43,000 free books to children from birth to five years of age.
• Christian Service Center – dedicated to preventing homelessness and combating poverty in our community.
• One Heart for Women and Children – provides assistance to Central Florida families in crisis.
• The Rotary Foundation - including the “End Polio Now Initiative.” Since 1988 there has been a 99.9% reduction in new cases of polio worldwide – in 2023 less than 10 cases worldwide.
• Student of the Month Program - honoring students from four local schools each month - Edgewater High School, Bishop Moore Catholic High School, College Park Middle School, and St. Charles Borromeo Catholic School. and providing scholarships to students at two area high schools.
• Rotary 4-Way Test Essay Scholarships – seniors from Edgewater High School and Bishop Moore Catholic High School receive scholarships for further study based on writing an essay on Rotary 4-Way Test and how it has or will impact their lives.
For more information about Taste of College Park and the Rotary Club of College Park, go to .
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Great Southern Box Company, 2105 North Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, United States
USD 71.21 to USD 81.88
