Cocktails for a Cause empowers women by providing resources and hope to serve the needs of our local community.

Most charitable organizations need monetary contributions so cash contributions are always encouraged. But sometimes writing a check is not enough to inspire someone to give. When you actually give a product - diapers, coats, etc. - the giver is making a connection to the persons in need. To help make a connection to the charity, Cocktails for a Cause requires the charity to attend the event and give a 

short presentation about the organization.

Cocktails for a Cause is all about fun and friendship. It's about women creating a powerful network that can make amazing things happen - for them as well as women and children in need.

Cocktails for a Cause is a not-for-profit organization and Serendipity Catering is the official caterer for the Cocktails for a Cause events. We are always thrilled to be involved with these fabulous, informative and  philanthropic events. 

Tuesday, October 21st we will be working with Cocktails for a Cause at their event held at the Cable Center benefiting 

Families First.    

Invented by George Renninger, a candy maker at the Wunderle Candy Company of Philadelphia in the 1880s, Candy Corn was originally called "butter cream candies" and "chicken feed" since back then, corn was commonly used as food for livestock (they even had a rooster on the candy boxes).

It had no association with Halloween or fall, and was sold seasonally from March to November. After World War II, advertisers began marketing it as a special Halloween treat due to its colors and ties to the fall harvest.

Black cats, spiders, and bats are all Halloween symbols because of their spooky history and ties to Wiccans. All three were thought to be the familiars of witches in the middle ages, and are often associated with bad luck. Bats are even further connected to Halloween by the ancient Samhain ritual of building a bonfire, which drove away insects and attracted bats.  

Americans spend an estimated $6 billion on Halloween annually, including candy, costumes, and decorations, according to History.com. (The most commercial holiday in the U.S. is Christmas.)

 

 

Black and orange are Halloween colors because orange is associated with the Fall harvest and black is associated with darkness and death.