Share Our Selves is pleased to announce that Alan Greeley, Chef/Owner of The Golden Truffle Restaurant is the recipient of the 2009 Costa Mesa Chamber of Commerce Hall of Fame Community Spirit Award. He was presented the award on Thursday, at a luncheon held at the Hilton Orange County/Costa Mesa. Alan, a Costa Mesa native, has consistently been an outstanding community member in Costa Mesa and throughout Orange County; providing local charities with leadership, financial support and hands-on philanthropic involvement.
Alan Greeley is a local restaurateur and caterer with a generous community spirit. He is a founding chef for Share Our Selves Wild & Crazy Taco Night (est. 1992) and Celebrity Chef Dinner (est. 1990), and has participated in the events every year since. For Wild & Crazy Taco Night, the chefs come to the SOS facility and prepare exotic tacos for over 700 guests, and for Celebrity Chef Dinner, the chefs prepare a gourmet sit-down dinner for 350 guests. For both events they provide all the food, their considerable talents and staffs, and personally interact with the guests. The chefs annually raise over $250,000 for Share Our Selves. These two chef events are the primary funding sources for the SOS Food Pantry, which provides food to an average of 300 individuals and families a day who lack food security. Karen McGlinn, Executive Director of SOS says, “Alan represents a generosity of spirit and service. He mirrors all those in the food service industry who are committed to making sure no one will be hungry in our community. We owe much to Alan for setting an example for all of us.”
