'Meal That Heals' Event to Benefit North Coast Health Ministry

The Meal that Heals, a dining benefit for North Coast Health Ministry, the West Side’s free clinic for the low-income uninsured, will be held on Monday, July 9, 2012, at Players on Madison from 5 to 9 p.m.

The evening’s menu features a soup/salad course with a choice of tomato bell pepper bisque, mista salad or Caesar salad and the following entrée selections:  penne al vodka with shrimp and sundried tomatoes; Jamaican jerk chicken with black beans and rice, tropical fruit salsa and pineapple vinaigrette; cornmeal-dusted Norwegian salmon with orange, fennel, haricot vert, brown basmati and citrus-pommery vinaigrette; grilled hanger steak and mashed potatoes, baby arugula, roasted tomatoes and artichokes with balsamic syrup. 

For dessert, diners can choose between triple chocolate tart, crème brûlée, or lemon and mascarpone tart with raspberries.

Cost is $35 per person, excluding alcoholic beverages and gratuity.  Coffee, tea and soft drinks are included.  Players will donate 25 percent of food sales that evening to NCHM. 

Reservations can be made by calling Players on Madison at 216-226-5200.  Players is located at 14523 Madison Ave., Lakewood, Ohio  44107.

About North Coast Health Ministry

Since 1986, North Coast Health Ministry has been providing health care to low-income individuals and families without medical insurance on Greater Cleveland's West Side.  A faith-based free clinic located in Lakewood, Ohio, NCHM is a bridge to better health for more than 2,700 patients who have no other route to care.  With the support of 140 volunteer physicians, nurses and other caregivers, NCHM is able to provide primary health care, specialty referrals, prescription assistance, and health education to the medically underserved.