Join us for a night of tasty authentic Ethiopian food and cooperative community building while you help us fund some great causes. We are co-hosting a Traditional Ethiopian Dinner as a fundraiser to support equally the Salmon Arm Rotary Club's community projects in our local region and for Partners in Ethiopia's educational and healthcare projects in Agarfa, Ethiopia.

Join us for an unforgettable evening of food, culture, and community on Saturday October 18, 2025 at the Fifth Ave Senior's Activity Centre in Salmon Arm. By attending this event, your generosity will be making a direct impact on the lives of people in the Salmon Arm/Shuswap and in Agarfa, Ethiopia. So mark your calendars and bring your appetite for Ethiopian food prepared in the long-established, traditional ways of the Oromia Region of southeast Ethiopia. We have a team of experienced volunteer cooks led by our very own Partners In Ethiopia founder and Salmon Arm Rotary member Woinshet Bayssie, who grew up in Agarfa immersed in this food tradition.

Paper tickets (cash only) are also available at:
◘ Soapolallie Soapworks at 611 Cliff Ave in Enderby (soapw.com)
◘ Lotto Booth (Shuswap Ticket & Gifts) at The Mall at Piccadilly

Find out more about Salmon Arm Rotary at salmonarmrotary.org
Questions? Please contact us at saethiopiandinner@outlook.com

EVENT SCHEDULE
5 pm - Gathering with beer, wine & cider available at cash bar
6 pm - Dinner Buffet followed by Deserts Buffet with Coffee and Tea
7 pm - Short intro to our projects / Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony / Ethiopian Dancing Lesson / Silent Auction

Menu Details for our Traditional Ethiopian Dinner

All main meal dishes are gluten free
◘ Doro Wot (Spicy Ethiopian Chicken stew)(Chicken thighs & legs, Olive oil, onions, Ethiopian Spiced butter, garlic, ginger, berbere, Hard boiled eggs, Salt)
◘ Alicha Wot (Non spicy Beef stew)(Beef, Onions, Spiced butter, ginger, garlic, turmeric, small potatoes, Ethiopian cardamom, Salt)
◘ Atikilit wot (Vegetable stew)(Cabbage, potatoes, carrots, onion, garlic, oil, cumin, turmeric, cardamom, cloves, black pepper, fenugreek, salt)
◘ Misir Wot (Ethiopian Lentil stew)(Split lentils, cooking oil, onions, berbere, garlic, ginger, coriander, tomato, Parsley/cilantro, salt)
◘ Shrio wot (Ethiopian Chickpea stew)(Seasoned chickpea flour, Onion, Olive oil, Garlic, Tomato paste)
◘ Azifa (Ethiopian Lentil Salad)(An Ethiopian green lentil dish that combines lentils with fresh lime juice, mild hot peppers, tomatoes and spices)
◘ Injera Bread (A staple, unique sour fermented pancake-like flatbread made from Teff)(Teff is a grain from a unique grass in Ethiopia)
◘ Basmati Rice

◘ Followed by Desert(s) w/ Coffee & Tea and an Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony

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