Upcoming Meeting
Field and Farmer to Fork and Flask - Where does your food and drink come from?
Join us for fun and food as we hear from a panel including farmers, brewer/distiller and Chef Doug Hudson about where our food comes from.
Gallery
Pictures from our February meeting at The INN at Gig Harbor are provided by Rachelle Erickson Photography. Be sure to check out the Gallery for other photos from past events.
Newsletter
| President's Report |
 04-2018 |
 Roses are red, the sky is still grey... but in a few weeks IT'S GONNA BE MAY! |
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| Chapter Meetings |
| 04-2018 |
| Creatinging YOUR Plan |
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Meet Debbie McNairy
The owner of Ruby Red Shoes Weddings & Events, Debbie McNairy, joined Tacoma NACE in February 2017.
Debbie is enjoying getting to know people in Tacoma NACE. When asked how she liked being a member, she said, “I love it. I love how we are a community and a family. Everyone collaborates together. We become friends, not just partners in business, we are really friends in life and I love that.”
Debbie especially enjoys working withvendors who are passionate about what they do. When great wedding and event professionals work together as a team to create an event, it completes the planning circle. “You will know when you don’t have that circle of vendors,” says Debbie. “I know what it is like to work with people who are passionate about what they do, those are the team players I want to work with.”
As a new member of Tacoma NACE, she wants to gain more knowledge about the wedding and event industry. “I want to learn more so I can pass along this information to my clients,” says Debbie.
“NACE is the most phenomenal group that I’ve ever been involved with,” says Debbie. “It’s a welcoming group. When I bring people to the meeting, other people want to get to know about you and what you do in the community. NACE members want to learn about you and they are excited to meet new people. It’s a place that you can be yourself and shine.”
Debbie also enjoys the good times with Tacoma NACE members. “It’s a fun time to gather and to be together,” says Debbie. “I want all of the NACE members to be my neighbors. We’d live forever because we’d be happy and laughing, and having a great time,” says Debbie.
Debbie became a certified professional wedding planner in 2009 and that’s the year she coordinated her first wedding. She is certified by ABC.
Debbie enjoys working with her clients
“I am a very positive person,” says Debbie. “I am organized and I respond quickly to requests from my clients. I have been told that I have a calming influence on people,” says Debbie, who has volunteered with hospice.
“I love listening to the client and find out what they want and need for their wedding, then finding the wedding professionals they need for their wedding,” says Debbie. She enjoys collaborating with others and creating a team to help the couple have a great wedding.
Working in this industry, she says, “I am honored, truly, that I get to know a person, a couple and their family,” says Debbie. “I’m there on their special day and I enjoy seeing the day unfold exactly the way they want it.”
Free time is for fun time
After work, Debbie enjoys bike riding, hiking and being in nature, especially at the beach where she enjoys collecting heart-shaped rocks. She enjoys spending time with her husband and grandkids at the park or the beach.
Debbie has done a lot of volunteer work through the years in the fields of domestic violence, hospice as well as de-cluttering people’s homes and offices. She has also volunteered her event planning skills to organize fundraisers and galas for nonprofit organizations.
She lives with her husband in Tacoma.
To contact Debbie McNairy, 253-888-2861, Ruby Red Shoes Weddings & Events website: www.rubyredshoesweddings.com
Welcome to Tacoma/South Puget Sound NACE!
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Providing catering and event professionals superior education, networking, and resources to enhance career success and deliver excellence to clients. The mission of NACE is “To advance the catering and events industry and its professionals.” |
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Tacoma/South Puget Sound NACE is headed to Gig Harbor for an evening of FUN! Join us at Ocean5/Table 47 as we learn about where our food comes from, with a panel consisting of local farmers, Table 47's Executive Chef Doug Hudson, and Rogue Ales and Spirits' Sarah Ashworth. We'll explore the full lifecycle of our food, from field and farmer to fork and flask. How do restaurants source locally? We will explore the connection between farmers/producers and restaurants, and farmers/producers and consumers, addressing how you would be able to utilize local farms/producers and build connections in your community. Our Venue and Caterer: Ocean5 and Table 47
In 2008, our founder Troy Alstead started dreaming about creating a space in his community where people had enough elbow room to hang out and connect with each other through meaningful social experiences. Having grown up on the Puget Sound, he also has a passion for the oceans and seas. As he learned more and more about the risks to our waters, he was driven to bring his dream and purpose together full circle. Today his dream is now reality. We're thrilled to be a destination that is a social gathering spot where people can have fun, while inspiring people to take action that improve the health of our oceans. Ocean5 is named after the five great oceans. Just like they're all connected, so are we - to each other and to our planet. That's the big idea behind Ocean5. We know that even the simplest efforts can add up to make a big impact, and together we can make a difference. Table 47 is our farm-fresh restaurant, connecting local farmers to your plate. Gig Harbor is on the 47th parallel, a line that circles and connects the world. And connectedness is what we offer you, our guest. When you gather around a Table 47 meal, you’re tasting a connection to our local bounty mingled with flavors that link us to the wider world. Ocean5 and Table 47 bring the South Sound 57,000 square feet of fun! with 22 lanes of 10 pin and duck pin bowling, a game room with redemption store, and a two story laser challenge arena, there's multiple options for groups of all sizes. 4,000+ sq. ft. of meeting space with an outdoor terrace offers flexible banquet options for corporate meetings, wedding receptions, birthdays, and more. Private lanes are also available. Table 47 features a lively open kitchen, craft cocktails, and outdoor patio to enjoy the beautiful PNW summers. Our dinner menu is yet to be determined, but it will feature local farmers and our panelists. Panelist bios coming soon! Our cocktail and networking time will be inside the laser challenge arena - playing is optional, but fun is not! If you do want to play, ladies, wear your flats. :)
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