Benefit dinner raises record amount for charity

Thai Siam held its 22nd annual benefit dinner on Sunday and raised a record amount for charity. With nearly 900 guests, people donated more than $27,000, “which is another record-breaker for us,” the owner tells us. This raises the grand total to more than $237,000 donated since they started holding this benefit. This year, proceeds go toward the Union Gospel Mission in Seattle, Neighborcare Health Medical Centers, and the School for Crippled and Blind Children in Thailand. “Now I can get a good night sleep,” the owner says. (Disclosure: Thai Siam is a sponsor of MyBallard.)