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CITY HARVEST TO HOST 20TH ANNUAL
AN EVENING OF PRACTICAL MAGIC
City Harvest's 20th annual An
Evening of Practical Magic will
be held on Thursday, April 24th at Cipriani 42nd Street (110
East 42nd Street). The evening will include cocktails and a
silent auction at 6:30 pm, followed by a dinner and live
auction at 7:30. This
year, the event will honor City Harvest Board Member
Benjamin Bram, Managing Member, Watermill
Institutional Trading LLC, for his ongoing commitment to
helping City Harvest feed New York's
hungry. In addition, The Harry & Misook Doolittle Heart of
the City Award, which recognizes an important partner who
strengthens the impact City Harvest has throughout the city,
will be presented to Eric Ripert, Maguy Le Coze and the Team
of Le Bernardin. Newly appointed City Harvest Food Council
chairman, restaurateur and Food Network personality Geoffrey
Zakarian will host the event.
City Harvest's An
Evening of Practical Magic pays
tribute to the efforts of individuals and organizations who
have gone above and beyond in their commitment to help City
Harvest feed New York's hungry. The dinner will raise funds
to support City Harvest's work at a time when demand for
emergency food continues to rise. It will be attended by
City Harvest board members, celebrities, notable chefs,
corporate leaders and longstanding supporters of the
organization.
Last year's event raised $2 million for City
Harvest, attracted more than 500 guests and was hosted by
Ted Allen of the Food Network's Chopped. Notable
attendees included actor Richard Gere; performer John
Legend; model Chrissy Teigen; actress Elizabeth Olsen; New
York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez; as well as renowned
culinary experts Eric Ripert; Tom Colicchio; Geoffrey
Zakarian; Donatella Arpaia; Amanda Freitag; Alex
Guarnashelli; Kerry Heffernan; Chris Santos; Terrance
Brennan; and Tracy Nieporent.
Tickets range from $1,000 to $3,000 and
tables from $10,000 to $100,000.
To purchase tickets or tables, please contact Naomi Giges
Downey at
646-412-0647,
ndowney@cityharvest.org
or visit www.cityharvest.org
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About City Harvest
Now serving New
York City for more than 30 years, City Harvest
www.cityharvest.org
is the world's first food rescue organization, dedicated to
feeding the city?s hungry men, women, and children. This
year, City Harvest will collect 46 million pounds of excess
food from all segments of the food industry, including
restaurants, grocers, corporate cafeterias, manufacturers,
and farms. This food is then delivered free of charge to
more than 500 community food programs throughout New York
City by a fleet of trucks and bikes. City Harvest helps feed
the more than one million New Yorkers that face hunger each
year. |