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City Harvest’s 23rd Annual Gala, Evening
of Practical Magic,
Honors Lise & Michael Evans,
Chelsea Clinton, and Chef Geoffrey Zakarian
Evening Hosted by Zac Posen, Features a Performance by Ja
Rule
New York, NY
- City Harvest announced today that it will
honor Lise
& Michael Evans, Chelsea
Clinton, and Chef Geoffrey
Zakarian at
its 23rd annual
gala, Evening
of Practical Magic. The
event, which will be hosted by Zac
Posen, will
take place on Tuesday, April 25th at
Cipriani 42nd Street
and feature a performance by Ja
Rule.
Lise and Michael Evans,
members of the City Harvest family since 2009, will receive
the Harry & Misook Doolittle Heart of the City Award for
their ongoing commitment to helping City Harvest feed hungry
New Yorkers. Michael Evans is a City Harvest Board member. Chelsea
Clinton, Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation, will be
presented with the City Harvest Award for Commitment, for
her dedication to supporting the organization’s work through
volunteerism with the Clinton Foundation’s Day of Action
program. Geoffrey
Zakarian, City Harvest Food Council chairman and
chef/owner of The
Lambs Club, will receive the Mnuchin Family Award for
Excellence for bringing together the city’s restaurant
community to raise funds, food and awareness for City
Harvest’s mission.
Guests, dressed in Garden Festive attire, can
look forward to a special evening including cocktails and a
silent auction, followed by an elegant dinner and dynamic
live auction which will feature a private omakase dinner for
six in the winner’s home by Masa Takayama, a private concert
and cocktail party for 20 guests with violinist Joshua Bell
in his Flatiron apartment, and a dinner for up to 20 guests
in the winner’s home by Eric Ripert. City Harvest Food
Council member Chrissy
Teigen, lifestyle expert Martha
Stewart, and
actor JJ
Feild are
expected to attend. Sirius XM Radio host and
actress/comedienne Sandra
Bernhard and
actress Bridget
Moynahan will
serve as special guest presenters. Celebrity chefs in
attendance will include Eric
Ripert, Dominque
Ansel, Masa
Takayama, Ted
Allen, Donatella
Arpaia, and Michael
Anthony.
At the event, City Harvest will launch its
“1.4 Million Reasons to Believe” campaign to raise an
additional $1.4 million in funds by June 30 to help fill its
trucks with food for the nearly 1.4 million residents
struggling to put meals on their tables regularly. City
Harvest supporters will also be invited to share the reasons
they believe in City Harvest via social media using the
hashtag #IBelieveinCityHarvest.
Evening of Practical Magic is
generously sponsored by Stella Artois, Citi, Evian, Patrón
Tequila, Westfield World Trade Center, Breville, Mandarin
Oriental New York, and I. Halper.
Proceeds from the event support City
Harvest’s work of rescuing good food that would otherwise go
to waste and delivering it to hungry New Yorkers — a mission
that has been referred to as “practical magic.” City
Harvest’s goal is to raise $2.3 million from the event –
enough to help feed over 8,400 families for a year.
For more information, please visit www.cityharvest.org.
ABOUT CITY HARVEST:
City Harvest pioneered food rescue in 1982 and, this year,
will collect 55 million pounds of excess food to help feed
the nearly 1.4 million New Yorkers struggling to put meals
on their tables. Through relationships with farms, grocers,
restaurants, and manufacturers, City Harvest collects
nutritious food that would otherwise go to waste and
delivers it free of charge to 500 soup kitchens, food
pantries and other community food programs across the five
boroughs. In addition to helping meet the immediate need
for food, City Harvest developed long-term Healthy
Neighborhoods programs
which partner with low-income communities to increase access
to fresh produce and help residents shop for and cook
nutritious, budget-conscious meals. To learn more about
food rescue, Healthy
Neighborhoods and
fighting hunger in New York City, visit
www.cityharvest.org
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