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Miss USA
Kristen Dalton
helps Legendary Pink
Floyd Rocker
Roger Waters
auction his guitar
off for $65k at City
Harvest's 16th
Annual
An Evening of
Practical Magic
event on April 14,
2010. All money
raised from ticket
sales and the
auction will go
towards City
Harvest’s efforts to
feed hungry New
Yorkers.
Photo Courtesy of
City Harvest |
New York , NY
- April 15, 2010
– Al Roker, Weather and
Features Reporter of NBC
News' Today Show, hosted
City Harvest’s 16th
annual,
An Evening of Practical
Magic, on
Wednesday, April 14th
at Cipriani 42nd Street
(110 East 42nd Street). The
evening included
cocktails and a silent
auction at 6:30 pm, followed
by an awards presentation,
dinner and live auction at
7:30 pm.
City Harvest’s
An Evening of Practical
Magic, paid
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 evening
honored Tom O’Brien,
President and General
Manager, NBC Local Media New
York, NBC4/NBC Universal and
James D. Kallman, Chairman
of the Board, City Harvest.
City Harvest’s efforts to
feed hungry individuals and
families by rescuing food
that would otherwise go to
waste has been referred to
as Practical Magic.
A few of the
event’s notable attendees
included: Rachael Ray, MISS
USA Kristen Dalton, Roger
Waters, Eric Ripert,
Jean-Georges Vongerichten,
Jay Mcinerney and Anne
Hearst, Council Member Gale
A. Brewer, and Speaker
Christine Quinn, among
others.
Tickets
ranged from $750 to $2,500
and tables are $10,000 to
$50,000, with 100% of the
selling price going to
directly support City
Harvest’s efforts.
About
City Harvest
Now serving
New York City
for over 25 years, City
Harvest 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 more
than 20 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
600 community food programs
throughout New York City
using a fleet trucks and
bikes as well as volunteers
on foot. Each week, City
Harvest helps over 260,000
hungry New Yorkers find
their next meal.
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