NEW YORK, NY – City Harvest held its eighth annual On Your Plate luncheon on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, at the Metropolitan Club in Manhattan (1 E 60th Street at Fifth Avenue). An elegant luncheon began at 12:00 noon, followed by a conversation with guest speaker Susan Fales-Hill, acclaimed author, television writer, and producer.

Susan Fales-Hill has worked for a number of television series, including “The Cosby Show” and “Suddenly Susan,” and has written magazine articles that have appeared in Vogue, Glamour, Town & Country, and Good Housekeeping. A graduate of Harvard, Susan has published two books, the critically acclaimed memoir Always Wear Joy and the novel One Flight Up. Her third book, Imperfect Bliss, hits bookstores on July 3rd. She currently lives in New York with her husband and their daughter.

The event was co-chaired by Jennifer Carlston, Joy Ingham, Jan Fletcher Slifka, Topsy Taylor, and Meghan Carleton Young. Society columnist and longtime City Harvest supporter David Patrick Columbia is honorary chair.

Tickets to this year’s On Your Plate luncheon ranged from $375 to $1,000, and tables range from $5,000 to $15,000. Last year’s event attracted over 200 guests and raised over $240,000 -- enough to help feed over 148,000 hungry New Yorkers for a week. For more information please call
917-351-8725, email events@cityharvest.org,
or visit www.cityharvest.org  .


About City Harvest

Now serving New York City for 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 more than 33 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 some 600 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.