Can Do Awards Dinner 2014

When: April 9, 2014

Thank you to our Presenting Sponsor, Bank of America, and all of our corporate sponsors and partners for supporting the Can Do Awards Dinner.

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2014 Can Do Awards Breaks Last Year’s Record!

When: April 9, 2014

Location: Cipriani Wall Street

On April 9th, more than 600 guests helped Food Bank raise $2.1 million at the star-studded 2014 Can Do Awards Dinner, presented by Bank of America at Cipriani Wall Street. Mario Batali and Susan Cahn, long-time Food Bank supporters and the 2013 Can Do Awards honorees, served as Honorary Chairs and Jodisue and Scott R. Feldman served as the evening’s Co-Chairs.

This year’s honorees included Toyota, MSNBC, Dorothea Bongiovi and Every Day Is A Miracle, who were recognized for their commitment to eradicating poverty and hunger. As Food Bank President and CEO Margarette Purvis pointed out in her passionate and inspiring speech, “The meal gap that exists in New York City is so incredibly wide that it is going to take every single one of us to reduce it.  It’s also going to take a new vision and new leaders like those we are honoring tonight.”

Master of Ceremonies, Cat Greenleaf, host of the Emmy-nominated Talk Stoop, engaged the crowd at the evening’s festivities, which featured appearances by Mario Batali, Tom Colicchio, Bevy Smith and Chris Canty, whose remembrances of growing up in the Bronx captivated the audience. “I grew up on Bartow Avenue in the Bronx and I’m proud to say that I’ll always be a Bronx boy at heart,” Canty said. “I’ve seen both the challenges as well as the great potential in my own community.”

In addition to a silent auction, highlights of the evening included a live auction with such prizes as dinner prepared in your home by the “Three Castrati,” acclaimed chefs Mario Batali, David Chang and Tom Colicchio, lunch with Anthony Bourdain at Brasserie Les Halles, as well as a Mission Auction for pledges up to $50,000.

Our special musical guest, the legendary Aaron Neville, closed out the night with an amazing set including classics such as “Stand By Me,” and “When the Saints Go Marching In,” capping off a fun-filled event renewed everyone’s commitment and determination to ending hunger in New York City.

 

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CORPORATE SUPPORTERS
BANK OF AMERICA, PRESENTING SPONSOR
BARILLA AMERICA, INC.
THE CHEW PRODUCTIONS, INC.
CHOBANI
COOKING CHANNEL
DELTA AIR LINES
JCOCO CHOCOLATE
LAVAZZA – ITALY’S FAVORITE COFFEE
STOP & SHOP
THOMPSON & KNIGHT LLP

STEERING COMMITTEE
JESSICA AND TODD AARON
ELLEN AND PETER KELLY
CARRIE AND BRAD KURTZMAN
LAUREN BUSH LAUREN
SANDRA LEE
SERAINA MAAG
RACHEL MORESKY AND AKSHAY MADHAVAN
GLORIA PITAGORSKY
ARTHUR AND LOIS STAINMAN

BENEFIT COMMITTEE
TED ALLEN AND BARRY RICE
LIDIA BASTIANICH
MARILYN AND ARMANDINO BATALI
CINDY BENINATI AND FRANKLIN BECKER
KELLY KILLOREN BENSIMON
PETER BLOOM
OTTAVIA AND ANTHONY BOURDAIN
RICHARD BROCCOLI
ANNE BURRELL AND KOREN GRIEVESON
DAVID CHANG
CARYL CHINN
MARK DALTON
BLYTHE DANNER
SOPHIE FLACK AND JOSH CHARLES
STEPHANIE AND IAN GINSBERG
MARY AND RYAN GIULIANI
ROBIN GREEN AND MITCHELL BURGESS
CHRISTINA GRDOVIC AND PHILLIP BALTZ
MARISKA HARGITAY AND PETER HERMANN
SUSAN AND PHILIP HARRIS
JILL HENNESSY AND PAOLO MASTROPIETRO
IRA HERMAN
KENNETH HIMMEL AND MICHAEL LOMONACO
MICHAEL HOLTZ
CLINTON KELLY
MOLLY AND JIMMY KIMMEL
NANCY A. KLEIN AND MICHAEL L. BRODMAN
ALDEN AND EMERIL LAGASSE
KATIE LEE
SUSIE AND RENE LOPEZ
PAIGE BOLLER MALIK AND EVAN MALIK
MARISA MAY
JULIANNE MOORE AND BART FREUNDLICH
PAMELA AND MARC MURPHY
HANNA AND GREG OSTROFF
GWYNETH PALTROW
CAMILLA AND OLIVER PLATT
RACHAEL RAY AND JOHN CUSIMANO
DIANA RHOTEN AND JOHN HEILEMANN
SUSAN SARANDON
KAREN AND ROBERT SHAWGER
GAIL SIMMONS AND JEREMY ABRAMS
LORI SILVERBUSH AND TOM COLICCHIO
STANLEY TUCCI
SUSAN UNGARO

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