Unique Celebrity Event Benefits DC Neighbors
No One Should Live Hungry and Homeless
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| WHAT: |
Central Union Mission invites media members to HeArt & Sole |
| WHY: |
Every day, nearly 4,000 people in DC don’t know where they will spend the night.
Chef Rock Harper, winner of Hell’s Kitchen Season Three and founder of RockSolid Creative Group, has assembled his talented chef friends to raise funds and awareness for homeless people in our city. Ticket prices and donations on-site will help provide one million meals and care for needy DC neighbors. |
| WHEN: |
Wednesday, October 25, 2017Between 6:00 and 10:00 pm |
| WHERE: |
Dock5 at Union Market (1309 Fifth Street, NE) |
| WHO: |
HeArt & Sole Honorary Hosts Chris Van Hollen, congressman for Maryland: DC Mayor Muriel Bowser; Leon Harris, NBC4 anchor and journalist; Dr. Willie Jolley, inspirational speaker; Jay Carney, former White House press secretary and Amazon’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Corporate Affairs; Claire Shipman, senior national correspondent for ABC’s Good Morning America; and Earl W. & Amanda Stafford of The Stafford Foundation encourage supporters to help homeless and hungry people by attending this exciting event. |
Featured chefs include:
NEW THIS YEAR: Battle of the MegaChurches! The chefs from McLean Bible Church (VA), First Baptist Church of Glenarden (MD) and National Community Church (DC) will have a culinary showdown. Which flock gets better fed?
Chef Cynthia Knox (Cakes by Cynthia) and Chef Dawn Alston (Ravy Cakes) have a friendly pastry competition, emcee’ d by SugaChef Padua Player.
Restaurant Row! Popular restaurant sponsors show off their specialties. Click here to see our valued sponsors.
Photo/Interview Opportunities
Chefs, hosts and celebrities are available for interviews at the event. Formerly homeless chefs will show off the Mission kitchen’s talents and formerly homeless bakers from Mission Muffins will share their pastries. To learn more about all of the participating chefs, hosts and local celebrities, click here.
Prior to the event, chefs can provide interviews, live cooking demos and footage of their feeding homeless men at the shelter.
Media are invited; an rsvp is requested. Please contact Deborah Chambers, senior director of strategic partnerships and community outreach, at 202-534-9965 or dchambers@missiondc.org.
About Central Union Mission
Central Union Mission is a faith-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit with its homeless shelter located at 65 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20001, missiondc.org. In addition to its emergency shelter program, the Mission operates rehabilitative and job training programs for men, a clothing and furniture distribution center, a retreat and recreation center with a camp for underprivileged children and a ministry to families and senior citizens.
Charity Navigator awarded Central Union Mission four out of a possible four stars, which indicates that Central Union Mission adheres to good governance and other best  practices that minimize the chance of unethical activities and consistently executes its mission in a fiscally responsible way. Charity Navigator is America’s premier independent charity evaluator.
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