SAVE THE DATE:
Sweet Charity
Monday, June 21, 2010
Mandarin Oriental,
Washington D.C.
6:00pm - 9:00pm
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Co-hosted by The Heart of America Foundation and Albert Uster Imports, a Swiss fine gourmet food company, Sweet Charity is a fun and unique annual event in Washington, DC. Recognized as #15 in BizBash’s Top 100 Events in Washington, DC, Sweet Charity features over forty award winning chefs showcasing their culinary and pastry talents by hosting sweet and savory tasting stations. The event’s infamous Des Alpes Chocolate Fashion Show, where award-winning chefs demonstrate their mastery of cocoa and couture, is a spectacular highlight of the event. Proceeds from Sweet Charity help The Heart of America Foundation’s Books From The Heart® program provide books to local DC area children living in poverty, who have few or no books of their own.
Des Alpes Chocolate Fashion Show Images
Photos by Adam Paine and Sam Hurd.
Click here to purchase images from Sweet Charity 2009 by photographer Sam Hurd.
More about Sweet Charity:
Sweet Charity is a benefit organized to help The Heart of America Foundation’s Books from the Heart program. The program provides books for disadvantaged children with little or nothing to read. Sweet Charity was created and is co-hosted by Albert Uster Imports, an importer and distributor of fine gourmet foods. The proceeds from ticket sales and silent auction helps replenish under-resourced libraries and classrooms in the greater Washington DC region.
Sweet Charity began as a small fundraiser in Chicago in 2003 with only a few local chefs and their guests. Since its inception, Sweet Charity has grown to become a successful fundraiser and a highly anticipated annual event, particularly well known for its Des Alpes Chocolate Fashion Show.
In 2009 more than 40 participating chefs actively applied Albert Uster Imports chocolate to design fanciful chocolate fashions. Models and their clothing were decorated predominantly with chocolate, a metaphor for every child’s sweetness and innate potential.
Looking Back at Sweet Charity 2009::
Thank you to all of those who made Sweet Charity 2009 a huge success!
- Ken Harvey was awarded the 2009 Heroes of the Heart Award
- Des Alpes Chocolate Fashion Show with celebrity models » See how great they looked
- More than forty award-winning chefs participated
- Sweet & savory tasting stations
- Mind-bending chocolate sculptures
- Silent auction (included sports memorabilia, wine, food, theater tickets, etc.)
Help Children in Need:
» Make a donation today to The Heart of America Foundation to help buy books for local DC children living in poverty.
The Heart of America Foundation® is a registered 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Donations are tax deductible.
Contacts:
Maria Kovar
Sr. Manager of Events and Special Projects
Carlamae Chavez
Manager of Events and Special Projects
202.347.6278 [office]
202.347.8599 [fax]
sweetcharity@heartofamerica.org [email]
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