CLEVELAND, Ohio – Market at the Food Bank – a huge foodie fundraiser for the Greater Cleveland Food Bank - is coming up, and its auction of food and entertainment packages is set to go live noon Monday, April 15.
It allows folks to mingle and sip wine and beer while sauntering through the facility and nibbling on appetizers prepared from a variety of Northeast Ohio restaurants. The annual fundraiser is 6 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, April 21.
More than 50 items are included in the auction covering a range of experiences covering dining, concerts, sports, wine and more:
• Loge seats for Justin Timberlake at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse with Marble Room Steaks & Raw Bar dinner and Hilton accommodations overnight.
• Rolling Stones at Cleveland Browns Stadium with pre-show dinner at Johnny’s Downtown.
• Golf at Barrington Golf Club in Aurora and Sand Ridge Golf Club in Chardon.
• Browns autographed items including a Myles Garrett football.
• Private Cleveland Metroparks Zoo experience.
• Dinner for eight by chef Brandon Chrostowski of Edwins in Shaker Square. (Chrostowski is an honorary co-chair of the event, and this is traditionally one of the most popular auction items.)
• Tickets to “Michael Jackson the Musical” at Playhouse Square with overnight at Hotel Indigo and dinner at Don’s Lighthouse.
• City Hall tour, including special art and historical elements throughout the building, lunch in the Red Room and a photo-opp visit with Mayor Justin Bibb.
• Premium wine and Bourbon collections.
• Dinner for four at Jaja in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood, planned personally with chef John Bell.
• Cleveland Museum of Art docent-led highlights tour for four, ambassador membership and dinner at Provenance.
• Sausage-making class for 10 by Aber Sausage.
• Guardians tickets.
• Columbus overnight package with COSI and Columbus Crew tickets.
• Sweet Bean chocolate tasting.
• Dinner at Alley Cat Oyster Bar, Sora and Lago in Cleveland and Strip Steakhouse in Avon.
• Vacation packages including golf at Pebble Beach and California wine country.
Tickets are $125 ($200, VIP, with 5 p.m. entry). Go to e.givesmart.com.
The food bank is at 13815 Coit Road, Cleveland.
Last year’s event raised more than $340,000 – the equivalent of more than 1 million meals.
Stories by Marc Bona
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