On October 3, 2012 The Bowery Mission Women's Center held its Eighth Annual Celebration of Hope Auction. The event began at 6:30pm at The Bowery Hotel, 335 Bowery, New York, NY. This fundraiser included a silent auction, a live auction and a generous array of food tastings from local East Village restaurants and bakeries. The Celebration of Hope Auction is generously underwritten by the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc. Tasting stations hosted by our Bowery Neighbors include: Bowery Diner (Mattieu Palombino); Freemans (Chef Preston and Ginger Madson); Gemma (Executive Chef Chris D'Amico); Pulino's, Veselka Bowery (Chef Stephen Hayek); Desert stations by: Beauty and Essex (Executive Chef & Owner, Chris Santos); Little Cupcake Bakeshop (Pastry Chef, Danielle Sorezza); seasonally inspired drinks sponsored by TANTEO infused 100% De Agave Tequilas.
The Bowery Mission Women's Center at Heartease Home is committed to the vision of a safe home where a woman without shelter, without hope and without an advocate can find spiritual, emotional and physical restoration. Up to twenty women can participate in this program at any one given time and these women share bedrooms in a five-story brownstone. This women's program is also the only faith-based residential recovery program for homeless women in the city of New York. If you have it in your heart to help transform the hearts and lives of homeless New York City women then help make their transformation possible; visit http://www.bowery.org/