On Wednesday, October 19th The Bowery Mission held its Seventh Annual Celebration of Hope Auction at The Bowery Hotel. The event was hosted by Chef Larry Forgione and the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, which also underwrote the event. The evening featured an impressive silent and live auction as well as tasting stations hosted by some of the Bowery’s best restaurants: Gemma, Pulino’s Bar & Pizzeria, DBGB Kitchen & Bar, Freemans, Peels, Bowery Diner, Veselka and Little Cupcake Bakeshop. The evening raised nearly $140,000 for The Bowery Mission’s Women’s Center, Manhattan ’s only faith-based residential recovery program for homeless women.