The event last Tuesday was an incredible success! Loads of gluten-free food, camaraderie, and a stellar show! We sold over 110 tickets and raised around $2500 for the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS CONTRIBUTORS!!!
Pala Pizza – but of course, pizza!
Foods By George – brownies
Everybody Eats – cookies
Babycakes NYC – brownie bites
Lilli & Loo – Saigon Rolls
Mozzarelli's – cookies
Cinderella Sweets aka Shabtai Gourmet – desserts
Glow Gluten-Free – cookies
Tu-lu's Gluten-Free Bakery- coupon for 1 free cookie at the new NYC 100% GF bakery
Surf Sweets – candy samples
Friedman's Lunch – 10% off coupon
Amy's – soup coupon
Joan's GF Great Bakes – coupon
Enjoy Life Foods – samples
Kettle Cuisine – soup coupon
Pamela's Products - cookies
Bob's Red Mill – Mighty Tasty Cereal samples
Attune Foods – Chocolate
Bard's Tale Beer – gluten-free beer : )
Nizza Restaurant – socca bread sticks
Purely Elizabeth – gluten-free mixes coupon
Celiac.com – coupon
Kinnikinnick – assorted items
Crunchmaster – gluten-free crackers (this link leads to a $1.00 coupon)
Pala was insanely generous with I don't know how many boxes of gluten-free pizza. Oh, and as if that wasn't enough….
…rice balls aka arancini! To the right of the rice balls are socca strips from Nizza.
Saigon Rolls from Lilli & Loo's, one of my favorites there…

Cookies from Everybody Eats, Katz's Bakery, and Brownie Bites from Babycakes NYC.

TWO Goody bags for EVERYONE! Mozzarelli's surprised us with goody bags of there own to add to the goody bags that we had already put together!
Dr. Peter Green with dancer Laura Halzack who performed that evening with the Paul Taylor Dance Company and dancer Nic Ceynowa of Taylor 2.
The radiant and full of positive energy, Jill Brack (far right) of Glow Gluten-Free and her lovely lady friends.
Swain McCaughrin, Eating Manhattan editor-in-chief Holly Rayna Raub and therapist Ane Axford.
The hard working Celiac Disease Meetups leader Erin Smith and her friend Matt K.
Doug and Amy Hertford, loyal supporters of the local celiac community.
Alan Olshan and moi. And by the way, this event wouldn't happen without Alan! Do I hear a "Whoop! Whoop!" for our boy, Al? THANK YOU, Alan!!!
If you were there, let us know in a comment below how you enjoyed the event, any suggestions, etc.
Thank you!
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Greetings,
So nice to see the pictures of the event, our son is Nic Ceynowa.He said the food was excellent!
Carol Ceynowa
Thanks Kelly!
The event was amazing (that Pala pizza with the bacon on it was incredible, as you can tell from my pic).
You looked amazing.
The company was amazing (I got to meet Jill Brack of Glow Cookies!!!).
The performance was amazing.
In sum, amazing!
i can tell from the pictures that the event was successful.. congratulations! and God Bless!
Great photos and wrap up Kelly! One of these days I’m going to be able to make it!
nice shots so neat and clean! love it! congratulations it was very successful. wish you good luck! *cheers*