People & Places: Cooking Up Compassion event Feb. 9 to benefit Catholic Charities
BY Ashley Parrish
Sunday, January 20, 2013
1/20/13 at 4:31 AM
A dinner created by Devin Levine and appetizers from 11 of Tulsa's finest chefs will be on the menu when Catholic Charities holds its eighth-annual Cooking Up Compassion event Feb. 9 at the Tulsa Convention Center Ballroom. Doors open at 6 p.m.
Participating chefs include BOK Center executive chef and event chairman Devin Levine, Omar Galban, Jeff Howard, Jakub Hartlieb, Justin Thompson, Marcus Vause, Erik Reynolds, Michael Fusco, Tuck Curren, Jeffrey Stark, Matt DeWeese and David Bykowski.
The evening will begin with a reception and music by Mary Cogan and will include a live auction. Guests will also be able to vie for such items as a $4,000 gift card to Moody's jewelry, dining for six people at four local restaurants, a Coach brand handbag, a weekend getaway for two at The Canebrake and an iPad and accessories package.
The event provides an opportunity for people to learn more about the needs of those less fortunate and raises funds for the 12 programs and services of Catholic Charities. Nearly 50,000 people were served last year, and services are provided to people of all faiths. It is estimated that 85 percent of the clients are not Catholic.
Karen and Tom Nally are honorary chairmen and will be honored for their service to people needing basic human services and for their dedication to the education needs of students in early childhood, elementary and secondary education.
Event co-chairs are Pat and Dana Baldwin and Jim and Mary Bush. Other committee members include: Linda Woodard, Live Auction Committee chairwoman, and committee members Mandy Atkins, Sheryl Boone, Barb Drotar, Stephanie Garrett, Laurie Perkins, Kerri Bowen, Lucy Brower, Stephanie Cole, Kelli Collins, Annie Sullivan, Denise Towsley, Connie Leos, Annabelle Miller, Jacquelyn Bassett, Kathie Hannagan and Jan O'Connor.
Rich and Sally Minshall and Joe Moran are Patron Committee chairs. Their committee includes Kathy S. Craft, Kent and Margo Dunbar, Randy and Jean Foutch, Tim and Melissa O'Sullivan, and Daryl and Linda Woodard.
Master auctioneer Jay Litchfield will lead the live auction, with lots including a trip to your choice of 11 destinations by Exclusive Resorts with transportation in a Phenom 300 jet; "Waterlily" sculpture by Rosalind Cook; dinner and wine for eight at Mahogany Prime Steakhouse; one-day air travel package and tickets to the Notre Dame vs. University of Oklahoma football game in South Bend, Ind.; concert tickets to The Who with a stay at the Mayo Hotel; and tickets to an OKC Thunder vs. San Antonio Spurs game.
The Presenting Patron is the Mary K. Chapman Foundation. Platinum Patrons are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Biolchini, Mary and Jim Bush, Kathy S. Craft, Kent and Margo Dunbar, Randy and Jean Foutch, Rich and Sally Minshall, and Alan Staab and Sharon Voskuhl.
Gold Patrons include Bank of Oklahoma, The Moran Family Foundation, Karen and Tom Nally, Ruth K. Nelson and Tom Murphy, ONEOK, Gene Robinson, and Daryl and Linda Woodard.
Silver Patrons are Jody Parker and Tom Snyder - Anchor Stone Co., John and Sheryl Boone and Bob and Stephanie Garrett, Pam and Terry Carter, Emily and Noah Carter, Lauren and Dave Sherpy, GableGotwals, John and Kristie Gibson, John and Sally Jarboe, Mark and Cinda Marra, the Sam J. & Nona M. Rhoades Foundation, The Robinson Foundation-Keith and Anne Roberts, Jim and Judy Scheel, The Snapp Family Foundation, Jeanne and Bob Sullivan, Mag Sullivan, Norm Szydlowski, Bill and Susan Thomas, the University of Tulsa, and Bobbie and Wally Whaling.
Bronze Patrons are Matt and Jennifer Blankenship, Erik and Jessica Block, Jonathan and Carly Bush, Christ the King Parish, Maureen and John Copp, The Dill Foundation, George and Diane Erbacher, Linda and Doug Farquharson, Ann and Mark Farrow & Randy Sullivan, David and Bonnie Gilbert, Dave Hannagan - Green Country Interiors, Lucy and John Ivanoff, the Heckenkemper Family Foundation, Robert J. LaFortune, Mike and Beth Miller, Julie and John Nickel, Tim and Melissa O'Sullivan, David and Laurie Perkins - Acquisition Advisors, Chuck Ramsay and Glenn Shaw, Saint Bernard of Clairvaux Parish, Sid Smith & Associates, Charles and Peggy Stephenson, Michael and Dorothy Tramontana, and Tulsa's Channel 8.
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Tulsa serves people in need through 12 services, including emergency assistance, education classes, two residence programs, pregnancy care, dental care, professional counseling, outreach centers in eastern Oklahoma, immigration services, and migration and refugee resettlement services.
Table patronships and individual tickets are still on sale. Individual tickets are $130 each, or $65 each for those ages 21 to 39, and patron levels start at $2,500 for a table for 10 people. For reservations, please contact Lindsay Hughes at 918-508-7115 or lhughes@cctulsa.org, or register online at tulsaworld.com/catholiccharities
Original Print Headline: Catholic Charities event set
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Kevin Sartorius (left), Tish Stuart, Rich Minshall, Mary Cogan and Joe Moran prepare for the upcoming Cooking Up Compassion event benefiting Catholic Charities. The event is Feb. 9. Courtesy
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