May
 
05
,
2015
  at 
6:30pm






  


I♡WITS GALA

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

6:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Riverpark, a Tom Colicchio Restaurant

450 East 29th Street



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Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Riverpark, a Tom Colicchio Restaurant

450 East 29th Street NYC


ABOUT

Wellness in the Schools

Wellness in the Schools (WITS) inspires healthy eating, environmental awareness and fitness as a way of life for kids in public schools. Through meaningful public/private partnerships with school leadership,teachers, chefs, coaches, parents and kids,WITS develops and implements programs that provide healthy foods, healthy environments and opportunities for regular play to help kids learn and grow.

HOSTS

NANCY EASTON, WITS FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

BILL TELEPAN, WITS EXECUTIVE CHEF & CHEF/OWNER TELEPAN

WITH

JOSH CAPON

CHEF/OWNER & TV PERSONALITY

CHRISSY TEIGEN

MODEL & TV HOST

Food & Beverage

ACQUA, ALICE'S TEA CUP, BARBUTO, BLUE HILL STONE BARNS, BLUE WATER GRILL, BUTTER, CANDLE 79, CAPUTO BROTHERS CREAMERY, CHOP'T CREATIVE SALAD, COMMERCE, DB BISTRO, DOS CAMINOS, EGG, 

EL COLMADO BUTCHERY, GRAFFITI,

THE CLEAVER CO. AND THE GREEN TABLE, HEARTH RESTAURANT, HENRY'S, L'APICIO, LEVAIN BAKERY, LUCA & BOSCO, LURE FISHBAR, MAGNOLIA BAKERY, MARC FORGIONE, MURRAY'S CHEESE, NATURAL GOURMET INSTITUTE, PRINT., RESTAURANT NORTH, RIVERPARK, ROUGE TOMATE, RUCOLA, TELEPAN, TERTULIA, WALLSÉ


BLUE POINT BREWING CO., MONIKA CAHA SELECTIONS, CASA DRAGONES, MOUNTAIN VALLEY SPRING WATER, NEW YORK DISTILLING COMPANY, SKURNIK WINES & SPRITS, TITO'S HANDMADE VODKA 

Honorees


ERIC GOLDSTEIN

CEO, Office of School Support Services, NYC DOE

SAM KASS

Former White House Senior Policy Advisor for Nutrition

LAUREN BUSH LAUREN

Founder & CEO, FEED

MICHAEL REESE

Partner, Reese LLP 

JENNA WOLFE

TODAY Show & NBC News Correspondent

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Help WITS bring healthy food and fitness to NYC public school children by becoming a sponsor of the I ♡ WITS gala. Sponsorship includes a VIP table at the event, recognition on gala materials, and more.

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Honorary Host Committee

Gale A. Brewer • Manhattan Borough President

Kirsten Gillibrand • United States Senator (NY)

Liz Krueger • New York State Senator

Linda B. Rosenthal • New York State Assemblymember

Scott M. Stringer • New York City Comptroller

Barbara Turk • Director of Food Policy at the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services 


WITS Benefit Committee

Badreyyah Alireza •Marie Bishko & Nick Marsh•Ann Brashares & Jacob Collins

August Cardona•Hilda Chazanovitz•Sybil Dessau & Seth Friedman

Nancy Easton & Andrew Nipon•Wendy Gardner & Roland Lafontant•Noah E. Gotbaum

Susan & Larry Haag•Cindy Ham•Arielle & Lee Haspel•Jacqueline & Florian Hensel

Kate Hillis & Ercüment Dedelioglu•Beverly Ivens & Bill Telepan•Mitra Jerald•YoonSeok Lee

Cathie Levine & Josh Isay•Caitlin & John McNiff•Sarah Natchez•Karen & Rob Pavlin

Danae & Jim Pieri•Christina & Daniel Rice•Sharon Richter & Craig Nassi•Anthony Romero

Stuart Scott•Jan Shaw & Sig Heller•Camilla & Josh Siegel•Jamie Sutherland & Ben Kraus

Marjorie Wolfson & Eric Black•Rachel Tore & Zev Zaidman•Patti Trainor-Wrazej & John Wrazej

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