Beyond the Plate

Our third annual Beyond the Plate fundraiser for the Ithaca MobilePack for Feed My Starving Children took place on March 3, 2019, with a full house of 160 guests, a creative welcome beverage, assorted cheeses, delicious 5-course meal, and wine pairings. We are still finalizing the numbers, but expect the net proceeds to be about $28,000 raised for the Ithaca MobilePack! This is just over 35 percent of the total monies needed to pack 350,000 meals for the hungriest children in our world.

We are extremely grateful for the generous contributions from members of the Ithaca community, including many St. Catherine’s parishioners, that made Beyond the Plate possible and successful.

Featured chefs: Jim Durkee (Cayuga Medical Center), Sam Epps (Gola Osteria), our own Fr. Joe Marcoux, Frank Purrazzi and Rachel Stevener (Serendipity Catering & Bar), and David Skolfield (Country Club of Ithaca)



Beverage Artist: Grace Miller (Serendipity Catering & Bar)

Assorted cheeses selected by Ithaca Coffee Company, donated by Finger Lakes Artisan Foods and World’s Best Cheeses

Wine experts: Julie Crowley, Karl Kernen (Triphammer Wines & Spirits) 

Emcee: Jean McPheeters            

Guest Speaker: Dan Knor, Feed My Starving Children


Course and Wine Sponsors:
Caren Baldini 
Bridges Cornell Heights (Elizabeth Ambrose)
Cornell Pochily Investment Advisors (Bob Pochily)
Greg Galvin
Horizon Villages (Candace Cima)
Jay Williamson, CLU, CFP, ChFC, Wealth Management Advisor, Northwestern Mutual
Julia C. Gorman, CFP, SVP/Wealth Management Advisor, Merrill Lynch
Kim and Jim Kirkwood
Lucente Homes (Waltraud Lucente)
Squeaky Clean Car Wash (Gary and Karen Sloan)
Triad Foundation

Gold Sponsors:
Mary Berens and Paul Feeny
Galvin Travel (Betsy Galvin)
Tompkins Trust Company (Gregory Hartz)
Jennifer and Sean Whittaker
P&C Fresh (Greg Young)

General Sponsors:
Tom and Lisa LiVigne
Dawn and Mike Redlin
Robin Tobin and Mike Field
Village Greenhouse (Susie Gutenberger-Fitzpatrick and Michael Fitzpatrick)
Benjamin Peters, Inc. (Peter Parkes)


In-Kind Sponsors:
Finger Lakes Artisan Foods
Flower Fashions by Haring (Holly and Doug Manuel-Nash)
Ithaca Coffee Company (Lisa Kerslake)
Michaleen's Florist and Garden Center (Michaleen Herzog)
P&C Fresh (Greg Young)
Triphammer Wines & Spirits (Julie Crowley)
World's Best Cheeses

Event Volunteers:

• Servers: Jill Dollaway, Cecelia Earls, Elena Flash, Steve Flash, Casey Gallagher, Jennifer Karius, Neal Kerwin, Allison Lawton-Kerwin, Jennifer Kusznir, Kristie LeBeau, Jonathan Licitra, Kate Mackenzie, Tom O’Toole, Jessica Ryan, John Wishart
• Back-End Manager: Ted Skibinski
• Kitchen Crew: Ashley Blank, Bryant Blank, Art DeGaetano, Amie Germain, Andrew Germain
• Setup/Cleanup: Juan Arroyo, Michelle Arroyo, Jane Bonassar, Susan Durnford, Frank Fetsko, Neal Kerwin, Sigma Alpha sorority members (Cornell University)

Beyond the Plate Planning Committee: Bryant Blank, Kristin Colbert, Maria Cordova, Mary Crosley, Ann Marie Eckert, Maura Fetsko, Allison Kerwin, Lisa LiVigne, Fr. Joe Marcoux, Patricia Sipple, Ted Skibinski.