2013 Market at the Foodbank Giveaway

It's Monday and the lousy weather is still hanging over Cleveland, so let's start this week off right...

One of my favorite annual events is coming up on Sunday, April 14th. The Cleveland Foodbank is hosting their fundraiser, Market at the Foodbank, for the Harvest for Hunger Campaign. Formally called Market Under Glass, the event moved to the Foodbank's east-side facility last year, so that guests can see the full impact that their dollars are having on the community's fight against hunger.

The impressive warehouse will showcase food and beverages from more than 50 vendors, including some of my favorites like AMP 150, Americano, Georgetown, Pearl of the Orient, Press Wine Bar, Strip Steakhouse, and Washington Place Bistro. Guests will wander throughout the facility, enjoying samples, live entertainment, local celebrity servers, and an auction and raffle full of fun prizes.

Tickets are $85 each for general admission, or $175 for VIP (which gives you exclusive access to a pre-party with passed appetizers). For every $1 donated to Harvest for Hunger, the Foodbank can provide four meals in a local hunger center.

This organization, and event, are near and dear to my heart. I am a former employee, and used to plan Market Under Glass. I've had the pleasure of attending as a guest for the past two years, and was looking forward to going again this year.

Alas, I will be out of town celebrating my grandmother's 90th birthday. So, I'm sending a special guest blogger in my place, and she'll share her thoughts after the event.

But here's the good news...the Cleveland Foodbank has provided me with two general admission passes to give away to one lucky reader! Leave me a comment below telling me what you do to give back to the community, and you'll be entered to win. Tweet the following: "I want to win tickets to #MarketatFB from @BiteBuff at www.bitebuff.com." You can tweet once a day until the giveaway closes, and make sure to leave a comment for each tweet. I'll select a winner, using random.org, on Friday, March 29th.

Good luck!

Disclosure: I am a former employee of the Cleveland Foodbank. This does not affect my opinion of the organization or event. I was provided with two media passes, and two general admission passes to give away, in exchange for this post.