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This Sunday, October 18, the Mario Batali Foundation will be honoring Gretchen Witt, co-founder of Cookies for Kids Cancer, at the organization’s 4th annual Honors Dinner.
Co-hosted by John C. Reilly with performances by comedian Jim Gaffigan and musicians Billy Strings & Don Julin, the intimate dinner at Batali’s four-star restaurant Del Posto Ristorante will be a wonderful celebration of great causes.
The Mario Batali Foundation, launched in 2008, is a children’s organization tackling issues from education and hunger to empower children to become an active force for change.
Gretchen Witt is the vice president of Cookies for Kids Cancer, an organization that she and her husband Larry started when their son was diagnosed with cancer in 2007 at the age of two. Shocked about the lack of research for children’s cancer, Witt brought together 250 volunteers to bake 96,000 cookies, effectively raising over $400,000 for children’s cancer research. Though their son has passed, the Witts have continued to advocate for children’s cancer research.
Click here for more information about Cookies for Kids Cancer.
-by Kari Sonde