Thank You! Inaugural Online Auction is a Success

Thank you to everyone who helped make The Sylvia Center’s first ever Charity Buzz Auction a success! The money you’ve helped us raise will be put towards a matching grant of $50,000 from Robin Quivers’ Fifteen Foundation to expand our culinary education program for at-risk youth living in public housing.

We would like to express our most heartfelt thanks to those who bid on items, helped spread the word about the auction and especially to our sponsors for donating a truly unique collection of items to bid on.

Special thanks to our sponsors for donating a wonderful array of auction lots:

Allen Katz

Eataly

Gabriel Kahane

Great Performances

Haven’s Kitchen

i Trulli Enoteca e Ristorante

Katchkie Farm

Mindy Fox

The New York Distilling Company

Rozanne Gold

Riverpark

Riverpark Farm

Rachael Ray

Tamar Adler

Tim and Jackie Reuling of Reuling Vineyards

Spring Planting Day 2013

On Saturday, May 11, we had a great crowd who embraced the rain, listened to Dar Williams play guitar and talk about her passion for honey bees, and when the rain let up a bit, all made their way into the garden to plant bee-friendly flowers. Later in the afternoon, our two sheep, Priya and Yahtnah, escaped into Farmer Bob’s fields and kept up a very good chase before evading the staff and visitors by swimming across the pond. At last, we caught them! They seemed relieved to be back in their space on the farm.

Online Auction

Support the Sylvia Center, Bid Online!

Now through May 16

Auction lots range from a day of distilling with spirits maven Allen Katz; to private cooking lessons and meals with chef Rozanne Gold and food editor Mindy Fox; to your own private supper club staged by chef and food writer Tamar Adler and composer Gabriel Kahane.

Your bidding will help us raise funds towards a matching grant of $50,000 from Robin Quivers’ 15 Foundation to expand our culinary education program for youth, teens and families living in NYCHA public housing.

SEE OUR ONLINE AUCTION

Spring Planting Day with Dar Williams at Katchkie Farm

Saturday, May 11, 2013

11am – 3pm
Katchkie Farm
745 Fischer Rd.
Kinderhook, NY 12106

You’re invited!

You and your family are invited to Spring Planting Day with The Sylvia Center and Hudson Valley singer-songwriter Dar Williams. We’ll sing songs, create a beautiful bee-friendly garden, and work to get our farm’s Children’s Garden ready for the growing season ahead.

Bring a water bottle, sun hat, gardening gloves if you have them, and a picnic lunch to enjoy. Feel free to bring healthy snacks to share with others. We will have a garden salad and lemonade available for purchase. Admission is free but registration is required. To register or for more information, please contact Jenn So at jenn.so@sylviacenter.org or (212) 337-6075.

About Dar Williams

One of the most lauded singer-songwriters of her generation, Dar Williams has been captivating audiences with her sheer elegance and honesty in her folk-pop songwriting since the early ’90s. In The Time Of Gods, her most recent release, covers many relevant topics such as retaining one’s moral compass, our personal responsibility in changing the world, the politics of power, and following a guiding light in the midst of chaos.

Williams has toured with such distinguished artists as Joan Baez, Patty Griffin, Loudon Wainwright III and Shawn Colvin, and was a regular contributor to the Huffington Post’s Green Blog. A dedicated environmentalist, Williams has created the initiative “Give Bees a Camp” to create a haven of beautiful bee-friendly flower gardens at summer camps while educating campers about planting and the service they are providing for bees and our planet.