MARCH 26, 2009 ISSUE
4th Annual Celebrity Serve Set for April 7
Event Will Benefit Hospitality House’s Giving Hope a Hand Campaign
On Tuesday, April 7, make a reservation, grab your date or family and be waited on by the stars as two-dozen High Country eateries serve up food, fun and charity for Celebrity Serve 2009. The annual event, which raised more than $50,000 last year, will benefit the Hospitality House’s Giving Hope a Hand Combined Campaign for building and operating a new homeless shelter for the High Country.
Each participating restaurant will donate 10 percent of the day’s proceeds and celebrity servers will donate their tips to the cause.
From ASU star athletes and familiar TV personalities, to local business owners, public officials, doctors, writers and more, the High Country’s most recognizable names and faces will be at your service. Whether you’re looking for freshly prepared sushi or just a good sandwich, it won’t be tough to find a restaurant to suit your palette participating in Celebrity Serve.
Several of the restaurants will again host a silent auction to raise additional money for the Giving Hope a Hand Campaign. This year’s hottest item up for bid is dinner for two on Thursday, April 9, with the players from the Carolina Barnstorming Tour at the Holmes Center, including 2008 NCAA Men’s Basketball National Player of the Year Tyler Hansbrough, along with UNC stars Danny Greene and Bobby Frasor, and Duke University seniors Greg Paulus and David McClure, as well as several other players on the all-star squad.
ASU Head Football Coach Jerry Moore autographs a copy of the High Country Magazine at the 2008 Celebrity Serve at Makoto’s. An ASU-Michigan game ball signed by the Mountaineers fetched $10,000 at the event’s silent auction. Photo by Ken Ketchie
“We’re really excited about the guys from the Carolina Barnstorming Tour getting involved with our community,” said Celebrity Serve Committee member and Makoto’s owner Gwen Dhing. “That’s incredible that they’re offering to do that for us since they’ll be in town already supporting the Ronald McDonald House. I think that our community should go and support their event as well.”
Each participating restaurant will have a silent auction sheet on which folks may bid. The top bidders will most likely meet on Tuesday night at Makoto’s for a live auction at the end of Celebrity Serve. Last year’s auction raised $45,273 for Ted Mackorell Soccer Complex.
Last year’s big ticket item was an ASU-Michigan game ball signed by the entire ASU team, which sold for $10,000.
An exciting array of other goodies will be up for grabs throughout the evening including a football signed by former NFL star Hershel Walker, golf packages and gift baskets ranging in value from $1,200 to $1,700.
For more information on this year’s Celebrity Serve, call Dhing at 828-264-7976. The event also has a page on Facebook.
Restaurants Participating in Celebrity Serve 2009
With two-dozen area eateries participating in the 2009 Celebrity Serve, you won’t have any trouble finding something to tempt your taste buds. Throughout Boone and Blowing Rock, more restaurants than ever will be handing over their serving duties to local celebrities to raise money. Restaurants will donate 10 percent of the day’s total sales to the Hospitality House’s Giving Hope a Hand Combined Campaign.
Bandana’s
Beef O’Brady’s
The Bistro
Blimpie’s
Capone’s
Casa Rustica
Chick-Fil-A
Chetola’s Manor House
Char
Gadabouts
Glidewell’s
Los Arcoiris
Makoto’s
Mast Farm Inn
Mr. Original Gyros
The Peddler
Pepper’s
Red Onion
Six Pence Pub
Sledgehammer Charlie’s
Storie Street Grille
Sunrise Grill
Troy’s 105 Diner
The Woodlands BBQ
Local Celebrities Participating in Celebrity Serve
If you’re out to eat on Tuesday, April 2, don’t be surprised if the person bringing your drinks and taking your order isn’t your regular server. From ASU sports stars, local business owners, doctors and more, scores of familiar names and faces from around the High Country will strap on an apron and make sure you don’t go home hungry. Below is a partial list of participating celebrities who will be donating their time and tips to charity.
Jerry Moore (ASU Football Coach)
Mark Speir (ASU Football Coach)
Ray Russell (Ray’s Weather)
Armanti Edwards (ASU Football)
Cortez Gilbert (ASU Football)
Dan Meyer (Boone Chamber of Commerce)
Britney Swain (The Visitors Channel
Tom Lanier (WECR 102.3)
Ed Shuford (High Country Bank)
Jason Reagan (Watauga Democrat)
Chuck Mantooth (Cannon Memorial Hosptital)
Dr. Larry Cook (Blue Ridge General Denistry)
Reggie Hassler (Boone Fire Chief)
Eddie Bermudez (ASU Basketball)
Ryann Abraham (ASU Basketball)
Donte Minter (ASU Basketball)
Joe Miller (Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff)
Hanes Boren (Footsloggers)
Sherri Norris (All About Women Magazine)
Tim Baxter (Baxter Mountain Properties)
Buzz Berry (Sqrambled Scuares)
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