BUFFALO, NY ( WKBW ) You can enjoy a weekend of extroadinary holiday treats set to help the cancer support organization, Gilda's Club.
Anne Bliss of "Bliss Designs" and Mike Mole from "Adam's Apples" stopped by Channel 7's Eyewitness News This Morning to showcase what you can expect at the weekend event with Patrick Taney and Ginger Geoffery.
You can find the sweet treats at www.AdamsApplesNY.com ( 716-903-3578 ) and the incredible gifts at www.BlissDesigns.net ( 716 ) 390-5906 ).
Tenth Anniversary Gingerbread… Gifts… Glitz…at Gilda’s Club
Cocktail Party, Auction and Preview Sale
Guests will have the opportunity to bid via a silent auction on gingerbread houses created by student, amateur and professional bakers to benefit Gilda’s Club Western New York.
Attendees will also have the opportunity to preview and purchase one-of-a-kind holiday gifts crafted by local artists, who are donating 20 percent of their proceeds to benefit Gilda’s Club Western New York as part of Artists In Buffalo’s Holiday Open Studios and Galleries.
Hors d’oeuvres and cocktails will be served. Presenting sponsor for this event is Lactalis Retail Dairy, Inc., makers of Sorrento® brand cheese.
Thursday, December 1, 2011 - 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Gilda’s Club Western New York
1140 Delaware Avenue, ( on the corner of West Ferry) Buffalo, NY
Handicapped accessible.
Tenth Anniversary Gingerbread… Gifts… Glitz…at Gilda’s Club
Holiday Gift Sale and Gingerbread House Auction
Visitors will have the opportunity to purchase one-of-a-kind holiday gifts crafted by local artists, who are donating 20 percent of their proceeds to benefit Gilda’s Club Western New York as part of Artists In Buffalo’s Holiday Open Studios and Galleries. There will be jewelry, photography, pottery, Buffalo-themed gifts and more. Attendees will also have the opportunity to bid, via silent auction to benefit Gilda’s Club WNY, on homemade gingerbread houses created by student, amateur and professional bakers. Presenting sponsor for this event is Lactalis Retail Dairy, Inc., makers of Sorrento® brand cheese.
Friday, December 2:
5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 3 & Sunday, December 4:
11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
This event will benefit Gilda’s Club Western New York, a non-profit support community for men, women and children who are living with cancer, as well as their families and friends.
Membership is offered free of charge to people at any stage of their experience with cancer. Through participation in groups, lectures, workshops and social events, members build social and emotional support and learn to live with cancer. Gilda's Club WNY is an affiliate of The Center for Hospice & Palliative Care, one of the nation’s largest hospice and palliative care programs, located in Cheektowaga, NY.
Gilda’s Club WNY is also an affiliate of the Cancer Support Community, and serves the eight counties of Western New York. For more information about Gilda’s Club WNY, call 716.332.5900 or visit www.gildasclubwny.org.