Join the fun: How it was last year. (Photo provided)
On Sunday, June 12, Mainstrasse Village will be transformed for an urban picnic benefitting Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. The Healthy Roots Foundation’s annual Midsummer Harvest event gathers the Cincinnati area’s top sustainably focused chefs to prepare a local, organic, and sustainably raised feast to help raise awareness of the link between food and children’s health.
Money raised at this year’s event will support the Integrative Care Team at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital as it develops health education programs and treatment options to empower patients and their families. Part of the donation will be used for the advancement of Integrative Care board certification as well as advance registered dietitian education.
Additionally, the money will be used to fund the new Build-it-Bites program, a weekly cooking workshop for patients and their families. Whole Foods is providing the ingredients and recipes for healthy snacks and meals to encourage a healthy lifestyle.
“We’re thrilled that the money from this year’s Midsummer Harvest is going to Integrative Care Team for this new program,” said Anne Schneider, founder of The Healthy Roots Foundation. “Build-it-Bites is a unique way to help families in the hospital, and it’s a great fit for our mission.”
The Midsummer Harvest event will include a presentation from Dr. Carina Braeutigam, Medical Director, Integrative Services and Staff Physician, Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. The lunch will be accompanied by live music from The Tillers.
Tickets for the Midsummer Harvest are $150 each. Tickets are available online at www.healthyrootsfoundation.org.
Sponsorship packages for individuals and organizations are available, offering VIP perks. Details can be found at www.healthyrootsfoundation.org.
CHEFS:
Dana Adkins, Stone Creek Dining Company
Jared Bennett, Metropole
Brad Bernstein & Andrew Mersmann, Red Feather
Justin Dean, Woodlands Pork
Jean Robert de Cavel, Table, French Crust Café, Le Bar a Boeuf
Suzy DeYoung, La Soupe
Mike Florea, Maribelle’s
Todd Kelly, Orchids at Palm Court
Nino Loreto, panino
Laurel Meadows, Sleepy Bee Cafe
Jose Salazar, Mita’s, Salazar
Baron Shirley, Inspirado
Josh Wamsley, Mazunte
Paul Weckman, Otto’s, Frida 602
Stephen Williams, Bouquet, Son & Soil
Dan Wright, Abigail Street, Senate, Pontiac Bourbon & BBQ
FOOD & DRINK ARTISANS
Jessica Bechtel & Jana Douglass, Happy Chicks Bakery
Sara Bornick, streetpops
Rachel DesRochers, Grateful Grahams
Zach Eidsen, Oakley Wines
Jeff Hunt, MadTree Brewing Company
Nick Marckwald, Hen of the Woods
Ryan Morgan, Sixteen Bricks Artisan Bakehouse
Tony Tausch, Coffee Emporium
Megan Tysoe, Rooted Juicery + Kitchen
Molly Wellmann, Japp’s, Myrtles Punch House, Neon’s, Old Kentucky Bourbon Bar
SPONSORS
Harvest Sponsor: Whole Foods Market
Garden Sponsor: John & Becky York Charitable Trust
Wildflower Sponsors: 19/19 Investment Counsel, MadTree Brewing Company, Marksbury Farm, Tad & Jenna DeBord
Community Sponsors: dunnhumby, Dinsmore, Oakley Wines, Chris Hicks & Sinead Quinn, Robert McCracken & Jennifer Shea
Food Sponsors: The Organic Farm at Bear Creek, Brookhill Farm, Carriage House Farm, Chimera Shrubs, Coffee Emporium, Creation Gardens, Elmwood Stock Farm, Fox Tail Farm, Grateful Grahams, Happy Chicks Bakery, Hen of the Woods, Keegan’s Seafood, Mad Hare Garden, Marksbury Farm, Ohio Valley Food Connection, Our Harvest Cooperative, panino., Sixteen Bricks Artisan Bakehouse, Rooted Juicery + Kitchen, streetpops, That Guy’s Family Farm, TS Famrs, Turner Farm, Waterfields, Whole Foods Market, Woodbottom Quail Farm, Woodlands Pork
The Healthy Roots Foundation is a Cincinnati-based non-profit organization that helps provide families with the knowledge to make the best choices to raise healthy children. The organization achieves its mission by partnering with health care providers, educators, and local experts to provide educational tools that teach families how to create a healthy home, right from the start. The Healthy Roots Foundation’s mission of supporting pioneering children’s health research and creating innovative family health education programs is reflected at its signature fundraising events: Midsummer Harvest and Bluegrass for Babies. Since 2009, the organization has raised over $130,000 to support innovative children’s health research and educational programs through its partnership with Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. For more information on the Healthy Roots Foundation or its events, please call 513-549-1838.
