ICOF's Friends for Haiti

FRIENDS FOR HAITI

A new and exciting addition to this year’s Oyster Festival is our Friday night party, “Friends for Haiti”. With themed “strolling” areas, top-shelf passed beverages, and interactive stations by elite chefs from around the country, the event strives to take full advantage of our breathtaking venue, Duxbury Beach, in a more intimate way than Saturday. All proceeds from this event and the live auction directly benefit ICOF’s collaboration with Caribbean Harvest in Haiti. Tickets are $250 and include admission to Saturday’s Oyster Festival. Sponsorships are available – see the Sponsorship page at www.islandcreekfoundation.org for more information.

ICOF Projects

Earlier this year the William J. Clinton Foundation connected ICOF with the Caribbean Harvest Foundation. By sustainably farming fish, Caribbean Harvest strives to re-make a domestic fishing industry, create jobs, - and provide nutrition and social programs for the people of Haiti. Beginning in the fall of 2011 ICOF will place its full support behind Dr. Valentin Abe, Caribbean Harvest’s founder, in the hopes of greatly expediting the building of this sustainable tilapia industry in one of the world’s poorest countries. With Friday night’s Friends for Haiti event, we hope to raise enough money to provide 40+ families (nearly half a village) with a Tilapia Farming Starter Kit which will subsequently boost each families annual income from $400 per year to $3,800 per year.

Additional proceeds from the Oyster Festival Weekend will fund the ongoing work of the Foundation including our collaboration with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Zanzibar where a shellfish hatchery is being successfully developed, as well as towards future projects where sustainable aquaculture can bring relief and hope to impoverished areas around the globe.

The Party

The party is literally still being developed. Keep checking back for more exciting details. Trust us, it will be worth it.

Friday, September 9, 2011. 6:30pm – 11:00 pm at Duxbury Beach under the Festival tent. "Neat Beach Casual" attire is suggested. Your $250 ticket includes cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, an amped up raw-bar, unlimited short plates created by 10 of Boston and New York’s best chefs. There will be a live auction (with some surprise auctioneers to be announced soon), interactive chef stations, lots of entertainment and Island Creek Oyster style fun. Your $250 ticket includes return admission to Saturday’s Oyster Festival (3:00 – 11:00).

Chefs

Jody Adams, Rialto, Cambridge; Trade & Co, Boston

Jonathan Benno, Lincoln Restaurant, Manhattan

Erling Wu-Bower, The Publican, Chicago

Jackson Cannon, Eastern Standard Kitchen, Boston

Joanne Chang, Flour Bakery, Boston

Brian Huston, The Publican, Chicago

Sam Mason, Empire Mayonnaise, New York

Tony Maws, Craigie on Main, Cambridge

Frank McClelland, Au Soleil Catering, and L'Espalier, Boston

Angela and Seth Raynor, The Pearl, The Boarding House, Corazon Del Mar, Nantucket

Michael Schlow, Radius, Tico, Boston

Jeremy Sewall, Island Creek Oyster Bar, Lineage, Eastern Standard Kitchen, Boston

Ming Tsai, Blue Ginger, Wellesley