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Cocktails & Castoffs AT HOME

Join DIG for a global cocktail party that has the power to transform the world.

Cocktails & Castoffs AT HOME

There is a tangible connection between the world’s most marginalized food producers and our collective power as consumers. Cocktails & Castoffs AT HOME will inspire us to imagine what a more resilient global food system can look like, then give us steps to build that system, both locally and around the world.

Paired with some amazingly talented chefs, social justice just got a little more delicious.

WE’D LOVE TO HAVE YOU JOIN US AS A TABLE HOST, DONOR, OR SPONSOR

GET INVOLVED EARLY HERE.

LIVESTREAM THE EVENT ON THIS LINK ON SUN OCT. 23RD STARTING @ 7PM EST/ 4PM PST

For more information email [email protected]

Food Is An Area Where Our Collective Efforts

Can Have A Transformative Impact

Your Gifts Will Grow

The need for DIG’s unique program is greater than ever. Climate change, a global pandemic, and international conflict are creating frequent, long-lasting disruptions to global food and supply chains. Hunger is increasing, and the marginalized communities DIG prioritizes are at risk of falling further behind.

DIG’s program not only ensures families are able to sustain more nutritious diets throughout these disruptions, but the farmers themselves are becoming valuable resources within their broader communities, offering local access to nutrient-dense food.

The funds raised through this annual event will be used to expand DIG’s 3 core programs across Kenya, Uganda and Senegal, ensuring the most marginalized communities have access to improved nutrition, food security, and livelihoods they can grow into.

Your Gift Means the World. Donate Here

Joining Us At The Table This Year


Pierre Thiam, Internationally Celebrated Chef 

Tiffanie Barriere, Award-Winning Mixologist and Story Teller 

Madison James, Health and Nutrition Influencer and Philanthropist 

Ronisha Arlene, Floral Muse 

Chef Zu, Holistic Nutritionist & Educator 

Mitchell Anderson, Restauranteur, Actor, Activist 

Jennifer Hill Booker, Chef, Author and Food Advocate 

Mark Phillips, Culinary Artist and Caterer 

Seth Freedman, Recipe Creator 

Russ Pysell, Home Chef & Entertainer 

Sarah Koch, Founder and Executive Director of DIG 

The Joy of Gathering

Our Table Hosts bring this event to life by opening their networks, and sometimes their doors, to support DIG’s goal to grow our work around the world.

Hosts can celebrate the event any way they choose. Invite friends to tune in virtually, throw a big social affair, a simple house gathering, or a couch party for two, it’s up to you, and the DIG team is here to help make it happen.

Table Hosts who start a personal fundraiser for DIG, sponsors, and $500+ donors will each receive DIG’s Sweet Harvest Party Box delivered to your door filled with curated bites, cocktails, and inspiration to festively celebrate the event with us. More details on the Sweet Harvest Box below.

Become a Table Host

Join a Table 

Donate

Email [email protected] to get the scoop on becoming a Table Host

Help A Table Host Reach Their Goal

Amy Cunningham
Beth Pann
Dennis Heskel & Tricia Bowdidge
Lauren Masey
Mark Colvin
Melissa & Bear Pierce
Ron & Leah Adams
Sarah Chaplin
Sarah Koch 
Senegal RPCVs (Becky Bartlein, Sara Choate & Cynthia Davies)
Stephanie & Mike Kaplan 
Susan Puckett
Team Wisconsin (Dianne Smith O’Connor, Christ & Michelle Farmer) 
Tilden Nordholm
Tom Graham
Tom & Chris McGuire
The Westwood Stanford GSB Table
William Collison
Or Donate Directly to DIG

Country Garden Sponsor

$10K+

Country Garden Sponsors make it possible for 10 new groups to receive the DIG training program, that’s 250 families, 1,250 people!  An outreach like this can catalyze a regional impact towards rebalancing the local food system.

Community Garden Sponsor $5k+

Community Garden Sponsors enable DIG to develop a hyper-local demonstration garden and move at least 5 groups through our program. 125 families will be enabled to grow and harvest in a new way that gives back to the land, their health and their communities.

Family Garden Sponsor

$2,500+

Family Garden Sponsors make it possible for DIG to move 1 group, or 25 families through our regenerative agriculture program. Through the program they learn skills to enrich their land, improve their health, connect to new opportunities and to each other.

Farmer Garden Sponsor

 $1k+

As a Farmer Garden Sponsor, you’ll  pledge to raise or donate at least $1,000.

This gift enables DIG to support 10 families with the seeds, tools, and knowledge to build thriving home gardens, reaching a total of 500 people!

Seedling Sponsor

$500+

As a Seedling Sponsor, your gift will cultivate transformational impact through the purchase of tools and open pollenating seeds . These seeds will return the investment when they are harvested and shared by the farmers year after year. 

Thank You to Our Very Generous Chefs, Purveyors, & Sponsors


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Experience the Full Flavor of the Event

Donate $500 or more Before Oct 10th

DIG joins with culinary artists and food brands using their products and talents to promote social justice and the environment.

Each Sweet Harvest Party Box is filled with specially curated recipes, ingredients, and products to help set the table on Oct. 23rd.

Sign up to Host or donate $500+ before Oct 10th and we’ll send you a Sweet Harvest Party Box to enjoy.

Box Sizes:

$500+ = Intimate Party Box for 2
$1k+ = Small Party Box for 4
$2,500+ = Medium Party Box for 6
$10K+ = Large Party Box for 10
For additional boxes, contact [email protected]

*Boxes available while supplies last.

A Peek Inside the Box

We’re excited to fill this year’s box with socially conscious food brands from chefs and purveyors around the world. The box is designed to make our suggested chefs’ menu not only easy to pull-off at home but also fun to share with others. 

Your box will arrive with recipes and curated items to help you set your party table. Here are a few purveyors we’re especially excited about this year:

Donate before Oct. 10th to receive a Box

Interested in joining DIG’s Cocktails & Castoffs events as a participating chef or vendor sponsor?

email [email protected]

 

Help Us Plant The Seed

Help Us Plant The Seed

Your support will grow our capacity to equip uniquely marginalized families with the skills and experience to meet their own needs and improve their well-being through climate smart, nutrient-dense gardening. Help us plant the seeds. Consider a contribution today.

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