In it’s third year, Austen Morris Associates sponsored Chi Fan for Charity (CFFC) Beijing’s premiere charity dining event represented by Senior Partners Wade Dawson and Erwin Verscheuren, Client Services Manager Kelly Olver and Head of Marketing Katie Littlefield. Chi Fan for Charity’s innovative model takes the standard concept of a large gala charity dinner and throws it out the window. Instead, CFFC invites some of Beijing’s best restaurants to prepare a special menu accompanied by a selection wines that accompany the meal. Many of the tables are hosted by some of Beijing best known personalities, some by associations and others by groups of friends, and Austen Morris Associates. Restaurants which were hosted by Austen Morris Associates included Hatsune, Cafe Sambal and Carmen.
In 2010, CFFC brought together 32 of the very best restaurants in Beijing to donate tables for a city-wide charity dinner aimed at raising funds and awareness for local philanthropic causes. As part of the event, CFFC also arranged for noteworthy members of the community to host tables and invite other charitably-minded individuals to their restaurant. The evening raised over 225,000RMB in direct support for the Dandelion School, Rural Women and Prevention Through Education. Following the dinners, all guests are invited back to Hatsune’s Village location for an after party celebration and an opportunity to meet other diners. The after party activities included a raffle and silent auction which are a vital part of the fundraising activity. This special evening is now one of the premier culinary events in the city and in 2011 was voted by the readers of The Beijinger as Beijing’s 2010 Culinary Event of the Year.
Now in its’ third year, Chi Fan for Charity Beijing was hosted on Saturday November 5th, 2011 and with the help of Austen Morris Associated raised over 300,000 RMB for two worthwhile causes, as chosen by the supporters of this event through a recent survey; Bethel Foundation and New Hope Foundation.
