New York's television and theatrical celebrities took "center stage" behind the counter at the annual "Celebrity Bartending Night" on December 4th at Bar 13 (35 E. 13th st.) to raise money for the not-for-profit organization Stockings With Care.
Celebrities who guest bartend included Val Emmich (Ugly Betty, 30 Rock), Connor Paolo (Gossip Girl), Bree Williamson, Bethann Bonner and Tika Sumpter (One Life To Live), Harold Perrrineau (Lost), Grant Bowler (Ugly Betty), Jesse Williams (Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants 2), Kate Shindle (Legally Blonde), Jason Butler Harner (Changeling), Kirk Acevedo (Fringe), Marcy Rylan (Guiding Light), Trevor St. John (One Life To Live), Daniel Kennedy, Jeff Branson and Aiden Turner (All My Children), Broadway star Cheyenne Jackson and Jaso n Jones, Rob Riggle, Wyatt Cenac, John Oliver and Aasif Mandvi of The Daily Show amongst others.
Stockings With Care is an organization that buys holiday gifts for children whose families either live in homeless shelters or are in jeopardy of becoming homeless and cannot afford to celebrate their holiday.
All bartenders' tips will go to Stockings With Care and be used to buy holiday gifts for children whose families either live in homeless shelters or are in jeopardy of becoming homeless and cannot afford to celebrate their holiday.
Created by television casting executive Rosalie Joseph and producer Tom Fontana ("Oz", "The Bedford Diaries"), Stockings With Care grants the gift wishes of children while preserving the dignity of parents or caregivers. In its 16th year, Stockings With Care works with various agencies that help families in crisis. The children make their wish lists. Social workers provide SWC with the name, gender, and age of each child. Individual donors, corporations, and a small army of volunteers come together to purchase and wrap the gifts. They are then delivered to the parents so that they can personally present the gifts to their children. The parents are empowered, dignity is maintained and holiday magic is created. Last year 3,000 children woke up to a miracle on Christmas morning. Through Stockings with Care, each child found the gift they had wished for and each parent shared their joy.
To find out more about Stockings With Care please visit their website at http:www.stockingswithcare.org
Photos by Linda Lenzi
Broadway's Kate Shindle
Broadway's Cheyenne Jackson
Kate Shindle and Jesse Williams (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2)
Cheyenne Jackson and Kate Shindle
Caitlin Van Zandt (CBS's "Guiding Light") and Cheyenne Jackson
Cheyenne Jackson and Chrishell Stause (ABC's "All My Children")
Melissa Archer (ABC's "One Live to Live")
Tobias Trivillion (ABC's "One Life to Live")
Tika Sumpter (ABC's "One Life to Live")
Steven Schirripa (The Sopranos)
Steven Schirripa
Tika Sumpter and Tobias Trivillion
Tika Sumpter, Steven Schirripa and Tobias Trivillion
Rob Riggle (The Daily Show) and John Oliver (The Daily Show)
Jason Jones (The Daily Show) and Steven Schirripa
Bree Williamson (ABC's "One Life to Live")
Bree Williamson and Melissa Archer
Bree Williamson and Caitlin Van Zandt
Bree Williamson and Caitlin Van Zandt
Karl Girolamo (CBS's "As the Worls Turns")
Caitlin Van Zandt, Bree Williamson and Karl Girolamo
John Brotherton (ABC's "One Life to Live")
Caitlin Van Zandt and John Brotherton
John Brotherton and Caitlin Van Zandt
Melissa Claire Egan (ABC's "All My Children")
John Brotherton, Caitlin Van Zandt and Melissa Claire Egan
Kirk Acevedo (Fringe) and Melissa Claire Egan
David Fumero (ABC's "One Life to Live") and Melissa Fumero
David Fumero and Melissa Fumero
Jason Tam (ABC's "One Life to Live")
Bethann Bonner (ABC's "One Life to Live")
Bethann Bonner and Chrishell Stause
Chrishell Stause and Jason Tam
Daniel Kennedy (ABC's "All My Children")
Daniel Kennedy and Dean Winters (Rescue Me/OZ)
Dean Winters and Yesica Mirambeau
Trevor St. John (ABC's "One Life to Live")
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