Warwick's Crushed Ball Feeds The Needy

There's one positive coming from Dionne Warwick's canceled-at-the-last-minute American Music Inaugural Ball -- all the unused food is now being served at food shelters across D.C.

Dion Warwick
The D.C. Central Kitchen -- which has been around for nearly 20 years -- was given 2,500 pounds of ribs, pork loin, chicken parmesan, baked goods and fruit by the Marriott Wardman Park -- where Dionne's ball was set to go down.

The Kitchen distributed the food to nearly 100 shelters and social-service agencies.

We're told the one leftover the Marriott didn't donate to the Kitchen was ... the champagne.



Tags: DC central kitchen, DcCentralKitchen, dionne warwick, DionneWarwick

Reader Comments

(Page 1 of 1)

1. kinda make'z you wish you were homeless 4 a day.........

Posted at 12:01PM on Jan 27th 2009 by 99centz

2. I thought she was a psychic! Shouldnt she have seen the ball would have been cancelled!!!!

Posted at 12:15PM on Jan 27th 2009 by Barack the Magic Fraud

3. What a great thing to do. Especially during these times, food banks are in desperate need. Way to go!

Posted at 12:27PM on Jan 27th 2009 by K

4. All the money wasted on the high priced fancy food could have been spent to buy 10 times as much food in bulk. What a colossal waste.

Posted at 12:41PM on Jan 27th 2009 by Lord Xenu

5. I guess she didn't see this coming ... "I'll never fall in love again" Warwick

Posted at 12:51PM on Jan 27th 2009 by Wiggles

6. if the food is being served "now".....it's gotta be pretty rotten. Week old food? No thanks.

Posted at 6:43PM on Jan 27th 2009 by Brenda