Details to follow regarding the 31st Annual Affaire of the Heart taking place on Friday, April 19, 2024!

Please join us at our 31st Annual Signature Event, Affaire of the Heart on Friday, April 19, 2024 in-person at 500 Pearl, or celebrate from home with our take-home dinner options.

6:00 PM COCKTAIL HOUR IN WXYZ Lounge
Sommelier wine, hors d’oeuvre, specialty cocktails & live music in two rooms
♥ Auction ♥ Mystery Hearts ♥ Basket Raffle ♥ Wine Wall ♥ Grand Raffle
6:45 PM FOOD STATIONS IN FORBES THEATER
Wine, beer & food pairing stations
7:45 PM Seating for the program & coffee stations
8:00 PM PROGRAM IN FORBES THEATER
Welcome & introductions
♥ KEVIN GARVEY AWARD:
Dr. Philip McCarthy
Director Emeritus, Transplant & Cellular Therapy Program at Roswell Park
8:45 PM Raffle winners announced, dessert stations
Live music by Cami Clune
10:00 PM Event concludes

Don’t venture far, $1 of each drink purchased post-event at 500 Pearl from 10 PM – 12 AM will be donated back to KGH!

Event Emcee, TO BE ANNOUNCED courtesy of Presentation Sponsor, TO BE ANNOUNCED
Performances by daydreamthedj, & The Voice semi-finalist Cami Clune
Individual in-person tickets – $200
In the event of changes to healthcare guidelines, KGH reserves the rights to substitute to take home meals.
Take home dinner for two – $200 | Enhanced Take home dinner for two – $300
Enhanced upgrade includes meal delivery, two appetizers, additional dessert and recognition on AOH website!
ORDERS ARE DUE BY 5 PM ON APRIL 12
Please arrive at your designated pick up time at 500 Pearl and remain in your car. A volunteer will be out to take your name. Pop your trunk and we will place inside for you. Enjoy & thanks for your support!

Online bidding will open on April 15 and closes Sunday, April 21, 2024 at 8 PM. Items will be available for pick-up at Kevin Guest House April 26th or later. Winning bids will be contacted to arrange pick-up. Anyone is welcome to bid, an event ticket is not required to bid online.

Enters you in to win one of three grand raffle prizes:
Celebrate Affaire of the Heart with this: earth mined 10K gold & .5k diamond ring (Size 8) valued over $800 ♥
♥  Enjoy a staycation you’ve been dreaming of with an overnight at A-Loft at 500 Pearl & $50 Food or Beverage voucher at any of 500 Pearl’s four outlets: wxyz bar, Patrick’s Rooftop, Spare Lanes or aloft Re:Fuel ♥
♥ A handcraft Shinola Runwell men’s watch with dark face & leather strap made with an obsession to detail in Detroit valued at $600 ♥
$25 each or three for $50
Three total winners. Do not need to be present to win!
Give one of our guests a VIP dinner experience! Your donation will cover a delicious meal the evening of Affaire of the Heart, served in our Healing Garden for current guests or in their isolated spaces for immune compromised families.

These donors are giving one of our 2024 guests a VIP dinner experience:

#1 Rosanne Braxton

#2 Jerry Halligan

#3 Jon & Kim Olsen

#4 Matt & Nicole Wagner

#5 Karen & Christopher Cummings

 

Or you can pay it forward and help the next family that comes to our doors. A $25 donation covers one night’s stay for one person, $50 covers one night in a bone marrow transplant recovery apartment and $100 covers one night for a family of four in our main house.

Quick Links

2024 Committee Co-Chairs:

Dr. Christina Tobin and Rosanne Braxton

2024 Committee Members:

Mary Andrejko, Karen Cummings, Anna DiPasquale-Munn, Kathy Fassl, Cathy Hess, Jennifer Holler, Amity Mann, Jonathan Morris, Emily Smaldino Wallace, Andrea Willis and Susan Zimdahl.

Dress Code & Parking

Cocktail attire
Complimentary Valet Parking courtesy of :
TO BE ANNOUNCED

Photography Consent

Please note that photographs and video are taken during the event. These images may be used in Kevin Guest House’s marketing materials, the Kevin Guest House website and Facebook page and other products relating to Kevin Guest House. By attending the event, you consent to the possibility of your image being used in KGH-related materials.

Can’t attend but want to help?

We’re looking for items for our basket raffle, online auction, wine wall ($20+) and gift cards ($20+). Download our auction donation form.
Contact Amity Mann at info@kevinguesthouse.org to coordinate.

Thank you to our sponsors: 

Platinum

Online Auction

Valet Parking

Presentation

Gold

Silver

Drs Stephen Edge & Cynthia Swain

Bronze

Heart

Thank you for helping us raise $112,000 in 2023 to provide a comfortable and supportive home away from home for our guests. 

The event on April 21, 2023 at 500 Pearl wouldn’t have been possible without the support from our community. Thank you to all those who attended the event and purchased take home meals. Special thanks to our committee and all of the volunteers who worked hard to make the event run smoothly. We greatly appreciate our sponsors and the in-kind donors who provided entertainment, memories and delicious tastings for the event.

Thank you for sponsoring guest meals

These donors gave our 2023 guests a catered dinner experience the evening of Affaire of the Heart, served in our Healing Garden or in isolated spaces for immune compromised families.

Adam Stotz, Ajay Gupta, Andrea Tarshus, Anonymous, Gerry Halligan, James Marotto, Jennifer Dunn, John Williamson, Richard & Pamela Schott, Rosanne Braxton, FIFCO USA and RP Oak Hill Building Company Inc.

Thank you, Kelly Ziv for purchasing an enhanced take home meal.
2023 Committee Co-Chairs:

Dr. Christina Tobin and Rosanne Braxton

2023 Committee Members:

Karen Cummings, Kathy Fassl, Judith Gorino, Susan Mailman, Jonathan Morris, Emily Smaldino and Andrea Willis.

Thank you to our 2023 sponsors: 

Platinum

Online Auction

Presentation

Valet Parking

Gold

John and Carolyn Yurtchuk

Silver

Drs Stephen Edge & Cynthia Swain

Bronze

Dr. Christina Tobin

Heart

Thank you so much for helping us raise $79,000 in 2022 to provide a comfortable and supportive home away from home for our guests. 

This event wouldn’t be possible without the support from our community. Thank you to all those who attended the event and purchased take home meals. Special thanks to our committee and all of the volunteers who worked hard to make the event run smoothly. We greatly appreciate our sponsors and the in-kind donors who provided entertainment, memories and delicious tastings for the event.