Byline: Dahlia Jean Weinstein, Rocky Mountain News
Etiquette dictates that slurping one's soup is not appropriate dining-table behavior.
But if you attended the recent Soup for the Soul fund-raiser at the Marriott City Center, you know that slurping is not always a social sin. How else could you have sampled the yummy soups provided by many of Denver's finest restaurants and caterers?
More than 700 guests at the fourth annual fete tried the lip-smacking soups, breads and desserts, all offered to raise funds for Porter Hospice and Hospice of Peace.
Porter Hospice and Hospice of Peace, both part of Centura Health at Home, a member of Centura Health, offer pain and symptom management by addressing the physical, spiritual, social and emotional needs of patients facing the end of life and their relatives.
This year soup purveyors included Blue Point Bakery, Bruno's Italian Bistro, Dazzle, Fourth Story, Gumbo's, Il Fornaio, Mel's, Mission Trujillo, Paul's Catering, Pesce Fresco, P.F. Chang's, Ristorante Amore, Solera, Tante Louise, Tony's Meats and Ventura Grill.
Record attendance helped bring in more than $145,000 from ticket sales and the evening's silent auction, featuring artwork donated by local artists.
Guests also enjoyed words of wisdom from local sports personality and afternoon radio talk-show host Irv Brown from KKFN-AM (950), The Fan.
Among the soup-slurping guests were Brown's wife, Pat; Centura Health President and CEO Joe Swedish; Porter Adventist Hospital CEO Jim Boyle; Director of Porter Hospice and Hospice of Peace Corinne Ablin and her husband, Yury; Soup for the Soul emcee and 9News anchorwoman Kim Christiansen and her husband, Greg Feith; Porter Hospice Foundation Executive Director Kathie Repola; Centura Health at Home Senior Vice President Erin Denholm; Hospice of Peace Vice President of Development Beth Georges; Rocky Mountain Healthcare Foundation President Jon Hoehn and his wife, Tammi; Hospice Medical Director Dr. Michael McMillan and his wife, Mary Beth; and Hospice board members such as Chris Agnew, Sharon Alexander-Holt, Anita Sanborn, Eric Wolverton and Jeannie Bennington, who coordinated the Soup for the Soul soiree.
Other soup lovers at the affair included Paul's Catering's Ruth Carney and her mother, Gisela Carney; Jean and Ben Galloway; Linda and Leo Goto; Janis and David Borie; and Gov. Bill Owens' sister, Kelly Owens, a long-time Porter Hospice advocate.
For more information about Porter Hospice and Hospice of Peace, call Susie Tombs, 303-561-5000.
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Hospice advocates are, from left, director of Porter Hospice and Hospice of Peace Corinne Ablin, volunteer Chris Agnew, Soup for the Soul coordinator Jeannie Benning- ton and Centura Health at Home Senior Vice President Erin Denholm. PHOTOS BY STEVE PETERSON / SPECIAL TO THE NEWS
CAPTION: Soup for the Soul, a benefit for Porter Hospice and Hospice of Peace, attracts supporters such as Centura Health President and CEO Joe Swedish, left, and Porter Adventist Hospital CEO Jim Boyle.
CAPTION: Sports personality Irv Brown, left, was the inspirational speaker at Soup for the Soul. Brown is joined by his wife, Pat, and emcee and 9News anchor Kim Christiansen and her husband Greg Feith.
