An annual March of Dimes Foundation fundraiser set for Oct. 25 will feature dinner, vintage wines and an auction.

This year’s Signature Chefs Auction will feature dishes from the following local eateries: Greenhouse Tavern, Beirut, Swig, Mancy’s Italian, Mancy’s Blue Water, Treo, Canal Junction, Indian Jewel, Rockwell’s, Home Slice, Revolver, and Tea Tree.

The event starts at 5:30 p.m. at Parkway Place, 2592 Parkway Plaza, in Maumee. Tickets are $75.

All proceeds will benefit the March of Dimes campaign to reduce the rate of premature births, birth defects and other serious threats to babies’ health. More than half a million babies are born too soon each year, including about 20,000 in Ohio, according to a news release.

Last year’s auction raised $55,000, said Jodi DiSalle-Horns, division director for Northwest Ohio.

A cookbook featuring recipes from the event as well as favorite childhood recipes from each chef will be sold for $15, with all proceeds also going toward March of Dimes, DiSalle-Horns said.

Hosted in more than 200 cities across the country, Signature Chefs Auctions have raised more than $132 million for the March of Dimes since 1989, according to its website. In 2009, the events raised more than $15 million.

For more information, contact DiSalle-Horns (419) 534-3600 or JDiSalle-Horns@marchofdimes.com or visit the March of Dimes website at www.marchofdimes.com.

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A fundraiser will help a couple adopt their first child at a fundraiser 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Aug. 21 at Home Slice Pizza on South St. Clair Street.

Admission to the benefit is $8 for adults and $3 for children, which promises pizza, a live acoustic guitarist and face painting. A silent auction and cash bar round out the event.

All proceeds go to Jessi and Randy Dodds, who are facing an initial cost of $7,500 to their domestic adoption agency, Spirit of Faith Adoptions. Costs include training for the adoptive parents, classes, legal fees and counseling for the birth parents, according to Jessi.

“We began the adoption process in the beginning of this year, after going through two miscarriages …We just want to have a baby,” Jessi said. “Adoption seems like a great way to begin our family as well as give a child a chance in life.”

The Dodds’ pastor, the Rev. Joseph Keblesh Jr. of St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, knows the couple and their struggles well.

“Wonderful young couple,” said Keblesh of the Dodds. “They’re now trying to adopt and finding just how expensive it is. We as a parish are trying to raise funds for them.”

Keblesh is the father-in-law of Jamie Keblesh, a longtime friend of the Dodds who is organizing the fundraiser. Jamie said that after St. Matthew’s held a spaghetti dinner for the Dodds that raised $1,500 towards their adoption costs, she wanted to do something that would involve more of the community.

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