In support of the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank, The Charlottesville 29 is pleased to present The 2019 Charlottesville 29 Restaurant Auctions, and the raffle to Win a Year of Bodo’s. (Enter the Bodo’s raffle here.)

The Charlottesville 29 answers: if there were just 29 restaurants in Charlottesville, what would be the ideal 29? Now, the restaurants of The Charlottesville 29 are coming together to help feed the area’s hungry by creating once-in-lifetime dining experiences for whoever pledges the highest donation to the food bank. Thanks to the efficiency of the food bank, each dollar is enough to provide four meals to the area’s hungry, meaning the auction winners’ meals will result in thousands more for the area’s hungry.

While the auction experiences vary from one restaurant to another, what they all share is the chance to enjoy a restaurant in a way you’ve never enjoyed it before. Best of all, it is guilt-free indulgence. Because the restaurants are donating the all-inclusive experiences, every penny paid for your over-the-top meal helps fight hunger.

These donations will come at a critical time. One out of every eleven people in our region struggles to put food on the table, which can have lasting consequences for those in need. No one does more do fight this crisis than the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank. Now you can join the food bank and the restaurants of The Charlottesville 29 in feeding those in need.

Beginning June 17, each day we will announce a new online auction of a once-in-a-lifetime experience of a restaurant of The Charlottesville 29. Each auction will last 30 days, after which the winner will make a donation to the food bank in the amount of their winning bid, and then enjoy their unforgettable, all-inclusive restaurant experience. That’s it.

Links to auction descriptions will be added below as they are announced. Group bidding is welcome.