Ballard teen Dominick Cura, who wrote a gluten-free cookbook for all those living with celiac disease, is hosting a fundraiser from 6-8 tonight to send 400-500 of his books to the University of Chicago Celiac Disease Center to include in its gluten-free care packages that it sends to children with celiac disease.
The fundraiser is at Chuck’s Hop Shop, at NW 85th Street and 8th Avenue NW, right on the Ballard/Greenwood line.
Dominick will be raffling off a ton of prizes:
$20 Drawing Prizes
- 2 tickets to Taproot Theatre and a $20 certificate to Razzi’s Pizzeria
- One month of nutrition coaching from Gluten Free Roots
- $100 gift certificate to Volterra, a bottle of wine and seasoned salt
- 4 vouchers for Banya 5 – Urban Spa
- 2-4 bottles of wine from Domanico Cellars
- Gift cards to Tokara Japanese Sweets
- $80 gift certificate to Razzi’s
- A ‘Fantasy Birthday Party’
$5 Drawing Prizes
- Cookies from I Love My GFF Mobile Food
- Lunch for Two from I Love My GFF Mobile Food
- Gift Certificate for Garlic Jim’s Famous Gourmet Pizza
- Gift cards to Tokara Japanese Sweets
- A gluten-free cake from D:floured
- Treats from Hot Cakes Molten Chocolate Bakery
- Gift certificate to Blackbird Bakery
- Starbucks coffee beans
- Treats from Wheatless in Seattle
- Copies of Dominick’s book “Eternally Gluten Free”
Prizes will be drawn at 7:45 p.m., you need not be present to win.
Urban Nomad will be there, offering a variety of gluten-free pasta dishes, and Portland’s Harvester Brewing will offer four gluten-free beers.
