Tabletochki Giving Tuesday Charity Dinner Held in Kyiv; Zagoriy Sings, Bohdan's Girlfriend Dances

Organizers managed to raise more than 16 million hryvnias for the Okhmatdyt clinic.

Tabletochki Giving Tuesday  —  an annual charity dinner that is part of the global Giving Tuesday movement and held within the Generous Tuesday project. This year the goal of the marathon was to raise 12 million hryvnias for a microbiological analyzer for the Okhmatdyt clinic. The result exceeded all expectations: as said foundation founder Olha Kudynenko, the marathon raised more than 16 million hryvnias.

The TK Media editorial team tells how the event went and who attended the charity dinner.

The event was opened by well-known TV host and politician Serhiy Prytula.

Together with Prytula, the auction was hosted by the co-organizer of the charity dinner and director of the Zagoriy Family Foundation Kateryna Zagoriy.

Kateryna's husband, pharmaceutical magnate Gleb Zagoriy, not only greeted guests at the dinner but also entertained them with a song. The businessman sang with the Ukrainian band "Khvylyu Tryymai". The philanthropist shared the corresponding video on his Facebook page.

During the auction, Zagoriy bought a lunch with Cabinet of Ministers minister Dmytro Dubilet for 1.5 million hryvnias. 

Among the auction lots was the chance to get a bottle of sparkling wine from Yevhen Chichvarkin, take a helicopter flight over Chornobyl with businessman Ihor Mazepa, fly with the Ukrainian national football team to an away match, or book a performance by the group Open Kids at a party.

In addition, guests could sell their own lots. For example, the girlfriend of the head of the Office of the President, Andriy Bohdan, Anastasiya Slichnaya, sold a dress from the Ukrainian brand Dafna May while dancing on the catwalk. Video from the event can be viewed in the stories on Slichnaya's page. 

And the First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska put up for sale the yellow dress she wore at the enthronement ceremony of the Japanese emperor in Tokyo.

Garik Korogodsky smiled a lot. The day before, he had taken part in the first charity dinner organized by the foundation of Elina Svitolina, where he bought a masterclass with Elina and Gaël Monfils on the tennis courts of Monaco.

Yevhen Chernyak, without taking part in the auction, announced that he is donating 1 million hryvnias.

Fugitive Russian businessman Yevgeny Chichvarkin also appeared at the event.

Restaurateurs Dmytro Borysov and Walid Arfouch also came to the charity dinner (no, they were not together).

Blogger and festival organizer Oleksandr Baraboshko handed over 25 000 hryvnias to Tabletochki.

Former deputy head of the Presidential Administration, and now chairman of the board of directors of Darnytsia, Dmytro Shymkiv, also attended the charity marathon.

Of course, the charity marathon would have been impossible without the founder of the Tabletochki foundation, Olha Kudynenko.

Guests were entertained by singer Jerry Heil, the group "Time and Glass", and the president of the Odesa International Film Festival Victoria Tigipko even played a set at the DJ console.