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Celebrities are 'Dishing' About National Eat Dinner Together Week; Celebrity Online Auction to Benefit Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts

Don't miss the opportunity to make a celebrity part of your family dinner. To help celebrate the 10th annual National Eat Dinner Together Week and salute the importance of family dinners, the National Pork Board is sponsoring a special celebrity-designed dinner plate auction, benefiting America's Second Harvest - The Nation's Food Bank Network. All proceeds from the auction will fund America's Second Harvest and their disaster relief response to Hurricane Katrina. Celebrities will donate personalized dinner plates that will be available via this special online charity auction, hosted on eBay®, The World's Online Marketplace™, from October 3 - 13, 2005.

This year marks the 10th annual National Eat Dinner Together Week (September 18 - 24, 2005). National Eat Dinner Together Week was established in 1996 by America's Pork Producers and the National Pork Board as a forum to develop and nurture relationships with family members.

CELEBS ARE 'DISHING': As part of the 10th annual National Eat Dinner Together Week program, celebrities have customized dinner plates to benefit America's Second Harvest - The Nation's Food Bank Network, and their disaster relief response to Hurricane Katrina. Celebrities such as Gail O'Grady, Melina Kanakaredes, Cheryl Ladd, Eva LaRue, Molly Simms and more have lent their artistic talents to the cause.

TO BID ON A PLATE: The celebrity plates will be available for auction on eBay®, The World's Online Marketplace™, from October 3 - 13, 2005. For more details and a link to the auction on eBay®, log onto TogetherforDinner.com.

AUCTION WILL BENEFIT: All proceeds from the auction will fund America's Second Harvest - The Nation's Food Bank Network, and their disaster relief response to Hurricane Katrina.

DEADLINE FOR BIDDING: Bidding runs from 12:01 AM on October 3 to 11:59 PM on October 13, 2005.

FOR MORE DETAILS: For more details and a link to the auction on eBay®, visit TogetherForDinner.com.

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