Miss America Hits The 'Silver Screen' During Design Cuisine's Charitable Summer Social At Kastles Stadium

Filmmakers Karim Chrobog and Carsten Oblaender, Design Cuisine co-founder Bill Homan, and Washington Kastles owner Mark Ein.

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SOUTHWEST -- The typical D.C. summer social received a welcome infusion of charitable cheer and support on Monday night, during a special kickoff reception for the newly announced documentary "In the Sign of Cancer" held inside the private VIP tent at Kastles Stadium at The Wharf.


Hosted by Tara de Nicolas and her newly formed Georgetown Consulting Group firm, the early evening party welcomed more than 50 D.C. notables, including special guest Miss America 2013 Mallory Hagen.


While Hagen clearly provided the occasion with a hefty dose of glamour in keeping with the pageant's longstanding commitment to philanthropy, even her star power nevertheless took a backseat to the real purpose of the event, which was to announce the latest film project from award winning filmmakers Karim Chrobog, Vincent Renner, and Carsten Oblaender of 18th Street Films and Story House Production fame.


Funded primarily through crowdsourced donations (the fundraising campaign begins in earnest at Indiegogo on October 7th), "In the Sign of Cancer", once completed, will examine society's battle against one of the world's deadliest diseases, with more than 8 million lives lost to cancer each year.


Through interviews and powerful first person accounts with leading cancer experts, survivors, patients, and industry insiders, the filmmakers hope to unearth a series of concrete ways through which the average person can confront the disease, which has already cost U.S. health care providers a staggering $300 billion.


Last night's reception was generously sponsored by Design Cuisine, with the award-winning local catering company's CEO and co-founder, Kathy Valentine and Bill Homan, respectively, both in attendance. And naturally, their participation ensured that guests walked away happy and refreshed after devouring a buffet table piled high with everything from lobster rolls to blueberry pie pops to bags of popcorn.


Because projects with a purpose are best tackled on a full stomach.

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