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Stevie Wonder Drops in for Frank Ski's 9th Annual Celebrity Wine Tasting and Live Auction Fundraiser
The event brought together the top civic leaders, athletes, business leaders and Atlanta celebrities to benefit children in the Metro Atlanta area.
Legendary R&B artist Stevie Wonder dropped by Frank Ski's Restaurant & Lounge for a few hours Sunday evening to help his friend, Atlanta radio host Frank Ski, raise money for the Frank Ski Kids Foundation.
Ski holds the annual celebrity wine tasting and silent auction as a fundraiser, but also as a way to invite the top leaders in various Atlanta spheres to congregate together casually for a fun night of wine and philanthropy. The event was hosted by actor Boris Kodjoe, along with former Def Jam CEO Kevin Liles and his wife, Erika.
The venue, filled with hundreds of Atlanta's movers and shakers, fell quiet as Wonder was led onto stage. He played a harmonica, lending it a little "Stevie Wonder spit," which was sold for $11,000.
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Other items like a schnauzer and its pup sold for $4,500; a guitar signed by Sting went for $2,400.
The event was filled with notable attendees, including Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, rapper Young Jeezy, Real Housewives of Atlanta cast member Porsha Stewart and her husband, former NFL football player Kordell Stewart and child advocate and attorney BJ Bernstein.
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Tickets for the event started at $250.
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