16th annual Knockout Homelessness fundraising event takes place Tuesday
Some local celebrities went head-to-head in the boxing ring Tuesday night in a fight against homelessness.
The Erie City Mission and the Bizzarro family hosted the 16th annual Knockout Homelessness fundraiser event at the Bayfront Convention Center.
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This year's celebrity fighters were Chris Pine, executive director of Erie Events, and Drew Whiting, CEO of the Downtown Development Corporation.
The event featured raffles, dinner, and of course, boxing matches to raise money for the City Mission's Men's Shelter Program.
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'Ticket sales are great. You see a sold-out crowd here… over 600 people and every single one of them here to support a really good cause,' said Erin Layden, director of development for the Erie City Mission.
Layden also said the organization brought a live auction back to the event this year which was very popular.
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