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A guest puts a bid on a silent auction item. The items, which are paintings, drawings and other art pieces, were made by youth currently in the Calgary Young Offender Centre.

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Kevin Huie and Penny Hume ladled out soup for guests in a mock soup kitchen.

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Lisa Kindree, assistant director at Youth Central, and volunteer James Chau, fill Julia Poehlmann's hand-made bowl with soup.

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The tables were filled as guests enjoyed the mock soup kitchen environment. 

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Andre Prefontaine, who had once been a troubled street youth, performed slam poetry.

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Andrew Phung and Sylvia Galica ran the live auction. Phung offered a medallion as a bonus incentive for those bidding on the gardening set.

Photo: Lindsay Douglas