Hello everyone. I wanted to get out ahead and announce the date, share some basic info and some good news, all in support of the 2015 event. With 2015, we will be at this for 10 years, as the first two years lacked a charity focus and so really the last 8 years now raising money for Laura’s House.
I was told recently that our collective efforts have raised close to $200,000 for the charity to this point. Even that # astounded me, as I really had no idea we had made such a deep financial impact. As a testament to all of your dedicated Falltacular support, from our front door donations and garage silent auction efforts, to the winemakers and their consistent donations to support us for so many years, we have some good news.
Attached is a photo, taken a few months back, showing my wife standing in front of the recently opened re-sale store in South OC, where donations of all kind are sold to raise money for the charity. As Brig Campbell (a fellow WB and someone who donates his own time to the store regularly) can tell you, this was a key moment. This new, second store is raising fresh cash, with items that are beyond the typical thrift store feel: it’s sharply designed and warm inside, with a sense of class and care, to include the items being sold, all of which are again donations. The point here is that our collective efforts have helped raise the cash to get this second store opened and so I share this photo with you out of my own gratitude for all that has been done.
So, next steps? Mark the date, decide if you can attend. We raised close to $20,000 last year, and if you want to refresh on last year’s success, see the links below. In addition, I also have pasted the FAQ as a link, so that new folks or those wishing to have questions answered can view the FAQ and see what the event is all about. You can of course post questions here and I will reply to them.
2014 info from the Offline Planner >>>> Falltacular 2014--This Saturday, 2/22 @ Noon. FINAL DETAILS POSTED - Event Planner - Online or Offline - WineBerserkers
2014 TNs from the Wine Forum >>>> TNs--FALLTACULAR 2014 - WINE TALK - WineBerserkers
FAQ >>>> Dropbox - File Deleted (it’s a safe link, don’t worry).
We will do the Friday AM golf outing again before the event, as well as the Friday night BYOB dinner. And, the cool after party for the devoted, which of course will chocked full of Blanc de Blancs and craft beers.
Thank you for reading about the event, and the most important part, for helping me support Laura’s House–it’s because of them we do this work. Here is their link >>>> http://www.laurashouse.org/