Shan_A
December 1, 2025, 2:29am
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Congratulations - and THANK YOU - to Evan K!
With donation match, we are able to donate $1200 to charity this holiday season
We will be donating $1200 to:
$500 to United Sommeliers Foundation (grants to sommeliers in emergency situations)
$500 to Covenant House NY (supports homeless youth, most of which aged out of the foster system)
$200 to New York Cares Coat Drive
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Shan_A
December 1, 2025, 2:31am
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Beat Evan_K’s bid, send me a Zelle, and we’ll donate another $1200+ to those same charities!
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Works for me. I will even open it with you in NYC! Please send me a DM with your zelle info or preferably Venmo.
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Shan figured out a way to add one more bottle into overtime! Bid $770! If I win I will share with Shan over dinner in NYC if he is so inclined! Thanks for doing this!
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Shan_A
December 1, 2025, 2:06pm
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Rob - You beat the $600 fair and square! It’s yours! Certainly look forward to opening it in NYC sometime
With match, we are at $2,750 for charity this season. I am grateful for that outcome!
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Shan_A
December 2, 2025, 3:31am
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In process of making the donations now
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Shan_A
December 2, 2025, 7:23pm
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So… I was able to get 2:1 match! So we were able to raise $4,125 with this charity auction! A change to charities though:
Covenant House $1,800
United Way $825
Gerard Basset Foundation $1500 (supports sommeliers with emergency need and scholarships)
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