The 2008 Showcase: TASTE of Sonoma benefits local charities that provide vital services to Sonoma County. Your ticket purchase helps support families in need and students throughout the County – we thank you for your generosity.
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Redwood Empire Food Bank
The Redwood Empire Food Bank, Sonoma County's largest hunger relief organization, provides food assistance to over 50,000 low-income people through its network of 128 county-wide charitable agencies and its own food programs. Founded in 1987, the REFB distributes over 10 million pounds of food providing over 20,000 meals a day to those in need, helping Sonoma County's citizens live healthier, more productive lives. Visit www.refb.org to learn more.
Santa Rosa Junior College Foundation
The Santa Rosa Junior College Foundation's primary mission is to assist SRJC by securing support for student scholarships, academic programs and capital projects. Since its formation in 1969, the SRJC Foundation has been instrumental in strengthening the steady growth in private giving to the college.
The Sonoma Valley Harvest Wine Auction provides vital funding to local charities serving children, vineyard and hospitality workers and their families, and community healthcare. These Valley services and organizations put your generosity to work supporting the community. Our hats are off to you, our guests, and the dedicated folks who work so hard to improve the quality of life in Sonoma Valley.
Friends in Sonoma Helping
F.I.S.H. was organized in 1971 and is the community’s helping hand. This Harvest Wine Auction is the third year SVVGF has donated proceedings to FISH.
Hanna Boys Center
Hanna Boys Center is one of Northern California’s most successful residential treatment centers. For more than 50 years, Hanna Boys Center has helped change the lives of thousands of at-risk boys of diverse ethnic and economic backgrounds from the greater Bay Area and beyond, through caring, respect, education, and faith.
Operation Youth of Sonoma Valley
Sonoma Community Center
The Sonoma Community Center was built in 1915 as the Sonoma Grammar School. The Sonoma Community Center is a source of great civic pride both in terms of its historical building and the wide spectrum of events and activities it has provided for over fifty years.
Sonoma Jazz +
Sonoma Jazz + is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization whose central purpose is raising money to support the Sonoma community's music education needs, while producing a world-class music festival. Thanks to Sonoma Jazz +, music programming is alive in Sonoma Valley public schools.
Sonoma Overnight Support/Sonoma Brown Baggers
Sonoma Overnight Support/Sonoma Brown Baggers is a group of faith based and civic-minded individuals joined together in a 503 C 3 corporation to support persons in need of shelter and support. Sonoma Overnight Support/Sonoma Brown Baggers has been helping people in the Sonoma Valley since 1996.
Sonoma Valley Community Health Center
Sonoma Valley Community Health Center has been an ongoing partner since 1998 in providing essential health care services to migrant and seasonal agricultural workers. Overall, SVVGF has donated over half a million dollars to the Community Health Center. Phone: (707) 939-6075
Sonoma Valley Education Foundation
Founded in 1993 by a group of concerned parents in Sonoma, the Sonoma Valley Education Foundation exists to promote excellence in our Sonoma Valley public schools.
Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation
The Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation has been part of our community for over 55 years and a charity partner of the Harvest Wine Auction for the last 15 years.
Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance
The STAND BY ME mentoring program was originally established at Flowery Elementary School in 1996. As a result of overwhelming success, the program has now expanded to eight other Sonoma Valley schools and presently 360 children in Sonoma have a mentor in their life.
WillMar Center for Bereaved Children
Founded in July of 2000, the Willmar Center for Bereaved Children is an organization designed to serve children and teenagers who have experienced the death of a loved one from illness, accident, suicide and homicide.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley is a youth development organization serving the Sonoma Valley since 1962. The Club provides a year round save haven for over 1800 Valley youth and offers programs and services designed to build character and strengthen life skills in a fun, safe and constructive environment. Their mission is to provide positive opportunities for youth to learn and succeed.
Vineyard Worker Services
Vineyard Workers Services, an organization that has been in existence for more than 13 years, has been facilitating housing development and health operations and serves migrants and the growing year-round-resident farm worker population with a variety of essential services, referrals, and training.
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