If you can’t make the event, please consider a tax-deductible donation to the North Carolina Children’s Hospital. You can make your secure donation online at https://www.medicalfoundationofnc.org/corksforkidsnc.shtml . This donation goes directly to the Children’s Hospital and is earmarked as a Corks for Kids donation. You can use your credit card and earn points at the same time! Winemaker Dinners Friday, September 24th Acme Winemaker Dinner – 110 East Main Street in Carrboro Bin 54 Restaurant - Hwy 54 in Chapel Hill
Tickets are $150 per person (plus tax and gratuity)
At the dinner you will be seated at a table of 8 people with one winemaker from Australia, New Zealand, Austria or Argentina - yep! We're going global this year! There is no other dinner offered in the state that gives you this kind of intimate experience. A few hours of food, wine and fun all with intimate conversation with some incredible winemakers!
The Main Event Saturday, September 25th 7:00-10:00 pm at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill (located on Route 54 just south of Interstate 40 off exit 273) Tickets are $65 per person. - Winemakers from New Zealand, Australia, Oregon and Spain
- 60 wines from around the world will be taste, including Austria, Italy and France
- Silent and Live auction with collectible wines, sporting event tickets, etc
- All wines for sale with 100% of the proceeds going to the Children’s Hospital
- Wines tasted average retail - over $30!!!
- Hors d’oeuvres
- $45 of your ticket is tax-deductible
Now, if this isn’t the biggest win-win opportunity to give to charity, I don’t know what is. All you have to do is come, drink a bunch of killer wine, hang out with friends, and buy your favorites at a big discount. At $65, this is a steal of a tasting. The average retail on the wines is $35. You can taste over $2000 worth of wine for $65!!! Not bad.
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What is Corks for Kids “The Event”? A two-day dinner and wine-tasting event featuring winemakers from Australia and New Zealand with the goal of raising $100,000 for the North Carolina Children’s Hospital located in Chapel Hill. Winemaker Dinners will be held on Friday, September 11th. The main event will be held at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill on Saturday, September 12th. The main tasting will feature over 65 wines, as well as a silent and live auction. Wines featured at both days of the event will be available for purchase. All proceeds from the event and sales of the wines will go to the Children’s Hospital. Last year, the event raised over $77,000 for the Hospital. Combined, our first three events have raised over $157,000!
Why am I doing this? Want to know why I put so much energy into raising money for the Children's Hospital? Her name is Lily Mae - my beautiful redheaded daughter. She and her Mom are alive today thanks to the N.C. Children's Hospital. And since my wife works there, I have gotten to hear about the other amazing things they do and the lives they touch. This is our state's Children’s Hospital - kids come from all over the state to receive the best healthcare around - regardless of their ability to pay or the complexity of the care that is needed.
Which raises the question – if it is the state’s Children’s Hospital, why do they need our help? Can’t they just go to the state for more money? If only it were that simple. Certainly, the state provides a portion of the hospital’s budget. But that goes to cover the bare minimum – the basics that keep the lights on and the place running. What the state doesn’t do is provide the funds needed to attract world-class physicians and staff or to initiate innovative research and care programs. The challenge is to find a way that allows the Hospital to be innovative and develop programs beyond what's afforded from patients' limited insurance and uncompensated care to children statewide. Simply stated, much of the additional personnel and equipment they need to develop new and innovative programs are not available from the financial resources they have. That’s where Corks for Kids comes in.
I won’t presume to know what anybody’s particular situation is in these stressful economic times. What I do know is the Children’s Hospital has been hit particularly hard. As one would expect, donations are down. On top of that, less money is being provided by the state. And as people lose health insurance, more procedures are being performed with no hope of reimbursement by the Hospital. Already, unreimbursed care is the Hospital’s top expenditure, and it is getting worse. But children need the care, and the Hospital will continue to give it! That’s what they do. Day in and day out - provide world-class care to children from all 100 counties in North Carolina and beyond
And, call me old-fashioned, but I believe a business has a responsibility to the community it lives in: a responsibility to improve the health, welfare and education of that community. Of course, it’s good business, but the reasons go deeper. Why should a business take on a responsibility that we, as individuals, often do not? Simply, we all live busy lives, and while we may have the intentions to make a difference, reality gets in the way. After work, carpooling, kids, activities, etc., it is hard, if not impossible, to find time to help the community. And that’s where businesses need to step in.
Businesses are adept, or should be, at pooling resources of people, energy and creativity to create a product greater than the sum of its parts. By turning these practices towards charitable endeavors, businesses can provide a win-win opportunity for all involved. Individuals reap the reward of giving back to their community in real ways that go beyond merely writing a check. Non-profits win by the improved efficiencies businesses can bring to charitable endeavors. The community wins – well, because the “community” starts to act like one, with people interacting and working together towards the greater good. We become a community that revolves around more than the fact that we live near each other.
Sappy? Maybe. But it is what I honestly believe.
Now, if this isn’t the biggest win-win opportunity to give to charity, I don’t know what is. All you have to do is come, drink a bunch of killer wine, hang out with friends, and buy your favorites at a big discount. At $65, this is a steal of a tasting. The average retail on the wines is $35. You can taste over $2000 worth of wine for $65!!! Not bad.
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