Winemakers Dinner & Auction

Winemakers Dinner and Benefit Auction

Thank You

Last year's Winemakers Dinner and Benefit Auction was a HUGE success! We had a wonderful evening full of friends, food and fun as we celebrated 20 years of high-quality Boys & Girls Club programming in the North County. Thank you to everyone who helped make this event possible. Please visit our Facebook Page for an album of photos taken at the event.

Five Course Dinner Paired with Local Wines

Keeping with his 10 year tradition, Ian McPhee of McPhee's Grill Templeton orchestrated our fantastic meal of seared salmon, grilled lamb, coffee and ancho rubbed New York finished by wine sorbet graciously donated by Mike and Carole Talen at Cold Stone Creamery. The wines perfectly paired with each course were donated by: Clavo Cellars, Niner Wine Estates, Meridian Vineyards, Hearst Ranch Winery and Le Vigne Winery.

Benefit Auction - Live and Silent

The stage of the Paso Robles Park Ballroom was filled with attractive silent auction items including: River Oaks Hot Springs treatments and complimentary rounds of golf, Napa Valley Wine Train excursion and an aerial flight for four around our beautiful central coast (thank you John Hamon ).

The LIVE Auction showcased a prestigious collection of exotic vacations to Cabo and Fiji, large group dinners at McPhee's with tours and stays in local eateries and B&B's.
The auction commenced with the auctioning of a collection of unique, valuable magnums from six of the BEST local wineries.

Sponsor a Child

The beauty and elegance of the evening could not parallel the brief but compelling speech given by Boys & Girls Club member, Q Medina. Q spoke confidently about how as a child she had problems at home and at school. She remembers that coming to the Club was the first time she felt like she was safe, and like she belonged. Although her challenges at school became harder to deal with, Club programs like SMART Girls and Torch gave her the confidence and support to rise above her situation to become a very talented and happy high school freshman. For all of us who listened to Q speak- we realized just how much the Club means to the children it serves.
We really are changing lives and making a difference!

Sponsors, Volunteers and Donors

This event would not have been possible without the support of community. Thank you to all of our local donors and community volunteers. A HUGE thank you to the Board of Directors of the Boys & Girls Club! Thank you all for your enduring passion to make our Club a positive place for anther 20 years!

Winemaker's Dinner Committee Members:
Gracie Rey (Coordinator), Tracey Gutierrez (Event Chair), Gloria Willhoit (Auction Co-Chair), Carole Talen (Auction Co-Chair), Rob Covarrubias (Promotions Chair), Beth Rey (Promotions), Kahlin Wolf (Decor Co-Chair), Tona Smith (Decor Co-Chair), Jeb Brown (Board President)

The 12th Annual Winemaker's Dinner and Benefit Auction is scheduled for Saturday, September, 15 2012. We hope you will join us for another wonderful event for a GREAT Cause!