Description:
 The Tasting Room is a special opportunity to support Special Olympics Washington at an elegant fundraising event. Enjoy a festive evening complete with bites from local celebrity chefs and sips from select Northwest wineries. John Curley will lead the bidding on incredible and unique and live auction items and you will have the chance to bid on and win over 100 silent auction items!
 
Objective:
 This year, the Tasting Room hopes to raise $240,000 for Special Olympics Washington programs. Special Olympics Washington’s mission is to provide year-round sports training and competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. By participating in sports, physical fitness and healthcare education programs, Special Olympics Washington athletes increase self-confidence and social skills, improve physical and motor skills, and have better success in leading more productive and independent lives.
 
Date:
 Friday, October 8, 2010
 
Time:
 6:30pm - 10:00pm
 
Location:
 Pickering Barn, Issaquah Map  
 
Auctioneer:

John Curley
 John Curley is the former host of King 5 TV’s Evening Magazine, the highest-rated regionally produced TV show in the country. John has been honored with multiple regional Emmy Awards as well as the Edward R.Morrow Award for excellence in Journalism. Currently, John is a speaker, auctioneer, and emcee for several large public and private events in the Pacific Northwest- including sales conferences, auctions, and galas. What makes him an exceptional popular speaker is his ability to tell outrageously funny stories about himself and his implausible career moves.

An exception fundraiser and auctioneer, John has helped Pacific Northwest organizations raise tens of millions of dollars. To learn more about John and his auctioneering career visit: www.johncurleyauctions.com/

   
Guest Chef's:
 TBD
   
Wineriers:
 TBD
 
Sponsor a table:
 Sponsor a table for $1500 or tickets are available for $175 each. Tables seat 8.


   
   
 

 

 For additional sponsorship information or to become a Table Captain please contact Ashley Stanfield at 206-829-7085 or email astanfield@sowa.org  
   
   
   
   
“If only we open our eyes and hearts, we will find in the athletes of Special Olympics the
best of the human spirit, and through them, each of us will find the best in ourselves.”
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
 
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