WGBY Wine Committee to Receive National Award - September 21, 2007
SPRINGFIELD - WGBY's Volunteer Wine and Dine Committee will be honored Oct. 3 at the PBS Development Conference in Palm Desert, Calif., with the National Friends of Public Broadcasting 2007 Volunteer in Fund-Raising Award.
Being acknowledged for their efforts and support of WGBY's Wine & Dine Auction, Wine Tasting, and Wine Lover's Dinner are James J. Holsing, Longmeadow; Paul E. Provost, Wilbraham; Michael Ferry, Northampton; Scott Huff, East Longmeadow; Jeffrey A. Rahn, Longmeadow; Gary Sandman, Southwick; Peter Vangsness, East Longmeadow; Rosemary Laporte, Easthampton, and Tony Zampiceni, East Longmeadow.
The WGBY Wine Tasting is the largest in western New England offering more than 400 wines and dozens of specialty foods. The WGBY Wine Lover's Dinner boats seven courses, and up to 14 fine wines, and the annual WGBY Wine & Dine Auction offers a diverse array of wines from around the world along with unique dining and entertainment opportunities across western New England over three televised nights each April.
WGBY will host its 2008 Wine Lover's Dinner on Feb. 28, followed by the Wine Tasting on Feb. 29.
"One of the unusual things about our Wine & Dine Auction, in particular, is the fact that we have this core group of volunteers that does so much of the solicitation and behind the scenes logistics," said Charley Rose, director of corporate support and special events for WGBY.
"From planning to soliciting, scheduling and presenting they do an extraordinary job, and help us raise approximately $100,000 each year," said WGBY special events coordinator Susan Lofthouse.
National Friends of Public Broadcasting, established in 1970, seeks to assist in developing support at the local level, and through this to develop an informed constituency for public broadcasting that will serve both the station and the community.
For more than 35 years, WGBY www.wgby.org has connected the people of the region with programs and services that are designed to inform, inspire, entertain and promote lifelong learning. From the non-broadcast Education Services used in classrooms and by child-care providers throughout the region to our portfolio of locally produced programs, WGBY is committed to the community. WGBY is a non-profit organization with more than 80 percent of its revenue provided by local sources and the support of its viewers. |
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