{"id":4570,"date":"2011-07-29T17:23:28","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T22:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=4570"},"modified":"2011-07-29T17:23:28","modified_gmt":"2011-07-29T22:23:28","slug":"winery-charity-award-entry-deadline-almost-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/29\/winery-charity-award-entry-deadline-almost-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Winery Charity Award Entry Deadline Almost Here!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.markhamvineyards.com\/\">Markham Vineyards<\/a> in Napa Valley is promoting a special philanthropic program and it ends July 31st!<\/p>\n<p>Non-profit organizations that work toward bettering their communities will want to take note. This year is the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.markhammarkofdistinction.com\/\">4th Annual Mark of Distinction Initiative<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 Two $25,000 grants will be given a nonprofit organization. In addition Markham Vineyards is producing two Estate Cabernet Sauvignon wines, The Philanthropist and The Altruist. For every bottle sold $1 will go to the selected nonprofits.<\/p>\n<p>If you or an organization you know qualifies for one of these grants, submission is easy. According to my email, &#8220;Submissions should be no more than 300 words, and should describe the initiative, rationale and inspiration. The projects and initiatives can range from building community center playgrounds, to implementing a community recycling program, to founding a volunteer network for teens. A brief budget and timeline for execution should also be included.&#8221; Hurry you don&#8217;t have much time left to participate.<\/p>\n<p>Markham Vineyards has also started a Sip of Service emphasizing that even the little things can count. Each week until Oct 2, one altruist chosen each week by a random drawing will be awarded a $200 prize. &#8220;To enter, individuals can share a brief statement online on the \u201cSip of Service\u201d tab on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MarkhamVineyards\">www.facebook.com\/MarkhamVineyards<\/a> detailing how they have made a difference in their community and benefited someone else\u2019s life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Markham Vineyards for supporting the improvement of communities!<\/p>\n<p>Cheers! Kathy<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"Winery Charity Award Entry Deadline Almost Here!\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=4570\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Markham Vineyards in Napa Valley is promoting a special philanthropic program and it ends July 31st! Non-profit organizations that work toward bettering their communities will want to take note. This year is the 4th Annual Mark of Distinction Initiative.\u00a0 Two $25,000 grants will be given a nonprofit organization. In addition Markham Vineyards is producing two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156],"tags":[14,1078,1881,1293,1292,1013,1699,98,106],"class_list":["post-4570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-taste-of-wine","tag-cabernet-sauvignon","tag-charity","tag-grants","tag-mark-of-distinction","tag-markham-vineyards","tag-napa-valley","tag-philanthropy","tag-wine","tag-winery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4570"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4574,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4570\/revisions\/4574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}