{"id":9121,"date":"2013-12-02T13:55:15","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T18:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=9121"},"modified":"2013-12-02T13:55:15","modified_gmt":"2013-12-02T18:55:15","slug":"two-charity-and-wine-events-on-december-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/02\/two-charity-and-wine-events-on-december-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Charity and Wine Events on December 13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We hope everyone traveling for Thanksgiving has arrived home safely.<\/p>\n<p>Charity events are important all year long and during the holiday seasons more people are thinking of those in need. Below are two charity events coming up on December 13.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TOYS FOR TOTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Friday, December 13 in California\u2019s Mendocino County, the McFadden Farm Stand &amp; Tasting Room will offer the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mcfaddenfarm.3dcartstores.com\/Toys-for-Tots-Toy-Drive-Wine-Tasting-Event_b_3.html\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">2nd Annual TOYS FOR TOTS Toy Drive &amp; Wine Tasting<\/span>.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From 4pm to 7pm people can donate a new, unwrapped toy.\u00a0 Those donating a toy will receive a free wine tasting. A $10 donation can also be made. Money received will be used to purchase more toys.<\/p>\n<p>The tasting room will pour pre-release tastes of four wines and McFadden Old Vine Zinfandel as well as the McFadden Sparkling Brut.<\/p>\n<p>The event will end with a raffle drawing of McFadden goodies.<\/p>\n<p>Toys collected at this event will be delivered to children by the Hopland Volunteer Fire Department who will deliver the toys to needy children with Santa and a fire engine truck.<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Beast Feast Benefits the Leukemia &amp; Lymphoma Society<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On December 13, a wild game dinner and fundraiser including a live auction, raffle and a silent auction will be held at Stone Hill Winery in Hermann, Missouri.\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">A buffet dinner including wild game and wine is part of the event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Call the Leukemia &amp; Lymphoma Society at 800-264-2873 for reservations. To attend the event the minimum donation is $60. Proceeds go to the Leukemia &amp; Lymphoma Society.<\/p>\n<p>More<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stonehillwinery.com\/component\/gcalendar\/event\/2\/cvh7eljr43m9fthni26ksjtgoo?Itemid=501\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"> information<\/span><\/a><\/span> is available on the Stone Hill Winery website.<\/p>\n<p>If you know of other charity and wine related events, please contact me.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers! Kathy<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"Two Charity and Wine Events on December 13\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=9121\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charity events are important all year long and during the holiday seasons more people are thinking of those in need. Below are two charity events coming up on December 13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174,1],"tags":[2971,2751,2970,98],"class_list":["post-9121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wine-newscommentary","category-wineryevents","tag-beast-feast","tag-leukemia-lymphoma-society","tag-toys-for-tots","tag-wine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9121","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=9121"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9124,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9121\/revisions\/9124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}