Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Cheers To Our Gourmet Wine Dinner Fundraiser Sponsors!


Cars fill the Adobe parking lot at the Sierra Vista Natural Foods Cooperative gourmet wine dinner fundraiser. Photo by Lyle Ford.


The Sierra Vista Natural Foods Co-op board of directors would like to thank the Adobe Southwestern Cuisine and chef, Donnie Libasci, for the wonderful fundraising wine dinner held on October 29th.

We also want to thank the co-sponsors of the dinner:

Apple ($250 or more): Sulphur Springs Valley Elective Cooperative, Dr. William Elliot, and David & Helen Patterson.

Pear ($100 or more): Dr. Jody Jenkins, Jim Landwehr—Gateway Studio Suites, and Summit Fitness.

Pumpkin ($50 or more): S&S Tours, Sierra Vista Area Gardeners Club, and We Frame It.

The donors for the very special raffle held at the dinner were Adobe Southwestern Cuisine ($100 gift certificate), Roberts Chiropractic ($100 certificate), Patricia Peterson, The Art of Massage Healing Therapy (chair massage), Elizabeth Balke (spa basket), Lynda Young, Alternative Health & Hypnosis (hypnotherapy certificate), We Frame It (framed Chili poster), and Betty Eldon (wine and cheese picnic basket).

Thanks to Amanda Baillie for organizing the dinner and publicity.

Thanks to the local growers and suppliers that provided ingredients for the dinner, and whose products can be found at the Sierra Vista Farmers’ Market every Thursday: Beatty’s Orchard, Miller Canyon, Sierra Vista, Gray’s Garden of Eat’n, Palominas, and San Ysidro Farm/Josh’s Pastured Whole Chicken.

Thanks to Coronado Vineyards, in Willcox, and Canelo Hills Vineyard and Winery, Sonoita, for providing the wine for the dinner.

Thanks to Valerie McCaffrey and the vendors at the Sierra Vista and Bisbee Farmers Market for their support and donations for the baskets of items which were raffled at the end of October, National Co-op Month.

Thanks to Randy Bourn, Arizona Imaging Solutions, for copying membership forms and flyers for us.

We really appreciate the community support for opening a natural foods co-op in Sierra Vista.

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