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benefitting the Arthritis Foundation is being held this Sunday, September 8, on the lovely grounds of Riviera Park Garden.



Forty fabulous restaurants and purveyors will provide sumptuous tastings; forty Central Coast wineries will complement the extraordinary cuisine with a diverse array of award-winning varietals (check out who will be serving!)

Labels: fundraising, Riviera, Santa Barbara, Taste of the Town

Go visit them on the ranch!



For the very first time, Rancho San Julian Beef will be hosting a tour and luncheon for customers who want to explore our historic family-run ranch, see the cows first-hand, and learn about sustainable ranching. 

• Tour the ranch's old family home and learn about the ranch's history 
• Walk in the fields and see where our animals live and  grow 
• Feast under the grape arbor on a gourmet lunch featuring RSJ Beef burgers and home-grown vegetables 
• Enjoy locally produced wines from Alma Rosa Winery and beer from Figueroa Brewery

Go visit San Julian' website for more information.

Labels: Beef, fundraising, meat, Ranch, San Julian Beef, Santa Barbara

Labels: Chocolate, fundraising, movies, Santa Barbara, Unitarian Society

Labels: Fabio, Fabio Viviani, fundraising, Montecito, No Kid Hungry, Santa Barbara, Taste of the Nation, YouTube

July 1 - July 31, 2011.

Santa Barbara Women Lawyers has challenged their colleagues and the community to raise money for the Santa Barbara Food Bank that does such wonderful things to feed our fellow Santa Barbarians.

A perfect storm of conditions has coalesced to make this one of the most challenging times for the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County in recent memory. The nation's social safety net, of which food banks are an integral part, is being strained as rarely before, thanks to a menacing combination of rising food and fuel prices and an economy which seems headed for recession. These economic pressures have put more and more people at risk of hunger; while the Foodbank wrestles with higher costs and decreased federal aid.

Time is running out....Have you donated yet?

Labels: Food, fundraising, Lawyers, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Food Bank

Share Our Strength's "Taste of the Nation" is back! It will, again, be at the Montecito Country Club at 920 Summit Road. Buy your tickets early, they tend to sell briskly!

Take a delicious look at the participating vendors...

Ariel's Catering

Birnam Wood Country Club

Bella Vista at the Four Seasons Resort the Biltmore

The Blue Owl

Blush Restaurant and Bar

C'est Cheese

Ca'Dario

Coast at The Canary Hotel

Duo Events and Catering

Jessica Foster Confections

Los Olivos Cafe

Marquee

Montecito Country Club

New West Catering

Omni Fresco Catering

San Ysidro Ranch

The Savoy

Wine Cask

Alma Rosa

Ampelos Cellars

Beckmen Vineyards

Blair Fox Wines

Brander Vineyard

Bridlewood

Carina Cellars

Carr Winery

Cleb Wines

Cold Heaven

Consilience

Core

Demetria Estate

Dierberg

Dragonette Cellars

Kaena Wines

Lucas & Lewellen

Municipal Winemakers

Reeves Ranch Vineyards

Shai Cellars

Silver

Star Lane

Tre Anelli

Whitcraft

Brewhouse

Firestone

Telegraph

St Germain

Labels: Benefit, fundraising, Montecito, restaurants, Santa Barbara, Share Our Strength, Taste of the Nation

Women have been part of the winemaking industry in California since its early days, with Josephine Tychson who started making wine in 1886 near St. Helena. But it's been a bit more recent that women have been recognized as prominent winemakers, many of them owning their own vineyards and wineries. Since Santa Barbara is fortunate to have many talented female winemakers, two charity dinners will be held at Jade Restaurant to honor and highlight the accomplishments of a group of these talented women.  

At each dinner, the winemakers will bring selected wines to taste and speak about their experiences in the industry. Proceeds will benefit WEV, a local organization dedicated to empowering women for success in business through education and financial assistance.  

On Sunday, December 5th the lineup is:

• Chrystal Clifton (Palmina)
• Morgan Clendenen (Cold Heaven Cellars)
• Kathy Joseph (Fiddlehead Cellars)
• Brooke Carhartt (Carhartt Vineyard)
• Teri Love (Gioia Wine)  

On Wednesday, December 8th the lineup is:

• Leslie Mead-Renaud (Foley Estates, Lincourt Vineyards)
• Karen Steinwachs (Buttonwood Winery)
• Deborah Hall (Gypsy Canyon Winery)
• Caren Rideau (Rideau Vineyard)
• Jennifer Tensley (Lea Wines)  

The cost of $90 includes a set menu including starter, appetizer, entree and dessert, as well as wine, tax, and tip. 

Reservations are extremely limited due to the cozy size of Jade, and must be made in advance by credit card. Please call the restaurant at (805) 563-2007.

Labels: Edible Santa Barbara, fundraising, Santa Barbara, winemakers, wines, women, Women's Economic Ventures

Date: November 19, 2010
Time: 9am - 3pm
Location: Las Positas Rd; State St.

The city’s fire department got the go-ahead from council members this week to begin production on a reality TV show titled “First Responders—Firefighters of Santa Barbara.” - SBIndependent

Labels: firefighters, fundraising, Santa Barbara, TV

Tantalize your Intellect and Tastebuds

While Donating to

Women Economic Ventures!

WEV needs your help! Funding shortfalls threaten their ability to continue to provide program services at their current level. WEV provides opportunities for entrepreneurs in every phase of the business life cycle: start-up, launch, grow, and sustain. Their programs and services offered fall under the areas of training, access to capital and business services. All services are open to men and women entrepreneurs interested in starting or growing their business.

Lime Green Monkey invites you to a wonderful evening of fun and fund raising at Oreana Winery to benefit WEV -

Oreana Winery in Santa Barbara will transform into a salon the evening of Wednesday November 10^th, 2010. Not “salon” as in a hair cut or makeover. Rather, expect a salon in the 16^th century French version of the word: a cultural gathering of citizens coming together to expand their knowledge through conversation and entertainment.

“When I was enlisted to join the alumni fundraising campaign for Women’s Economic Ventures, I wanted to create an event I would like to attend—something cultural, inspiring and interactive, with an organic feel, but at a price that doesn’t break the bank,” said Kristin Anderson, a WEV graduate and owner of Lime Green Monkey, an eco-business that vends organic cotton handkerchiefs and cloth napkins.

The Home Grown Cultural Salon, only $30 in advance and $35 at the door, will feature performances by singer songwriter Earl Arnold, a local Indy favorite known for his band “Earl” and Antara Hunter, who has been part of the SB music scene since 1997, including a 10-year stint in the dynamic duo Antara & Delilah.

In addition, salon attendees will enjoy a reading by Patrick McHugh who teaches writing at UCSB, and a reading by Jenna McCarthy—author of the Parent Trip—who will be reading from her latest book Til Death Do Us Part is a Really Long Time, due out Summer 2011.

Organic appetizers made from local organic produce donated by Fairview Gardens will be prepared by "The Surfin' Chef" Erik Stenberg with Out of the Box Collective www.outoftheboxcollective.com , and cookies will be made by “Cookies in Heaven” expert Jillian Johnson from organic ingredients donated by Whole Foods, Santa Barbara. And, of course, your ticket includes a glass of wine from Oreana Winery, with more available at the no host wine bar. Non-alcoholic beverages donated by Trader Joe’s will also be available.

Don’t forget your checkbooks! A silent auction table will feature a broad range of high quality items donated by local businesses: music speakers from Utopia, www.installutopia.com, a photographic nature print by Dan Holmes of www.danholmesphoto.com, an Ayurvedic Facial from Maria Carbonell of www.samaayurveda.com, Santa Barbara Women's Self Defense will be donating 2 hours of Private Self Defense Instruction with Teri Coffee McDuffie worth a value of $400 www.sbslfdfnz.com, a $25.00 gift certificate from Crush Cakes www.crushcakes.com, a 3-pack of Snottykins organic cotton hankies from www.limegreenmonkey.com and more.

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All profits will be donated to Women’s Economic Ventures, a non-profit which provides opportunities for entrepreneurs in every phase of the business life cycle, from start-up and launch, to sustaining and growing your business through training courses, loans and more. As WEV is experiencing a budget shortfall, many graduates are stepping up to the plate in an alumni fundraising campaign that runs through December 31^st, 2010. For additional fundraisers, see www.wevonline.org

Event Details:

What: Home Grown Cultural Salon / Women’s Economic Ventures Fundraiser

Where: Oreana Winery, 205 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA

When: Wednesday 11/10/10, 7pm -9pm

Cost: $30 in advance, $35 at the door

Tickets: http://wevonline.givezooks.com/events/home-grown-cultural-salon

More Info: Kristin@limegreenmonkey.com or 805.886.9147

Labels: fundraising, local, Organic, Santa Barbara, WEV, women, Women's Economic Ventures

Santa Barbara Equine Evac invites you to support the equine community and individuals in need of their services in times of natural and other types of disasters involving horses and other large animals. Please join them at their 2nd Annual BBQ and Fundraiser on Saturday October 16, 2010 for an afternoon of fun, friends, good food, demonstrations, and entertainmentat at the Santa Barbara Carriage and Western Art Museum from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The Santa Barbara Equine Assistance and Evacuation Team, Inc. is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization, which assists all Santa Barbara County emergency responding agencies and large animal owners in the evacuation, temporary care and sheltering of large animals in time of fire, flood, earthquake and other disasters or accidents. Equine Evac also provides education and demonstrations for many local public events, agencies and organizations.

Support of this event will allow them to support individuals and animals in time of disaster and other needs, purchase equipment necessary for the rescue, and care of animals, and maintain the high standards of training of their volunteers in Santa Barbara County.

Santa Barbara Equine Assistance and Evacuation Team, Inc.
P.O. Box 60535 ~ Santa Barbara, CA 93160


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Labels: disaster, fire, Fires, fundraising, horses, Santa Barbara

Labels: Art, Cakespy, contests, Cooking contests, cupcakes, fundraising

Firefighters can handle the heat both on the job and in the kitchen. Now you can serve up some of the same crowd-pleasing recipes that have quelled firefighters' appetites for generations. By purchasing the new Terry Farrell Firefighters Fund California Firehouse Cookbook, you'll get dozens of firehouse favorites - while also benefiting these local heroes and their families.

Created by the Fund and Jim Beam(R) - the world's No. 1-selling Bourbon - the cookbook is available for purchase now at participating retail locations across California. Jim Beam(R) will donate $9.99 from the sale of each cookbook to the Terry Farrell Firefighters Fund. Jim Beam(R) will make a minimum donation of $25,000.

Firehouse Cookbook recipes range from "Geezer Salad" and "Jim Beam and Cola Barbequed Pork Ribs" to "Spicy Firehouse Chili" and "Fast Truck Chicken," served with a side of stories about the dishes. Renowned chef Wolfgang Puck also shows his support by sharing his barbecued pork ribs with spicy-sweet rub. Sherry Yard, Puck's executive pastry chef and a member of a firefighting family, contributed several recipes including one for warm chocolate truffle cakes.

...The Fund provides equipment to underfunded fire stations, as well as scholarships and medical services to families of active, retired and deceased firefighters. The organization was established in memory of Chief Terry Farrell, who perished in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center along with 342 of his firefighter brethren. - PRNewswire/Reuters and FDNN

Labels: Cookbooks, fire, firefighters, fundraising