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Wit, Wisdom & Wine
The 7th Annual Wit, Wisdom & Wine Gala fund raiser was held at the Rochester Public Library on Saturday, January 12, 2008.
In order for such an event to happen at the library, a lot of preparation is needed. With only one hour between library closing and the opening of registration for the evening, there was a great hustle to get everyt
hing ready. As soon as the library closed, volunteers from school key clubs, the boy scouts and other interested individuals started moving furniture and setting up tables for the evening’s festivities. Some volunteers were busy helping the presenters set up in their areas and helping with the AV equipment while yet more were busy hanging the sponsor banners and setting up the silent auction tables. Andy’s Liquor representatives were hauling in their boxes of wine while Jasper’s caterers were setting up their hors d’oeuvres tables. At 6:30 we were ready and the doors opened for registration.
After attendees were registered, they journeyed up to second floor for socializing, munching on bread sticks, sipping wine and bidding on silent auction items. There were nine speakers that presented during the evening on a wide variety of topics including: Tim Penny, politics; Christian Milaster, green building; Chef Justin Schoville, meats & cheeses of Spain; and the ever popular Mike Cords, wine. Hors d’oeuvres, wine tasting, and generous bidding on the silent auction rounded off an entertaining and intellectually stimulating evening. New to the event this year was a Tower of Wine raffle, with 24 bottles of wine. The winning ticket was purchased by Terri Thomas, who was thrilled to win. 
We are grateful for the generous support of our sponsors and underwriters for this event as listed below. A big thank you also goes to all of the wonderful speakers that presented making it an enjoyable and memorable evening. We would also like to thank everyone that donated items for our silent auction and tower of wine raffle, and to all the attendees of the event as well.
Not only are we grateful for our financial supporters, we are also very grateful to all of our volunteers that helped set up for the event, those that stayed to help out during the event, and those that cleaned up afterwards and left the library ready for patrons on Sunday.
With everyone’s help, the evening was our most successful ever and raised almost $22,000 that will allow the Foundation to help create a stronger library to meet the needs of everyone in the community.
Join us in 2009, when Wit, Wisdom & Wine will be held on Saturday, January 10th.
We are grateful for the generous support of our sponsors for the event
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In Kind Sponsors
| Davies Printing | Jaspers Alsatian Bistro and Wine Bar |
| The Kahler Grand Hotel | KTTC |
Speaker Sponsors
| Andy's Liquor | Associated Bank |
| Callaway Galleries | Edina Realty/David & Lois Marris |
| Barbara & Phil Henoch | Nigon Woodworks |
| Think | US Bank |
| Yaggy Colby Associates |
For more information, contact us at 287-2626.
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Last updated: 07/12/2008