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After Full Circle Treatment Center became a Nonprofit Affiliate of Hope Productions Foundation in the fall of 2009, executive director Erin Johansen learned some encouraging tips to increase community support for her organization. First, Johansen raised the bar on her team’s fundraising goals for this year’s Walk ‘N Rock for Kids event. Last year the team raised $11,000, providing partial funding for more than 30 family scholarships at the Placer County adolescent drug and alcohol treatment center. As impressive as those numbers are, this year Johansen set her sights on raising $25,000, enough to assist 60 percent of the clients at Full Circle. “Our board members and team captain are f
At the ripe age of six and a half, Juliette Geney can make a powerful claim like no other little girl her age. Last year, her Team Warrior Princess raised more than $23,000 during Walk ‘N Rock for Kids, sending 23 children with cancer to Camp Okizu in the Sierra foothills. Okizu provides peer support, respite, mentoring and recreational programs to meet the needs of all members of families affected by childhood cancer. Juliette’s goal was to send 21 kids to Camp Okizu. Thanks to supporters of her Walk ‘N Rock for Kids team and a surprise call from an anonymous donor, Team Warrior Princess was able to surpass that goal. Warrior Princess — the name Juliette assumed during her own cancer
Awesome wines, good education and great people. And that includes the winemakers as well as the folks I met along the way in the cellars.
I had breakfast at Zachary Jacques this morning: Cinnamon Brioche French Toast. It was divine! I think it would hold me through a little wine tasting. :-)
Yes - this IS what wine tasting is all about! Folks like these are making some great wines, and they love to share it. Just an hour from Sac, you can be talking with them and enjoying gold medal winners. Bring out the Barrel is such a fun way to explore their cellars.
All of the "Crashers" are fun programs. How cool that they come from the Idea Factory, a company of really talented, nice people right here in good ol' Sac.
Conversation about: El Dorado, Wild Wine Region
The writer does a nice job of describing the uniqueness of El Dorado's wineries. Every one is different, yet all are welcoming. I've enjoyed unhurried, uncrowded tours to several wineries talking with winemakers and picnicking along the way. It's so great to have the wine country so close and accessible.