The Road to Success Tacoma Wine Classic goes Vintage The TCC Foundation presented the South Puget Sound’s premiere wine event—the 11th Annual Tacoma Wine Classic—on May 7 at the Marymount Event Center—bringing together two foundations dedicated to a seriously important business—education. The event raised $122,000, according to Vice President for Institutional Advancement Dan Small, with net proceeds going to support student programs and scholarships. More than 200 participants from the community and the college had the chance to bid on silent and live auction items while tasting premium wines from eight Washington wineries, with dinner catered by Snuffin’s of Gig Harbor and table wines donated by Hedges Cellars. At TWC 2011, guests were treated to live music by the Kings of Swing in the old gymnasium; guests could wander the adjoining rooms, filled with restored vintage automobiles—from an 1886 Benz PatentMotorwagen to a 1964 Cadillac Series 62 Deville. 2011 is the first year the Wine Classic has been held at The Marymount, a “hidden gem” located on 80 historic and well-tended acres in the Parkland area, once the site of the Marymount Military Academy. Marymount was purchased by the LeMay family in 1979 and is now managed by the LeMay Family Collection Foundation. What was to become the largest privately-owned collection of vintage vehicles in the world—and a national treasure—started out as Harold LeMay’s part-time hobby of restoring vehicles from salvaged parts from the family’s wrecking yard. The Tacoma Wine Classic supports the education of TCC students in the form of scholarships, faculty development, library acquisitions, childcare for student parents and worker retraining. Through events like the Wine Classic, and with the support and generosity of local donors, the TCC Foundation funds over $204,000 in scholarships for over 100 TCC students each year. To learn more about the TCC Foundation, go to: www.tacomacc.edu/foundation. To learn more about the LeMay Family Collection Foundation or Marymount, goto http://www.lemaymarymount.org/. 10
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