Encinitas Rotary Wine & Food Festival 2019

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Welcome

TO THE 16TH ANNUAL ENCINITAS ROTARY WINE & FOOD FESTIVAL

On behalf of the 90 women and men that are members of Encinitas Rotary Club, welcome to the 16th Annual Encinitas Rotary Wine & Food Festival and our outstanding venue, the beautiful Encinitas Ranch Golf Course.

In August of 2003, Dick Stevens, Kristina Montag, Kristin Gaspar, Julian Duvall, Marilyn Kovach, Chris Ross and 15 other Rotarians met and decided to start a Rotary Wine Tasting Event. Kristina Montag was the chair and projected 200 guests with revenue of $7,000 distributed to 2 beneficiaries and Polio Plus, a program of Rotary International that has 99.9% eradicated this disease from the planet.

In that first year, these Rotarians exceeded all of their goals. Thanks to their leadership and continued support (16 of those Rotarians are still involved), last year’s event had 19 beneficiaries, attendance of over 1100 people, and the beneficiaries received distributions of over $100,000. To date, the event has distributed over $1,100,000 to our beneficiaries.

The Encinitas Rotary Club is extremely appreciative of the support of this year’s 34 outstanding food and 34 beverage vendors, as well as significant event sponsorship. We are especially grateful to our Major Sponsorship from Surfing Madonna Ocean’s Project and the other 44 sponsors for this event. We are indebted to them and to all of our sponsors for their leadership, their kindness and support.

We are proud of the fact that we are a “Green Waste” event thanks to the efforts of Dick Stevens and the Solana Beach Eco Rotary. To encourage carbon footprint reduction, we hold a drawing for a $100 gift card to a local restaurant for carpooling (4 to a car), courtesy of Street Strider.

Please enjoy your evening, and thank you again for your support of the Encinitas Rotary Wine & Food Festival!

Yours in Rotary,

Merv & Susie Miller and Festival Co-Chairs

Sherry Yardley Festival Director

Thank You to our Event Sponsors PREMIER SPONSOR Major Gift of $10,000 Surfing Madonna Oceans Project CELLAR SELECT SPONSORS Gift of $3,000 Peterson & Price APC Datron World Communications Aurora Light Inc. Manufacturers RWM Home Loans Studio WC Architecture & Engineering PRIVATE RESERVE SPONSORS Gift of $1,000 Leichtag Foundation The Goetz Law Firm Gaspar Physical Therapy Encinitas Foreign & Domestic Auto Repair LotusRain Naturopathic Clinic US Bank Kevin Forrester Law EDCO Waxie Sanitary Supply Chelsea Investment Corporation AT&T American Medical Response SDG&E Charlie’s Foreign Car Service

Program WELCOME 4:45pm Rich Houk Recognition of Beneficiaries and Contributors 2019 HONOREE Robert Blumberg ENTERTAINMENT 4:00pm-4:45pm & 5:00-5:30pm Keni Yarbro FOOD AND BEVERAGE TASTING Sponsor Reception 4:00pm at 5:30pm Main Event 5:00pm at 8:00pm SILENT AUCTION (Closes at 7:30pm) CARBON FOOTPRINT REDUCTIONS Carpool Prize Drawing for 2 $100 gift certificates at 7:35pm OPPORTUNITY DRAWING at 7:40pm

The Encinitas Rotary Wine and Food Festival each year recognizes an individual who has significantly contributed to the overall success of the Festival. This year we recognize Robert Blumberg.

Bob has been a member of Encinitas Rotary for eight years. He serves as Chair of the Peace Committee, which annually presents the Encinitas Rotary Peacemaker Award to a community member who has made a difference. Bob has headed up “Outside the Fence” operations for the Wine Festival for six years (parking, traffic control, signage, security, shuttle carts and communications) as the Wine Festival grew to 1100+ guests.

Bob is a relative newcomer to Encinitas with his wife, Andrea Yates, who retired as a Senior Foreign Service Officer with the US Agency for International Development. They lived in developing countries for 20 years, including India, Indonesia, Mali, Egypt, Sri Lanka, and the Republic of Georgia. Bob consulted on USAID energy efficiency and renewable energy projects and served as Senior Engineer for USAID’s Sri Lanka Tsunami Reconstruction Project. Bob has a degree in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech and an MBA from the University of Georgia. Bob and Andrea also served as Peace Corps Volunteers in Swaziland.

Bob’s passion is to improve animal welfare in developing countries. He is co-founder and continues to administer the Tsunami Animal-People Alliance in Sri Lanka. TAPA has now spay/neutered over 57,000 dogs in Sri Lanka‚Äôs tsunami and former war zones via a portable field clinic that moves from community to community and is staffed by a well-trained team of Sri Lankan vets and vet techs. He also co-founded the Middle East Network for Animal Welfare, which brought together animal welfare activists from across the Middle East and North Africa to share lessons learned.

We are grateful for Bob’s behind the scenes contributions to the Wine Festival and are pleased to honor him this evening.

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The Encinitas Rotary Club Proudly Supports These Local Charities CHILDREN’S CHARITIES Ovation Theater

San Diego North Coast Singers

Amanda Post Foundation

Magdelena Ecke Family YMCA

Encinitas Educational Foundation MAEGA—Mexican American Education Guidance Assn

COMMUNITY CHARITIES DLH Foundation

Rancho Coastal Humane Society

North County Lifeline

Am Cancer Society Relay for Life

Pacific Southwest CDC

San Dieguito Heritage Museum

101 Artists’ Colony

Solana Beach ECO Rotary Club

Encinitas Rotary Foundation

Surfing Madonna Oceans Project

Assistance League of Rancho San Dieguito

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Carbon Footprint Reduction

To further reduce our carbon footprint, we are partnering with Streetstrider, the Elliptical that moves you, to offer those who carpool (four or more guests) a special parking location and have their names placed in two raffle prize drawings, for $100.00 gift certificates! The raffle prize gift cards are for the following: Promiscuous Fork West Steak and Seafood & Spirits Thank you for helping us make this happen. This effort is made possible with the assistance of Dick Stevens and the Solana beach Eco Rotary club. The effort we all expend to recycle and compost will help us all be better stewards of our environment.

Change begins by each of us making a small adjustment in our daily routine. Thank you for helping us!

2019 Wine & Food Festival Committee

Thanks to Our Generous Raffle Contributors Alex Jones - American Cancer Society

Natural History Museum of LA

Amy Grensted - Esthetician

North Coast Singers

Amy Hsiao - Attorney

North County Lifeline

Beth Fainberg-Glener

Ovation Theatre

BlackWing Farms Remedies

Pacific Park Santa Monica Pier

Cordova Gardens

Pacific Southwest CDC

Dance North County

Rancho Coastal Humane Society’s Thrift Shop

DLH Foundation Duck Donuts E Street Eyes Festival of the Arts of Laguna Beach Full Moon Farms Greg Post Hornblower Cruises Jane Bell Karen Moreland Kristina Crawford

Lisa Gregory MAEGA Magdalena Ecke Family YMCA

Reading International Theatres Red Lobster Rosati’s Rubio’s Catering San Diego Automotive Museum San Diego Botanic Garden Surfing Madonna Oceans Project The French Gourmet Vindemia Vineyards & Winery Vogue Nails Weidners Gardens Yardley Enterprises

Recycling

The Encinitas Rotary Wine & Food Festival has made a dramatic difference in how this event affects our planet. Once again, we will recycle, reduce, and reuse the waste generate at this evening’s event.

All recyclables, including plastic, glass, paper, and cardboard will be separated and recycled. We have carefully evaluated all the waste material from the Wine & Food Festival and tried to ensure it will be utilized in a beneficial way.

What does this mean to you as our guests?

First, we will have recycle stations for you to place your recyclables and other waste.

Secondly, you are welcome to keep your wine glass & plate. If you have enough and you don’t want or need our souvenir glass and plate, we will wash and re-use them for our event next year. Dishwashing service provided by the Encinitas Elks Lodge and Boy Scout Troop 777.

Thirdly, we request your cooperation. You can help us in the following ways:

• Bring your waste to the recycle areas.

• There will be no trash cans on site.

• If you’re not taking your glass or plate home, please return

wthem to one of the recycling areas at the end of the evening

Leadership

ENCINITAS ROTARY Executive: President – Debra Vaughan-Cleff

Immediate Past President – Jim Merrill

President Elect – Jon Krassny

Secretary – Al McKendrick

Treasurer – Norm Nyberg

Committee Chairs: Club Service (Administration) Chair–

Todd Derr Community Service Chair(s) – Steve McQuerry/Roger Bolus Foundation Chair – Bob Webb Youth Service Chair – Mike Walsh

Sub Chairs: Rotating Programs –

John Osborne Club Historian – Vern Scholl News Letter – Marilyn Kovack Club Runner – David Lam

Peace Chair – Bob Blumberg

Wine Festival Director –

Sherry Yardley

Membership –

Irene Pyun/Emily Andrade

Rave Director – Greg Day

Vocational Service –

Dennis Cook/Al McKendrick

Sub Chairs:

Youth Exchange – Mike Walsh 4-Way Speech – Kerry Witkin PR/Social Media – Daphne Fletcher Wine Festival Liaison – Merv Miller Wine Festival Sponsorship –

John Osborne RYLA – Paul Pierce/Pat Davis

International Service –

Vern Scholl Home Team – Jim Wade Interact – Kent Pollack Youth Protection Officer –

Paul Pierce Model UN – Emily Andrade LEAD – Pau Pierce Scholarship – Pat Davis

Committee Chairs

Encinitas Rotary Wine Festival 2019 Committee Chairs

Committee Auction - Pre event Coordinator Auction - Set up Coordinator Auction - Check Out Coordinator Beneficiary Reports Coordinator

Chair Emily Andrade

Deb Cleff

Beverage Coordinator Cart & Shuttle Coordinator

Tom Swanson Terry Ahsing, Steve McQuerry

Rotary Chairs Coordinator Check-in Coordinator

Merv Miller, Susie Miller Amber Cheffins Girard

Decorations Coordinator

Carolyn Cope, Brenda Yount

Dishes Coordinator Entertainment & Sound System Festival Director

Cheryl Curran JP Hayes Sherry Yardley

Event Services Desk & Radios Finance Chair Food Vendor Coordinator Green Coordinator

Homeboys Coordinator

David Lam, Marjy Lam Norm Nyberg Kelly Peters Dick Stevens

Hotspot Coordinator

John Osborne

Tony Hutchinson Jerry Marazoni

Jim Wade

Venue Logistics Chair (Set up & strike) Mike Walsh

Operations OTF Coordinator Bob Blumberg (parking, traffic, signage, radios, security, carts)

Committee Chairs

Encinitas Rotary Wine Festival 2019 Committee Chairs

Committee

Chair

Parking Control & Carpool Krassny Photography & Drone Shots

Brian Soloman, Jon

Program & Printed Materials

Daphne Fletcher

Permits & Licensing Coordinator

Kerry Witkin

Publicity- Social Media Coordinator

Lori Clark, Samantha Laurent

Opportunity Drawing prizes Opportunity Drawing ticket sales Security Coordinator

Denise Ross Dennis Herald Bob Webb, Scott Stevens

Signage Coordinator

Tom Cozens

Site Layout Coordinator

Ralph Stone

Johanna Deleissegues

Sponsor Coordinator

John Osborne

Table Marketing

Kay Colvin

Ticket Sales (Mail in) Coordinator Traffic Coordinator

Marilyn Kovach Todd Derr

Vendor Triage Coordinator

Dean Goetz

Vendor Strike Coordinator

Niko Sougious

VIP Reception Coordinator

Mimi Gattinella

Volunteer Coordinator

Web Site Coordinator

Ann Conway, Shawna Cruise Andrew Ring

Bill’s Wanderlust Travel

Edgar Engert

Judy Cunningham

Smart B. Kipper MD and Associates: Aesthetic Physicians