A compliment from a friend of mine...

[wineguruchgo]

My brother in law has recently done wine actions at his church to raise money and it has been very successful. Have you thought of this?

Many of the parishioners will donate items (wine, baskets, artwork) and many restaurants will donate dinners, hotels will also. In addition, if you know anyone on the distribution side of the wine business you can enlist their help as well.

We have a full, cash bar set up as well as a "wine tasting" station for free.

In the past three years we have raised over $25k, per event, for a small community church. Parishiners really like it because they know they are helping the church and it's an "Adult Only" party so they can laugh and dance and be social with one another without worring about their kids.