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UPCOMING EVENTS
- The Foundation hosts a Wine and Wine
Cooler booth
at the Gilroy Garlic
Festival each year. Volunteers put in many hours serving our local
fine
wines to Festival attendees.
For more information please visit
www.gilroygarlicfestival.com
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SAVE THE DATE!
Mark your calendars for Saturday, September
6, 2008. Please join us at our 19th annual
"
A
Day in the
Country" where you can spend "An Evening with the
Rat Pack".
This year
we
will be at the beautiful San Juan Oaks Golf & Country Club.
Not only will
there
be dinner
and dancing with a live
band, you will also be able to bid on various items
at our
silent
and
live
auctions. To start the night off right you can taste a variety
of
exquisite
wines
from
local
vintners.
If you are interested in coming, please email us at lperales@gilroyfoundation.org
We look forward to seeing you!
- Our Annual Meeting
and Grants Presentation was held on April 30,
2008, at the beautiful
home of John and Lee Blaettler.
This year the Gilroy Foundation gave out over $27,000
to
15 organizations
through our competitive grants program!
- Our Designated Grants program gave out
$134,180 to 17 local organizations. This is the
most money we
have ever donated since the Foundation began in 1980. It was such
an
amazing night.
- Our Donar Advised Grants gave $4,500 to 6 local organizations.
An additional $80,000
in scholarships will be awarded this spring.
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