A Tasty $15,000 Donation from Fetzer Vineyards & Horizon Beverage; Holiday Shoppers Enjoying a Glass of Wine Generated Seasonal Joy for Boston Share Our Strength Chapter.News Editors/City Desks/Wine Writers BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 16, 2003 The holiday stocking of the local Share Our Strength chapter was boosted with a $15,000 donation generated by the sale of Fetzer wines in participating restaurants and retailers during the holiday season. In area restaurants, the donation amounted to a dollar donated do·nate v. do·nat·ed, do·nat·ing, do·nates v.tr. To present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute. v.intr. To make a contribution to a fund or cause. per bottle of Fetzer Five Rivers Ranch ranch, large farm devoted chiefly to raising and breeding cattle, horses, sheep, and goats. The cattle ranch was introduced from Latin America to Texas and the plains of the W United States and Canada. , Fetzer Barrel Select and Bonterra wines. Retailers and restaurateurs supported the program during the final quarter of the year by creating store displays and featuring Fetzer's wines by the glass in participating restaurants, where patrons were given the chance to support SOS SOS, code letters of the international distress signal. The signal is expressed in International Morse code as … — — — … (three dots, three dashes, three dots). through their beverage choices. The donation, from Fetzer Vineyards and wholesaler partner Horizon Beverage, was presented recently during a Holiday Shopping With Taste event at the Crate & Barrel store in the Back Bay section of Boston. Share Our Strength is one of the nation's leading anti-hunger organizations, and is widely supported by restaurateurs, wineries and others in hospitality and food and beverage F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods. . Since its founding nearly two decades ago, Share Our Strength (SOS) has invested nearly $70 million in more than 1,000 local, state, national and international organizations working to prevent the causes and consequences of hunger and poverty. Some funds are raised in notable culinary cu·li·nar·y adj. Of or relating to a kitchen or to cookery. [Latin cul  n events such as Taste of the Nation(R), Charge Against Hunger
and the Great American Bake Sale “Bake Sale” redirects here. For the episode from the TV show 8 Simple Rules, see List of 8 Simple Rules episodes.A bake sale is a fundraising activity where baked goods such as doughnuts, cupcakes and cookies, sometimes along with ethnic foods, are sold. (R). For more information about SOS, visit the web at http://www.strength.org. For more information about Fetzer Vineyards, visit Fetzer.com. Note to Editors: Digital photography available. |
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