Slow Food members have alerted us to several opportunities to provide financial aid and other assistance to the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
LearnAboutWine is coordinating a Hurricane Relief Effort event on September 9, 2005. LAsupportsLA will be hosted by Harry Shearer (of The Simpsons, Spinal Tap and KCRW fame).
The location is to be announced; check the LAsupportsLA web site for information and developments, or to purchase a ticket.
The ticket price will be $100.00, and all proceeds will go to charity. In addition to celebrity and musical guests, LAsupportsLA will feature 50 restaurants and 100 wineries, and silent auctions with the goal of raising $1 million for the relief fund.
The Restaurant Short List includes Grace, Table Eight, RockBar, BOA, Sushi Roku, Spago, R23, Akwa, Le Dome, Josie, Cinch, Campanile, Ocean Avenue, Yi Cuisine, and many more to announce. To add your restaurant to this list contact Tim Smith at winesurfer [at] hotmail [dot] com.
The Winery Short List includes Moet, Qupe, Summerland, Torbreck, Iron Horse, Stoller, Coppola, Diamond Oaks, Bonny Doon, Joseph Phelps, Andiamo, St. Supery … Just to get started.... to add your winery to this event - contact Diane [at] LearnAboutWine [dot] com.
To give, sponsor or donate to this event, call Douglas Allan at 310-351-4280 or email Douglas [at] LearnAboutWine [dot] com.
To volunteer, email April [at] LearnAboutWine [dot] com.
For PR-related inquiries, please email Libby Gluck.
In addition, the Los Angeles Coalition to End Hunger and Homelessness suggests the the following organizations: