PRESS RELEASE Wine Tasting & Benefit: A Fun Way to Support Your Community The community is invited to enjoy a Wine Tasting & Benefit on Friday, February 5 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Radisson Hotel Corning, 125 Denison Parkway East, Corning, NY. Tickets are $25 in advance or $30 at the door, and all proceeds will go to support local Catholic Charities of Steuben (CCS) programs, which help families in need in our community with basic needs services such as food pantries; utility, housing, and prescription assistance; and financial stability counseling. Attendees will have the opportunity to sample more than 50 wines from around the globe, bid on exciting Silent Auction items and experiences, and win door prizes or raffle items, all while enjoying live music by Bruce Holler. Connors Mercantile will feature Sweet Shop Chocolates, and light hors d’oeuvres will be served. Silent auction items will include (among many others) Steuben Glass items; art by local artists; golf outings at Bath Country Club or Indian Hills Golf Club; Elmira Jackals box seats for 12, including refreshments; and $100 gift certificates to restaurants around the lakes, including the Harbor Hotel in Watkins Glen, the Esperanza Mansion in Branchport, Bristol Harbour, and The Boat Yard Grill/Ciao in Ithaca. Raffle prizes will include a Nexus 9 tablet and four $100 gift certificates to local restaurants, including Grill 1-2-5 at the Radisson Hotel Corning, as well as The Cellar, Three Birds, and Tony R’s restaurants on Market Street in Corning. Tickets may be purchased online at CatholicCharitiesSteuben.org (click on the large wine glass icon), or in person at Bottles & Corks, 130 W. Market Street, Corning; the Radisson Hotel Corning, 125 Denison Pkwy East, Corning; Brown’s Cigar Store, 6 W. Market Street, Corning; or Catholic Charities of Steuben, 23 Liberty Street, Bath. The event is graciously being hosted by both the Rossettie and Rosettie families, two families who are very well-known and very well-respected with deep roots in our community. The event is being sponsored by The Radisson Hotel Corning. For more information, please contact Fundraising/Communications Director Paula Smith at 607-968-4107 or paulasmith@dor.org. Catholic Charities of Steuben’s mission is to build communities that care for all people by strengthening and enriching the quality of life for individuals, families, and children; working to reduce poverty; and advocating for social justice. For more information, visit CatholicCharitiesSteuben.org.
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