Columbus Food & Wine Affair

The Columbus Food & Wine Affair is a unique, multi-faceted event that brings together people with a passion for great food and wine but, more importantly, draws corporations and individuals with a desire to give back to their community.

In just a few short years, this event has welcomed thousands of guests and raised over a quarter of a million dollars for these worthwhile organizations that provide so much.

Following are the local charities that will benefit from this year’s Columbus Food & Wine Affair Grand Tasting. Click on each organization icon to find out more on how each is helping Central Ohio residents in need.

Adventures for Wish Kids Click here to visit their website Click for Description Adventures For Wish Kids is a 501(C)(3) not-for-profit organization that provides continuing support and lasting memories for children and adolescents with life threatening illness and their families. Adventures For Wish Kids helps these children and their families by providing opportunities to: network with other families with similar problems and find the best way to deal with them support each other emotionally escape their problems for a short time enjoy life in a more meaningful way No one is left out of the fun with Adventures For Wish Kids because Mom, Dad and all of the siblings are included on our adventures! What is an Adventure? An adventure is a unique opportunity for children and adolescents with life threatening illness and their families to spend some quality time together in a fun-filled, "kids" atmosphere, group setting outside the hospital.
CORA Click here to visit their website
Ian Adams Van Heyde Memorial Scholarship Fund Click for Description The Ian Adams Van Heyde Scholarship Fund is for Senior High School students from Central Ohio to provide them with some financial assistance to help them to continue their education in the restaurant and hospitality industry. To date, 26 scholarships have been awarded. For more information, call Gail Baker at 877-274-CORA.
United Way of Central Ohio Click here to visit their website Click for Description Who We Are. More than 80 years ago, concerned and compassionate citizens created United Way of Central Ohio to help people in need and, ultimately, make our community a better place to live and work. Today, United Way represents the hopes and ambitions of thousands of individual investors and central Ohio employers who want to make a real impact by improving people's lives and shaping a stronger community. Together, we can do more than any one donor or charity can do alone. Why We Are Different. United Way of Central Ohio is unique in its focus on community impact. We no longer simply raise and distribute money to non-profits. Today's complex problems require proactive, permanent solutions. Our history of leadership enables us to spearhead comprehensive, community-wide change. We are a catalyst, a convener, a collaborator and a change agent. Our work brings people together to determine the root causes of our community's most challenging problems and to do whatever it takes to achieve lasting results. What We Do Together. Through our community assessment, we reach out to our investors to identify the issues that matter most. We research the problems, craft smarter solutions, invest funds, deploy resources and evaluate the results. We collaborate with social service providers and identify the best, most cost-effective ways to respond to problems. We maximize the value of your investment by leveraging partnerships, government funding, grant support and people. And, we measure our success, not by the number of services we fund, but by the lives we change. Why It Works. Without investors like you, there would be no United Way. That's why we work hard to earn your trust every day, not just during our annual campaigns. We use benchmark measurements and proven practices to protect your investment and deliver the best return. We set performance standards for the programs and services we fund and measure the impact of each dollar invested. Bottom line, together, we deliver results that change lives because we know that's what really matters most.
WBNS 10-TV Family Fund Click for Description Every month, a staggering number of people in central Ohio face days without enough to eat. In an average month, Franklin County soup kitchens serve 105,000 meals to people who have nowhere else to turn. The need for feeding the hungry is critical throughout the year, but the hurt seems more apparent during the holidays, when most of us are enjoying huge meals with our families while others are facing extreme hardships to provide even meager meals on their tables to feed their families. Recognizing this need, WBNS-10TV established a fund in 1988 to help address this problem. The WBNS 10TV Family Fund is a publicly supported, non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to assist in the alleviation of hunger by providing nutritious meals for needy Central Ohio families during the holiday season. Its primary objective is to feed no less than 2,000 families annually. In December of 2005 the 10TV Family Fund fed 5,300 families. Feeding 5,300 families requires money and community assistance. Funds are raised throughout the year through television viewer support and special events. Money raised from these projects help purchase food, which is subsequently distributed to needy families. From 1988 2005 the 10TV Family Fund provided 431,588 meals to poverty-stricken families throughout central Ohio. The WBNS-10TV Family Fund is solely dependent on year-round, tax deductible community donations and special events for its support. Most importantly, 100% of the proceeds from fund raising events for the WBNS 10TV Family Fund go to feeding needy families right here in Central Ohio. All promotional and administrative costs are donated by WBNS 10TV. Tax deductible contributions can be made to the WBNS 10TV Family Fund by mailing a check or money order to the address below. WBNS 10TV FAMILY FUND Dept L - 2339 COLUMBUS, OHIO 43260