Beneficiaries
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.
| Children's Hunger Alliance
Click here to visit their website Click for Description With approximately 500,000 children in Ohio currently hungry or at-risk of hunger Children's Hunger Alliance is committed to breaking the cycle of childhood hunger in Ohio. Children's Hunger Alliance is a statewide non-profit organization that works with schools, child care providers, faith-based and youth-serving organizations to help them access resources to feed children. The agency also provides physical fitness programs and nutrition education to tach healthy habits for life. |
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| CORA
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| 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. |
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| Mid-Ohio Food Bank
Click here to visit their website Click for Description No one should go hungryAnd yet thousands of people go hungry in our community every day. For nearly 30 years, we’ve been working with grocers, food companies, Ohio farmers, the USDA, and community partners to obtain food and distribute it to more than 500 food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, after-school programs, and senior housing sites across central and eastern Ohio. Our valuesWe Stand For Five Key Things
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| The Central Ohio Restaurant Association Foundation
Click for Description The Central Ohio Restaurant Association Foundation was established in 2008 with a simple goal: to show that the Central Ohio Restaurant Association (CORA) and it's many members care. As an organization whose mission is to promote a storng and innovative restaurant industry, CORA hosts fund-raising events throughout the year. Now housed under The Columbus Foundation, the CORA Foundation can more easily channel raised funds to a number of worthwhile charities. In its first year, the Foundation raised thousands of dollars for the Mid-Ohio Food Bank. They have also made a substantial contribution to Pro-Start, a program offering education to those making a career in the food service industry. The CORA Foundation is built on the premise of giving back to the community and showing thAT "CORA Cares". |
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| 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 |
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