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UKIAH – A vacation in Mazatlan, hotel and bed-and-breakfast accommodations complete with dining and wine packages, and a private barbecue party are among the live auction items to be offered at this year’s “Gala on the Green,” an annual fundraiser to benefit Mendocino College students and programs.
Scheduled for Sat., Sept. 12, at Fetzer Vineyards Valley Oaks, 12901 Old River Road, Hopland, the event is presented by the Mendocino College Foundation and features dinner catered by Kilkenny Kitchen of Ukiah, wine from Lake and Mendocino county wineries, live and silent auctions, and music by the Mendocino College Jazz Combo. Gala activities begin at 5 p.m.
Tickets for the event are $75 per person. Tables, with seating for eight people each, may be reserved for $600. For tickets or reservations, call the Foundation office at 707-467-1018. Tickets are also available from members of the Foundation’s Board of Directors.
Major sponsors for the Gala include Mendo Lake Credit Union, Fetzer Vineyards Brown-Forman Corporation, First American Title Company, and Max and Joan Schlienger. Proceeds from the event are used to fund scholarships for students and provide support for College programs as recommended by the administrators.
Foundation board members have secured several items that will be auctioned during the event. The live auction will feature six items or packages as well as a “Fund A Need” opportunity for individuals to make donations to the Yvonne Sligh Book Award Fund.
More than 15 items are offered in the silent auction. In addition, a raffle will be conducted for a 9-liter etched bottle of 1994 North Coast Fetzer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon.
As members of the Foundation’s Special Events Committee, Board members Christy Scollin of Redwood Valley and Donna Berry of Ukiah were responsible for compiling descriptions of the auction packages.
Gala guests will be able to bid on a private barbecue party for 20 people at the Leroy Chase Ranch located between Lake Mendocino and Blue Lakes. The meal will be paired with fine Mendocino County wines.
A second item features a one-night stay at the Tallman Hotel in Upper Lake, with a gift certificate for dining at the Blue Wing Saloon and bottles of Lake County wines, plus a one-night stay at the Cottage Grove Inn in Calistoga with complimentary tasting at several Napa Valley wineries.
High bidder for an eight-day, seven-night vacation at the Inn at Mazatlan will stay in a luxury one-bedroom suite at the Gold Crown Resort on the beach of Mazatlan, Mexico, where they will enjoy two swimming pools, a full spa, fitness center, and an award-winning beachfront restaurant.
Another item features a two-night stay for two at the Lakeport English Inn that includes a fully-equipped wicker picnic basket with a selection of wines from six Lake County wineries.
Guests may also choose to bid on an original oil painting titled “Grandma’s Kitchen,” created by Foundation Board member Tommy Thornhill. The 20-inch by 16-inch piece of art donated by Thornhill includes a unique frame made from recycled redwood decking.
Rounding out the live auction items is an “elegant dinner for eight” presented by John Bogner, Board member and chair of the Foundation’s Special Events Committee, and Gary Nix. The dinner will feature hors d’oeuvres and cocktails by the hosts, a meal catered by Mosscamp Catering, special wine pairing by Sean Harmon of Barra of Mendocino, and a “mouth-watering” dessert created and presented by Bogner. In addition, the dinner guests will listen to music provided by Mary Carnavale and the Redwood Strings.
Silent auction items include magnums of Domain Chandon Reserve Brut, a round of golf at the Little River Inn golf course plus discount on a Little River Inn room, Italian-style pottery from Cinnabar Ceramics, a specialty basket for pet owners, a stay for up to six people at the Carriage House in Lakeport plus a gift basket from Wildhurst Vineyards, a hand-crafted bowl by Hoyman-Browe Studios, tickets to three Mendocino College theater productions, a Lake Tahoe get-away cabin stay, one truck load of recycled Enviro-Base gravel from Granite Construction Company, one night at the Hopland Inn with breakfast at the Blue Bird Café and wine tasting at Sip! Mendocino, and a three-course dinner for four at the Saw Shop Gallery Bistro in Kelseyville.
“Gala on the Green is an opportunity to donate to the Mendocino College Foundation while enjoying dinner and wine with friends, entertainment, and a lively auction in a beautiful setting,” said Bogner. “The Foundation takes pride in presenting this event and raising money to benefit our students and the College.”
Members of the Foundation board of directors, in addition to Bogner, Berry, Chase, Scollin and Thornhill, include Tom Herman, Willits, president; Channing Cornell, Redwood Valley, vice president; Kathy Lehner, secretary/treasurer and Superintendent/President of Mendocino College; and Kristi Barrington, John Behnke, Harry Bistrin, Rhonada Clausen, Paul Conrado, Richard Cooper, Jerilyn Harris, Neelam Salmen, Joan Schlienger, and Gary Smith, Ukiah. Other members are Tod Kong, Hopland; Peggy Campbell DeBolt, David Geck, and Wilda Shock, Lakeport.
The annual Gala on the Green is one of many ways the Mendocino College Foundation obtains funding to assist students and support the campuses within the Mendocino-Lake Community College District. For information about the Foundation and its programs, call the Foundation office, 707-467-1018.
