Carole Stephen-Smith | Special to The Desert Sun
Thunderbird Country Club provided the glitz and glamour for Coachella Valley Volunteers successful Medicine (CVVIM)'s 6th yearly WineLover's Auction and VIMY Award Presentation connected Nov. 11.
Founded successful 2010, Indio-based CVVIM utilizes assemblage volunteers who enactment alongside aesculapian and dental professionals to supply no-cost aesculapian and dental services to the uninsured and underinsured arsenic good arsenic to low-income families and individuals successful the Coachella Valley. To date, the enactment has provided much than 40,000 aesculapian and dental visits astatine nary out-of-pocket cost.
The VIMY Award honors a important contributor to wellness attraction present successful the Coachella Valley and beyond, and this year's honoree was Desert Healthcare District & Foundation, an enactment that connects "Coachella Valley residents to wellness and wellness services and programs done philanthropy, wellness facilities, accusation and assemblage acquisition and nationalist policy," according to its website.
The evening's emcee and auctioneer was Patrick Evans, who not lone volunteers his clip arsenic a big for galore section charities, helium besides often donates peculiar dinners for up to 10 radical who bask his Italian cooking accompanied by the celebrated sausages and meatballs made from his grandfather's recipe.
Some of the different donated items up for auction were play and luncheon packages for 4 astatine Rancho La Quinta, Thunderbird Country Club, Morningside Country Club and The Springs; a Monte de Oro tube country meal for 10; 7 nights astatine the Torres Mazatlan Resort successful Mexico; a Paso Robles vino getaway; a vino meal for 8 astatine Si Bon successful Rancho Mirage; a VIP tasting and three-night enactment astatine Christopher Creek Winery Estate House; a mixed lawsuit of 12 wines; a Thunderbird vino cellar meal for 20; an "unplugged" acquisition for 4 successful Nashville; and an in-home meal for 8 from New Leaf Catering.
Attendees supporting the enactment of CVVIM included Jerry Upham, La Quinta Mayor Linda Evans, assembly subordinate Steve Sanchez and Michele Finney of Desert Care Network, the evening's presenting sponsor.
The event's vino retention sponsor was Palm Springs Airport Self Storage. Premier vino sponsor was Monte De Oro Winery & Vineyards. Media sponsor was ABC News Channel 3. Vintage sponsor was Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians. Magnum sponsors were Countour Dermatology, Desert Oasis Healthcare and Walter Clark Legal Group. And reserve sponsors were Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, Kaiser Permanente and UC Riverside School of Medicine.
For much accusation astir Coachella Valley Volunteers successful Medicine oregon to marque a donation, sojourn cvvim.org oregon telephone Executive Director Doug Morin astatine (760) 342-4414.
Carole Stephen-Smith has lived successful the godforsaken for much than 30 years. Born successful Edinburgh, Scotland, she began penning successful London and has been a regular contributor to The Desert Sun for 8 years.
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