Preparations are in full swing for the fifth annual Wine Dinner and Auction on Friday, Sept. 22. The event is a fundraiser for Housatonic Valley Regional High School’s travel club, Northwest Corner: Students Without Borders.
Students are raising funds for their trips to Spain/Portugal and Iceland in 2024. They are selling tickets and finding sponsors for the dinner and auction, which is hosted by the White Hart in Salisbury on Friday, Sept. 22 at 6:30 p.m.
The evening accommodates 120 guests under a tent on the Green and includes a cocktail hour with a sparkling wine, a four-course dinner with three wines and both a live and silent auction. Over 100 items donated by local businesses will be up for auction, which include gift baskets, gift certificates, tickets to tri-state events, golf packages and more.
Students work at the event as waitstaff, greeters, decorators, cleanup crew and fundraisers.
“Before there was a fundraiser – before the pandemic – only six students went on a trip,” said club board member Denise Cohn. “After last year’s fundraiser, over 70 students were able to go on three trips to Japan, Ireland/Scotland and the Galapagos. So fundraising really opens the door to travel for many students who wouldn’t be able to afford a trip otherwise.”
Tickets to last year’s fundraiser sold out and the event raised over $60,000.
Tickets are $100 each. To buy tickets, become a sponsor or donate an item for the auction, visit winedinnerandauction.com, email nwcstudentswithoutborders@gmail.com or call Lia at 860-248-0269.
