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St. Helena,
California, winter 2010---Forever Young, The Young School’s eleventh annual
benefit fundraiser, took place on February 6, 2010 at Quintessa.
The auction’s top lots were, in order, a collection of 23 wines by mothers of
Young School students and other women-mother-winemakers of the Napa Valley (“Red
Hot Mamas”), a collection from Harlan, a blending session with Martha McClellan
and Bob Levy, an evening of Indian food and culture and a collection of 25 wines
and visit-tour-experiences in the Spring Mountain District appellation.
The evening was a sold-out success, with food by Tra Vigne, flamenco music by
Jason Walters and jazz by The Hot Club of Marin.
The school’s fundraising efforts continue with an online auction lot, an
Insider’s Tour of Napa Valley, available only for online bidding through
March 25, at:
http://www.biddingforgood.com/auction/item/Item.action?id=103923533.
Other auction items included:
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Tasting
experiences and wines from Abreu, Alpha Omega, Araujo, Arietta, Aubert, Barnett,
Beaulieu, Bell, Blackbird, Bond, Brassfield Estate, Cade, Cain, Cakebread,
Castello di Amorosa, Caymus, Charbay, Chateau Montelena, Clos Pegase, Corison,
Covenant, Date Night, Dunn, Ehlers, Etude, Failla, Far Niente, Fife, Frias,
Frog’s Leap, Groth, Guilliams, Hagafen, Hanzell, Harlan, Hollywood & Vine,
Inglenook, Judd’s Hill, Juslyn, Keenan, Kenward, Kongsgaard, Ladera, Lamborn,
Lang & Reed, Marston, Miner, Newton, Oakville Ranch, Orsi Papale, O'Shaughnessy,
Outpost, Paloma, Patz & Hall, Pride, Peacock, Phelps, Pine Ridge, PlumpJack,
Retro, Schweiger, Sequum, Shafer, Sherwin, Sloan, Smith-Madrone, Spring Mountain
Vineyard, Stag’s Leap, Stony Hill, Storybook, Swanson, Togni, Turley Wine
Cellars, Twomey Cellars, Vineyard 7&8, ZD
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a
collection of 8 wines from the Howell Mountain appellation
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a
private tour of Napa wineries conducted by Wine Bible author and CIA
instructor Karen MacNeil
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a
collection of wine with Young School-student-designed labels
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a
trip to D.C. including lunch with Congressman Mike Thompson in the Members’
Dining Room
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jetsetting
experience with hotels and activities in SF, Napa and LA
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a
day of visits to local artisanal food purveyors and dinner in a private home
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a
pheasant hunt
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serigraph
by Thomas Pradzynski
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portrait
of Barack Obama in jellybeans
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an
abalone dinner and a “burgers & bubbles” feast
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a
yacht trip to an SF Giants game
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events
for children including a harvest experience for children, a Nimbus Arts
children’s birthday party and ride in St. Helena’s antique fire truck, a
father-son golf class at Napa Valley Country Club, a week of science summer
camp.
The Young School is located at 957 Brown Street, St. Helena CA 94574. The
School’s non-profit tax id number is 68-0338995.
Founded in 1991 by JoAnn Bell, The Young School is a private non-profit
non-denominational Montessori-derived program for children ages 6 through 12
years old/first-sixth grades. The name of the school is taken from two sisters
named ‘Young’ who were well-known Sonoma teachers several decades ago. The first
Young School was founded in their home in downtown Sonoma. In 1997 the school
moved from its Sonoma location to St. Helena in the Napa Valley.
The Young School operates as a ‘one-room schoolhouse’ in quarters rented from a
church in a residential neighborhood of St. Helena. The Young School follows a
‘tutorial’ approach to education, where children are tasked on their abilities
and interests; the School has a 12-1 student-teacher ratio and is respected for
its rigorous academics complemented by frequent field trips, enrichment in
foreign language classes and music programs as well as community outreach.
Distinctive—and possibly unusual---about The Young School also is the level of
parent involvement, whether the camping weekends the entire student/parent body
participates in, or regular social celebrations and meetings. Also distinctive
is that students spend their recess and P.E. time outside as a group, with all
ages interacting equally and enthusiastically. The Young School is a well kept
secret, pledged to keeping its tuition low to offer an affordable alternative
for a classics-based.
Abreu
Vineyard
Alan's Portrait Studio
Alpha Omega Winery
Amy & Jerry Giaquinta
Araujo Estate Wines
Ashley & Alan Tenscher
Auberge du Soleil
Aubert Wines
Balloons Above the Valley
Bardessono
Barnett Vineyards
Bell Wine Cellars
Billa Donaldson
Blackbird Vineyards
Bob Levy & Martha McClellan
BOND
Bouchon Bakery
Brad & Terri Reynolds
Brassfield Estate
CADE and Plumpjack Winery
Cain Vineyard and Winery
Cakebread Cellars
Caldwell Snyder Gallery
Castello di Amorosa
Caymus Vineyards
Charlotte Smith
Chateau Montelena
Clos Pegase Winery
Connie Corbett
Corison Winery
Corra Wines
Courtney Andrain & Jim Anderson
Covenant Wines
Crocker and Starr
Culinary Institute of America
D.R. Stephens Estate
Dalla Valle Vineyards
Daniela Sklan & Dan Bush
David & Amanda Wright
David & Emily Miner
Deborah Pollack Wass
Dennis Fife
Domain Charbay
Domaine Chandon Winery
Doug & Clare Barr
Drinkward Peschon
Dunn Vineyards
Ehlers Estate
Ehren Jordan & Anne Marie Failla
Elloit & Avis Stern
Emmolo Wine Company
Eric & Erica Sklar
Estancia La Jolla Hotel & Spa
Etude Wines
Failla Wines
Fantesca Winery
Far Niente
Favia Erickson Winegrowers
Fosters Wine Estates
Frias Family Vineyard
Fritz & Caren Hatton
Frog's Leap Winery
Gilham Erickson
Groth Vineyard & Winery
Guilliams Vineyards
Hackett Mill Gallery
Hadley and Macklin Bickford
Hagafen Cellars
Hall Wines
Hanzell Vineyards
Harlan Estate
Heitz Wine Cellars
Henry & Genevieve Schlangen
Hill Family Estates
Hudson Ranch
Jay LeDuc
Joel & Sarah Gott
Jorge & Liset Martinez
Joseph Phelps Vineyards
Judd's Hill
Juslyn Vineyards
Karen MacNeil
Keenan Winery
Kent Rasmussen Winery
Keplinger Wines
Kongsgaard Wine
Ladera Vineyards
Lamborn Family Vineyards
Larry & Suzanne Turley
Levy & McClellan
Louis Martini Winery
Lucille Jordan
Main Street Books
Marc & Brenda Lhormer
Mark Bradski
Markham Vineyards
Marston Family Vineyard
Martini House
Meadowood Napa Valley
Meander
Melissa & Matt Staid
Rep. Mike Thompson
Mint Leather
Montage Beverly Hills
Napa Valley Bike Tours
Napa Valley Country Club
Napa Valley Wine Library Association
Natalie & Joe Herdell
Newton Vineyard
Neyers Vineyard
Nickel & Nickel
Nimbus Arts
O'Shaughnessy Estate Winery
Oakville East
Oakville Ranch Vineyards
Olabisi
One More Page - Anita Davena
Orsi Papale Estate Wines
Ortwin & Pat Krueger
Outpost Wines
Paloma Vineyard
Paradigm Winery
Patz & Hall
Paul Skinner & Anita Davena
Peacock Family Vineyard
Peay Vineyards
Pet Cuts
Peter & Heidi Godoff
Pine Ridge Vineyards
Pride Mountain Vineyards
Ravenswood Winery
Retro Cellars
Robert Foley Vineyards
Robert Sinskey Vineyards
Rudd Winery
Saintsbury
Schweiger Vineyards
Sequum
Shafer Vineyards
Shane & Suzanne Pavitt
Shelley and Johnny Svoren
Sherwin Family Vineyards
Silverado Resort
Sloan Estate
Smith-Madrone Winery
Solage Calistoga
Sonoma Helicopter
Spottswoode Estate Vineyard and Winery
Spring Mountain Vineyard
St. Helena Dermatology, Makala Anders, M.D.
Stag's Leap Wine Cellars
Staglin Family Vineyard
Stony Hill Vineyard
Storybook Mountain Vineyards
Stuart Smith & Julie Ann Kodmur
Sunrise Stables
Swanson Vineyards
Terra Spase
The Cameo Cinema
The Cheese Impresario- Barrie Lynn
The French Laundry
The Young School Garden Club
Tor Kenward Family Wines
Trefethen Family Vineyards
Turley Wine Cellars
Twomey Cellars
VIADER Vineyards and Winery
York Creek
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