 "A generous wine community raising funds for children's charities." The Livermore Valley Winegrowers Foundation, a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization, raises funds to improve the quality of life for local underserved children. The Foundation has donated over $3.4 million to charities in its 16-year history. Wine auction events are produced in conjunction with the Livermore Valley Winegrowers Association, the support from generous sponsors and the helping hands of countless volunteers. Our current Beneficiaries are listed below. Annual Winegrowers Auction With hopes of bringing more joy, health, music, and laughter into the lives of children in need, the Foundation hosts an annual spring time event that raises funds for local children's charities.
Open Heart Kitchen Proceeds from the Livermore Valley Winegrowers Foundation will be used to support the following children’s programs: Open Heart Kitchen’s Box Lunch program addresses the nutritional gap of children who receive free school lunches during the week but may be left without a nutritious lunch on the weekend. Open Heart Kitchen distributes boxes containing two healthy lunches to these children. Open Heart Kitchen’s Hot Meals program is for low-income families living in the Tri-Valley area. Studies continue to show that children who are receiving nutrition on a consistent basis perform better in school, are more successful in their overall development and have better self-esteem. There is no better way to benefit these young children than by meeting this specific need in a dignified manner. Hunger is impacting our community in greater numbers than ever before, and we need your help to make a difference. Oakland East Bay Symphony MUSE Program Under the artistic leadership of Music Director Michael Morgan, the Symphony has become a leader in music education for young people, bringing orchestral music into schools throughout Oakland and the East Bay through the MUSE (MUSic for Excellence) program. Morgan established and expanded the Young People's Concerts, the Ensembles-in-the-Schools program, the Side-By-Side Concert, and the Young Artist Competition. Morgan, a nationally known arts educator and advocate himself, visits approximately 50 elementary, middle and high schools, reaching over 3,300 children each year; orchestra musicians also visit the schools, offering lecture/demonstration, workshops and performances. A major accomplishment was the implementation of the MUSE Program (MUSic for Excellence) in 1998-99, which provides comprehensive music education in grades K-12 and serves 3,200 students in 18 East Bay schools. Children's Skin Disease Foundation (CSDF) CSDF established Camp Wonder, a medically-staffed summer camp to provide children who would be unable to attend any other camp due to their often untreatable diseases of the skin an opportunity to laugh, play and just be children. The camp is held at Camp Arroyo's facilities in Livermore, CA. At camp, children participate in a wide variety of activities including swimming, boating, arts and crafts, games, fishing, horse-back riding, skit night and much more. CSDF sponsors the only camp in the Western United States serving children with skin disease. Camp Wonder serves children and the families of children with skin diseases who are ages 7 - 16. Teenagers interested in community service, and retired volunteers who reside in the area help us make this camp a reality. The volunteer medical staff for CSDF camps is primarily comprised of doctors, residents and nurses from major medical schools in California. The Children's Skin Disease Foundation is proud to bring childhood to life for these deserving children. ValleyCare Foundation's Mobile Health Unit California leads the nation in the highest number of people without health insurance (more than 21%). Many Tri-Valley residents fall into the categories of being uninsured or underinsured, and out of desperation, are increasingly turning to emergency rooms for their medical care. These neighbors in our community, and their children, go without basic checkups, immunizations and preventative care. To further add to the problem, they are also three to four times more at risk because they frequently don't seek care until easily treatable problems become serious. To help address this crisis, ValleyCare Health System and the Rotarian Foundation of Livermore have collaborated to bring a Mobile Health Unit to provide these basic health needs to the children how need them most.
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Barrel Tasting Weekend 
16th Annual Livermore Valley Wine Auction 
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Open Heart Kitchen was founded in 1995 with a mission to offer nutritious meals free of charge to hungry children in the Tri-Valley. Food is a basic human need, yet thousands here in the Tri-Valley start each day not knowing where their next meal will come from. 
Founded in 1988, Oakland East Bay Symphony (OEBS) is a community-based
orchestra serving the diverse population of Oakland and the East Bay.
ValleyCare Foundation's Mobile Health Unit provides accessible, traditional
primary care in a non-traditional clinical setting, assisting the undeserved
children of our community.
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