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        News from the Tustin Community Foundation 

                 

                                      

SEPTEMBER 2011                          www.tustincommunityfoundation.org 

 

 

Community Calendar

 

Sunday 
September 11, 2011

 

FCA North Tustin Golf Tournament

Friday

September 23, 2011  

 

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Our Board of Directors

Charles E. Puckett 

President

 

Gene Micco 

CFO/President Elect

 

 

Kay Kearney 

Vice President - Grants

 

Susan Dobak 

Vice President  -

Resource Development

 

Scot Proud

Secretary

 

 

Paul Irby

Immediate Past President

 

 

Board Members 

 

Pat Butress 

Mary Lynn Coffee

 Archie Dove

Scott Jordan

Steve Kozak

Maria Lazaruk

Kim Leason

Lindburgh McPherson

Steve Nelson

Ed Reynolds

 

 

 

 

Executive Director

Erin Nielsen 

 

 

 

Community Advisory Council

 

Kimberly Alberian

Randi Bernstein

Debora Brawley

Lori Browne

Susan Browning

Julie Chay

Sandra Chuang

Jennifer Coulson

Susannah D'Arcy

Donna Dannan

Mike Dannan

Lis Fortner

Vern Glaser

Pam Gooderham

Wendy Greene

Maggie Hart

Jaimie Haver

Maggie Hogan

Mary Kane

Maureen Kozak

Alice Krietzer

Jill Leach

Donna Marsh Perry

Erin Moore

Cindy Moran

Sharon Nicola

Shelleyanne Rein

Jodi Ristorm

Marge Redman

Bonnie Solomon

Christine Uribe

Charlotte Waggoner

Gretchen Whisler

Peggie Winters 

Tustin Community Foundation's

LIVEgreen Tip of the Month: 

The plastic grocery bags you have from the grocery store can be recycled. Please bundle them up together in a bag for easier sorting at the Waste Haulers sorting center. Better yet- Don't use the bags! Bring your own reusable bag to the grocery store and save! 

 

 GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT

The Tustin Community Foundation is proud to serve the people of our community by linking non-profits meeting critical needs with donors through grantmaking. Grant Applications are now available at www.tustincommunityfoundation.org for 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations serving the greater Tustin area. The Tustin Foundation cannot award grants to individuals.  Please do not hesitate to call the Foundation office at 714-393-8506 for help with the application process. 

 

The Foundation's grants annually support programs in five primary fields of interest: Athletics, Arts and Cultural Resources. Health and Human Services, Outreach Programs to the underserved or disadvantaged, Expanding Educational Outreach, and Youth and Senior Activities. 

 

2011 Grants will be awarded at the Tustin Mayor's Thanksgiving Breakfast at the Salvation Army Tustin Ranch Church on Thursday, November 17, 2011.

 

http://www.tustincommunityfoundation.org/HTML/grants/grant-program.htm

 

At Northrup Field, new benches for the football teams were purchased through a 2010 Tustin Community Foundation Grant.

football benches  

Photo by: John McGuire www.mcguirephoto.com  

A d'Vine Wine Affair
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Marconi Automotive Museum in Tustin
The Tustin Community Foundation will present a festive wine tasting fundraiser on Sunday, September 11, 2011 from 2:00 to 6:00pm. Proceeds will fund the Foundation's community-wide grants program. 

 

This festival of wines, food and entertainment is sure to please oenophiles, wine connoisseurs, car enthusiasts, or those simply looking for a good time. Tickets are $75/each. $50 of the ticket price is tax deductible as allowable by law.

 

A raffle, silent auction and a wine boutique will feature one-of-a-kind exquisite items and gifts for the holidays. A blind wine tasting tests your knowledge of wine. Local restaurants, Flavios, Nieuport 17 and Oggi's will serve delicious appetizers. A complimentary coffee and dessert bar, and a wine bar complete the d'Vine event!

 

To buy your tickets now! Click here.  Or you can buy tickets at the door.

 

The d'Vine Wine Affair is sponsored by Enderle Center and Al Enderle, Nossaman LLP and Mary Lynn Coffee and Tustin Community Bank and Gene Micco.

 

Wine merchants pouring boutique wines, undiscovered wines and International wines are:


Angel Bodegas - www.angelbodegas.com

Boorman Vineyards - www.boormanvineyards.com

Miramonte Winery - www.miramontewinery.com

The Italian Wine Trader -  www.theitalianwinetrader.com

Two Masters Wine Club - www.twomasterswine.com

PRP International Wine Company - www.prpwine.com

Tustin Community Foundation Creates Smiles

The second Flip Flops & Lemon Drops event held on August 25 raised $1,005 for the proposed art wall at Citrus Ranch Park. Sixty-two people attended on a warm summer afternoon and enjoyed the beautiful sunset and delicious Wiki Wiki Shave Ice. 

artwall

 

ATTENTION GOLFERS:   All golfers are invited to participate in the 2nd Annual North Tustin Golf Tournament that will take place on Friday, September 23, 2011, at the Tustin Ranch Golf Club. To obtain more information, please contact Rick Nelson at rnelson@FCAhome.org or visit www.FCAhome.org.