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November 20, 2018 by Julie Ziemelis

A Taste of Santa Cruz Raises $30,000 To Help Fund Housing Grants

Moving the annual “A Taste of Santa Cruz” to October this year provided guests with more room to enjoy food, wine, networking and shopping at the auction. With over 300 guests in attendance, this year’s event, held on October 16th at the MAH, raised more funds than last year for the Santa Cruz County Realtors Housing Foundation closing cost assistance program.

“People loved being outside, being warm, and having more space.” ATOSC volunteer Connie Landes, Sereno Group, said. “We were very happy with the new live auction opportunity of asking the guests to donate through a “fund a need” program. We are very fortunate to have generous community members who helped us surpass our fundraising goals.”

New restaurants came on board this year to support the annual event fundraiser, now in its 14th year and the raw oyster bar was a highlight of the event.

“Each year we work on making the event better for the guests and we had so many compliments from the attendees that they had a fantastic time and enjoyed the wonderful food and wine being served and had more room to enjoy the event overall.” David DeTeso, USBank and Chair of the Santa Cruz County Association of Realtors Housing Foundation stated. “It is VERY rewarding to know all the work that our volunteers put into the event, along with the sponsor and restaurant support, helped us raise $30,000! We can not thank everyone enough for their time, dedication and energy.”

If you missed the Taste of Santa Cruz this year, mark your calendar for next October when we will be holding our 15th annual event.

Thank you to our generous sponsors for helping us make the event possible:

ATRIUM SPONSORS:
Bailey Properties
Bay Federal Credit Union
Chase Bank
Century 21 M&M Associates
Coldwell Banker
David Lyng Real Estate
Santa Cruz Lending
Stearns Lending
Opes Advisors
US Bank
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
Xchange Solutions

GALLERY SPONSORS:

Band of the West BNP Paribas
Intero Real Estate Services
Karma Mortgage Solutions
Seabright Mortgage Company
The Madani Team
TIAA Bank
Vista Properties

In Kind Sponsors:
Blue Adobe Mortgage
Santa Cruz Sentinel

And HUGE KUDOS to our volunteers who donated their time to ensure not only that the event was a success, but that everyone had a really good time!
BIG THANKS especially to the planning committee who work for five months to make A Taste of Santa Cruz come together each year.

ATOSC Planning committee:
David Deteso
Connie Landes
Suzanne Schmidt
MJ Stearns
Inez Pandolfi
Shelly Vomvolakis
Selesa Webster
Will Allanson
Jerry Starr

Event Volunteers
Lela Willet
John Nink
Kim Havbo
Tamar Frey
Michelle Pappas
Jeff McCormac
Sherri Barcus
Loren Morse
Michelle Pappas
Kristie Goes
Brooke Squyres
Linda Pawlik
Liz Seeley
Spencer Hayes
Candie Noel
Kathy DeTeso
Kristie Goes
Jacob Willett
Linda Pawlik
Liz Seeley
Dwayne Dawson
Sandy Kaplan
Janet Vanzanen
Karen Schenk
Lori Doan
Lori Lester
Alex and Caroline

The Santa Cruz County Association of REALTORS® Housing Foundation was established in 2003, to bridge the gap to homeownership in Santa Cruz County. The mission of the Housing Foundation is to assist residents in our community realize the dream of homeownership by providing education, financial programs, and by supporting organizations who embrace our goals. Visit us at www.sccarhf.org or call for information (831) 464-2000.

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September 5, 2018 by Julie Ziemelis

Tickets on Sale Now!!!

The wait for the tastiest ticket in Santa Cruz County is over! Get your tickets for this year’s A Taste of Santa Cruz being held on a new date this year, Thursday October 18th from 5-8 pm at the MAH.
We moved the event up to October this year to take advantage of warmer and longer evenings so we can offer more outdoor event space for your dining and drinking enjoyment.

Tickets are $50 in advance and $55 at the door. Purchase tickets HERE.

Don’t Be That Sad Person When Tickets Are Gone
If you remember last year, we sold out over a week prior to the event, so don’t delay and purchase your tickets asap! And invite your friends, too!

There will be a bevy of unique and valuable prizes to bid on for the silent and live auction and all proceeds assist the Santa Cruz County Association of REALTORS® Housing Foundation’s grant program to help first time home buyers in Santa Cruz County.

The Taste of Santa Cruz has raised almost $400,000 since its inception in 2004!

Here is a sampling of our participating restaurants, wineries and
breweries:

Restaurants
Cafe Roma
Woodstock’s Pizza
Marini’s Candies
5 Star Catering
Splash!
The Turkey Boat
Aldo’s
Vino Cruz
Rosie McCann’s
Gordo Gustavo’s
Olive Garden
Casa Nostra
The Jerk House
Hula’s Island Grill
Buttercup Cakes
Percy’s Pies
H & H Fish – Oyster Bar
Back Nine Grill & Bar
burger.

Wineries and Breweries
East Cliff Brewing Co
Stockwell Cellars
Alfaro’s Vineyard
Kissed by An Angel Winery
Loma Prieta Winery
Roudon Smith
Burrell School
Bargetto
37th Parallel

If you need assistance purchasing a ticket, please call the Santa Cruz County Association of Realtors directly at 831-464-2000.

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