Support for Communities via Cocktails

Updated: Mar 17, 2020

We get a delightful amount of inquiries on how to score a "Crooked Water Cocktail Tasting Dinner". These are dinners I host, up to 15 a year, that assist in raising funds for a variety of charities in Minnesota. Nothing is more gratifying than hosting and cooking for like-minded individuals who attend with open minds and giving hearts.

See below for our list of organizations we will be donating to in 2020. Want to score a dinner? Click on their link to buy tickets/attend their fundraiser and, during the Live Auction, bid on our Crooked Water Cocktail Tasting Dinner!

Want to know our community impact from 2019? Scroll all the way down. We were thrilled to have helped raise over $40,000 for local charities with our donated Cocktail Tasting Dinners and other events. I reinvest 100% of CWS’s funds directly back into the company, and have since its’ inception, so the ability to impact the community while in start-up mode is incredibly gratifying and an honor. A huge thank you to all the participating guests who ponied up the real dough to make these events happen and bring support to our communities.

We greatly appreciated our partner, Kowalski’s Markets, to help us ensure our guests experience a gorgeous meal, filled with exceptional uniqueness and quality.

2020 Tasting Dinner Events:

Heart Association Gala, Feb 6 (SOLD!)

https://ahaminneapolis.ejoinme.org/MyEvents/20192020TwinCitiesMNGoRedLuncheon/tabid/1072632/Default.aspx

Whisker Whirl, February 22 (2 SOLD!)

https://one.bidpal.net/whiskerwhirl2020/ticketing(details:ticketing-summary)

The Sannel Foundation, Feb 22 (SOLD!)

https://thesannehfoundation.org/events/gala-for-goals/schedule-and-information/

Birdies for Brains, Feb 28 (SOLD!)

www.b4bmn.org

EXPO Elementary, March 21

https://expo.schoolauction.net/auction2020/homepages/show

The Link, April 23

https://thelinkmn.org/events/

Harriet Tubman Foundation, May 2

https://one.bidpal.net/starlightsoiree/welcome

People Serving People, May 2

https://www.peopleservingpeople.org/events/annual-gala/

Arboretum, Thursday June 18

www.arboretum.umn.edu/gala

Ann Bancroft Foundation, June 18

https://annbancroftfoundation.ejoinme.org/tickets

Other 2020 Events:

Animal Humane Society – Walk for Animals

Chamber of Commerce Bloomington

Arc Minnesota

And more...

2018 & 2019 Support:

Wildlife Science Center 2019

Ronald McDonald House 2019

Ann Bancroft Foundation 2019

Rotary Foundation Burnsville 2018/2019

Youth Links 2019

People Serving People 2019

WineFest /University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital 2019

Les Dames 2019

Second hand hounds 2019

NMDP Gala 2019

Excelsior Rotary 2019 – 2X

Circus Juventas 2019

Animal Humane Society – Walk for Animals 2019

Chamber of Commerce Bloomington 2019

Les Dames 2017/2018/2019

Make-a-Wish Minnesota 2019

Arc Minnesota 2018/2019

St. Michael Lions Club 2019

Governors Ball 2019

Lakeside Charity Event 2019

Chianti Grill Fundraiser 2019

NorthernSpark, Arts 2017/2018

Last Hope Animal Shelter 2019

Autism Society of Minnesota 2018

Firefly Sisterhood 2018

Hudson Fire Department 2018

WBENC 2018

Headwater Entertainment 2018

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