Entice Your Taste Buds, Support a Cause, and Let the Good Times Roll
Members of the St. Louis community can help bring printed words to life for blind and print disabled community members while enjoying a wine tasting, auction and party.
Minds Eye Information Service will hold their fifth annual Soiree pour la Vue: An Evening for Sight fundraiser on January 31, 2008 at Moulin Meetings and Events in Lafayette Square. The Main Event is from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. with a Premium Event to follow from 8:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Tickets start at $35.00 and may be reserved in advance by calling 618-394-6221 or 314-241-3400 ext. 6221. This event boasts an impressive variety of wines, appetizers and auction items enveloped in the atmosphere of Mardi Gras.
The event, hosted by Mike Roberts and John Fuller of KSDK, will feature a silent and oral auction. Some items up for bid include airline tickets, hotel stays, tickets to the FOX and Symphony, tickets and a tour of the Muny Opera, celebrity autographs, wine baskets, restaurant gift certificates, many art pieces and plenty of other gifts to ensure excitement and fun!
In addition to amazing auction items, this event will feature wines to tantalize the palette, exclusively distributed by Wines for Humanity – and it gets even better! With the purchase of a Premium ticket, attendees will have the opportunity to sample and purchase high caliber, premium wines.
Soiree pour la Vue: An Evening for Sight is sponsored by Wines for Humanity, Moulin Meetings and Events, Kennelwood Pet Resorts, The Lighthouse for the Blind, Harrah’s St. Louis Casino and Hotel, Murray Print Shop, Sauce Magazine and Clarkson Eyecare.
Minds Eye is a non-profit radio reading service located on the grounds of the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows. The closed circuit radio station lends radios free of charge to people who are blind, have low vision, or are print disabled so that they can hear broadcasts of volunteers reading newspapers, magazines, books, and retail circulars. The service reaches nearly 1,100 people in their own homes and the residents of more than 80 nursing homes, retirement centers, and hospitals in the Saint Louis and Southern Illinois areas.
For more information, to reserve tickets, or to make donations call Minds Eye at 618-394-6221 or 314-241- 3400 ext. 6221.
