Marietta Wine Market has Wine
Tastings every Wednesday 5pm-7pm and Saturday 2pm-4pm.
Each week we sponsor a different local charity and serve
complimentary hors d’oeuvres.
Each week we choose a different
theme, winery or region for our tasting. I send out a weekly e-mail
to our customers to let them know about upcoming events and tastings
at the Marietta Wine Market. In addition to our events, I
also try to let them know about other shops, restaurants and special
events that are planned on the square. Many forward this information
on to their friends or check our web site that is updated each week.
At each tasting we put out a
basket. A $5-$10 donation is suggested, but not required. Some
people give more, some give less. Donations are accepted by cash,
check or credit card and any size donation is greatly appreciated.
Our goal is not only to raise $$
for the charity, but also help create awareness for the organization
and their needs. We find that people give more when they know more
about the organization. Therefore, we try to have a representative
or literature about the charity at each event. Wine Tastings are
also more successful when the charity helps in promoting their
event.
We ask the organizations to help
get the word out. They can help by putting the event in a newsletter
or in the paper; listing the event on their web site; e-mailing
their volunteers or supporters; or simply getting together a group
of friends for a fun night out.
How does the Marietta Wine Market
benefit from all of this ? EXPOSE and your
on going support. Although we have been opened since May 2005, new
people walk through our doors every day for the first time. Some
live close and did not know we were here until they read about us in
the paper or magazine or heard someone talk about an event on a
morning show. Others live farther away and come out to support a
certain charity they heard about from your e-mails or newsletter.
Then there are those who just come out to meet new friends and
enjoy good wine.... all for a good cause.
Many of the organizations ask for
Silent Auction items for fund raisers that they hold throughout the
year. With enough notice we try to put the charity on the calendar a
few weeks prior to their large fund raiser. This helps us raise $$
for donations and can be used to promote upcoming events. A popular
Silent Auction Item has been a "Wine Tasting Party for 20"
How does a charity get on our
calendar?
Some of the local charities are
selected because they give back directly to the needy in our
community. MUST Ministries, Cobb Christmas, Center for Family and
Human Resources….
Some support the Arts or the
Restoration of our community. Cobb Landmark Society, Save the
Strand, Georgia Ballet, Cobb Symphony…
Others charities support those
that give the support. Cobb Junior League, the Loop Group, Angels
With Badges...
Did you know that there are more
households with pets than kids in Atlanta? Since pets touch the
lives of so many of us, many charities selected are for our four
legged friends. Homeless Pets, Cobb Humane Society, Good Mews, Happy
Tails, Mostly Mutts, Our Pals Place, Cherokee Humane Society,
Atlanta Pet Rescue…
Don’t Forget the Kids. Cystic
Fibrosis, Atlanta Children’s Shelter, Boys Scouts of America. ...
Some deal with the Heath and
Wellness in our community, WellStar Health Place, American Heart
Association GO RED MARIETTA, Susan G. Komen –Breast Cancer 3 Day…
There are so many that need our
help . We would like to help children in our third world countries
or a community that was destroyed by a tornado Kansas, but since we
can’t help them all we try to select charities that personally touch
our hearts and those that we feel may touch the hearts of our
customers.
Come to a tasting, see what we are
all about. If you have a charity that you would like us to sponsor
send me some information about your organization. I can’t do them
all, but keep a book and try to work as many in as possible.
Directions from I-75 S:
Exit 265 North Marietta Loop, Go West (RIGHT at end of ramp), You
will cross over HWY 41. Turn left on Church Street, this leads you
to the Square, then turns into Old Powder Springs at Marietta Pizza
(Roswell Rd / Whitlock). We are located next to Marietta Pizza and
across from Marietta Horizon Home Furniture. FREE Parking behind
Duprees.
