11TH ANNUAL YOUNG SCHOOL BENEFIT
Forever Young included silent and live auctions
St. Helena, California,
winter 2010---Forever Young, The Young School’s eleventh annual benefit
fundraiser, took place on February 6, 2010 at Quintessa.
The auction’s top lots were, in order, a collection of 23 wines by mothers of
Young School students and other women-mother-winemakers of the Napa Valley
(“Red Hot Mamas”), a collection from Harlan, a blending session with Martha
McClellan and Bob Levy, an evening of Indian food and culture and a collection
of 25 wines and visit-tour-experiences in the Spring Mountain District
appellation.
The evening was a sold-out success, with food by Tra Vigne, flamenco music by
Jason Walters and jazz by The Hot Club of Marin.
The school’s fundraising efforts continue with an online auction lot, an Insider’s Tour of Napa Valley, available
only for online bidding through March 25, at: http://www.biddingforgood.com/auction/item/Item.action?id=103923533.
Other auction items included:
· Tasting experiences and wines from
Abreu, Alpha Omega, Araujo, Arietta, Aubert, Barnett, Beaulieu, Bell,
Blackbird, Bond, Brassfield Estate, Cade, Cain, Cakebread, Castello di Amorosa,
Caymus, Charbay, Chateau Montelena, Clos Pegase, Corison, Covenant, Date
Night, Dunn, Ehlers, Etude, Failla, Far Niente, Fife, Frias, Frog’s Leap,
Groth, Guilliams, Hagafen, Hanzell, Harlan, Hollywood & Vine, Inglenook,
Judd’s Hill, Juslyn, Keenan, Kenward, Kongsgaard, Ladera, Lamborn, Lang &
Reed, Marston, Miner, Newton, Oakville Ranch, Orsi Papale, O'Shaughnessy,
Outpost, Paloma, Patz & Hall, Pride, Peacock, Phelps, Pine Ridge,
PlumpJack, Retro, Schweiger, Sequum, Shafer, Sherwin, Sloan, Smith-Madrone,
Spring Mountain Vineyard, Stag’s Leap, Stony Hill, Storybook, Swanson, Togni,
Turley Wine Cellars, Twomey Cellars, Vineyard 7&8, ZD
· a collection of 8 wines from the
Howell Mountain appellation
· a private tour of Napa wineries
conducted by Wine Bible author and
CIA instructor Karen MacNeil
· a collection of wine with Young
School-student-designed labels
· a trip to D.C. including lunch with
Congressman Mike Thompson in the Members’ Dining Room
· jetsetting experience with hotels
and activities in SF, Napa and LA
· a day of visits to local artisanal
food purveyors and dinner in a private home
· a pheasant hunt
· serigraph by Thomas Pradzynski
· portrait of Barack Obama in
jellybeans
· an abalone dinner and a “burgers
& bubbles” feast
· a yacht trip to an SF Giants game
· events for children including a
harvest experience for children, a Nimbus Arts children’s birthday party and
ride in St. Helena’s antique fire truck, a father-son golf class at Napa Valley
Country Club, a week of science summer camp.
The Young School is located at 957 Brown Street, St. Helena CA 94574. The
School’s non-profit tax id number is 68-0338995.
Founded in 1991 by JoAnn Bell, The Young School is a private non-profit
non-denominational Montessori-derived program for children ages 6 through 12
years old/first-sixth grades. The name of the school is taken from two sisters
named ‘Young’ who were well-known Sonoma teachers several decades ago. The
first Young School was founded in their home in downtown Sonoma. In 1997 the
school moved from its Sonoma location to St. Helena in the Napa Valley.
The Young School operates as a ‘one-room schoolhouse’ in quarters rented from a
church in a residential neighborhood of St. Helena. The Young School follows a
‘tutorial’ approach to education, where children are tasked on their abilities
and interests; the School has a 12-1 student-teacher ratio and is respected for
its rigorous academics complemented by frequent field trips, enrichment in
foreign language classes and music programs as well as community outreach.
Distinctive—and possibly unusual---about The Young School also is the level of
parent involvement, whether the camping weekends the entire student/parent body
participates in, or regular social celebrations and meetings. Also distinctive
is that students spend their recess and P.E. time outside as a group, with all
ages interacting equally and enthusiastically. The Young School is a well kept
secret, pledged to keeping its tuition low to offer an affordable alternative
for a classics-based.
Abreu Vineyard
Alan's Portrait Studio
Alpha Omega Winery
Amy & Jerry Giaquinta
Araujo Estate Wines
Ashley & Alan Tenscher
Auberge du Soleil
Aubert Wines
Balloons Above the Valley
Bardessono
Barnett Vineyards
Bell Wine Cellars
Billa Donaldson
Blackbird Vineyards
Bob Levy & Martha
McClellan
BOND
Bouchon Bakery
Brad & Terri Reynolds
Brassfield Estate
CADE and Plumpjack Winery
Cain Vineyard and Winery
Cakebread Cellars
Caldwell Snyder Gallery
Castello di Amorosa
Caymus Vineyards
Charlotte Smith
Chateau Montelena
Clos Pegase Winery
Connie Corbett
Corison Winery
Corra Wines
Courtney Andrain & Jim
Anderson
Covenant Wines
Crocker and Starr
Culinary Institute of
America
D.R. Stephens Estate
Dalla Valle Vineyards
Daniela Sklan & Dan
Bush
David & Amanda Wright
David & Emily Miner
Deborah Pollack Wass
Dennis Fife
Domain Charbay
Domaine Chandon Winery
Doug & Clare Barr
Drinkward Peschon
Dunn Vineyards
Ehlers Estate
Ehren Jordan & Anne
Marie Failla
Elloit & Avis Stern
Emmolo Wine Company
Eric & Erica Sklar
Estancia La Jolla Hotel
& Spa
Etude Wines
Failla Wines
Fantesca Winery
Far Niente
Favia Erickson Winegrowers
Fosters Wine Estates
Frias Family Vineyard
Fritz & Caren Hatton
Frog's Leap Winery
Gilham Erickson
Groth Vineyard &
Winery
Guilliams Vineyards
Hackett Mill Gallery
Hadley and Macklin
Bickford
Hagafen Cellars
Hall Wines
Hanzell Vineyards
Harlan Estate
Heitz Wine Cellars
Henry & Genevieve
Schlangen
Hill Family Estates
Hudson Ranch
Jay LeDuc
Joel & Sarah Gott
Jorge & Liset Martinez
Joseph Phelps Vineyards
Judd's Hill
Juslyn Vineyards
Karen MacNeil
Keenan Winery
Kent Rasmussen Winery
Keplinger Wines
Kongsgaard Wine
Ladera Vineyards
Lamborn Family Vineyards
Larry & Suzanne Turley
Levy & McClellan
Louis Martini Winery
Lucille Jordan
Main Street Books
Marc & Brenda Lhormer
Mark Bradski
Markham Vineyards
Marston Family Vineyard
Martini House
Meadowood Napa Valley
Meander
Melissa & Matt Staid
Rep. Mike Thompson
Mint Leather
Montage Beverly Hills
Napa Valley Bike Tours
Napa Valley Country Club
Napa Valley Wine Library
Association
Natalie & Joe Herdell
Newton Vineyard
Neyers Vineyard
Nickel & Nickel
Nimbus Arts
O'Shaughnessy Estate
Winery
Oakville East
Oakville Ranch Vineyards
Olabisi
One More Page - Anita
Davena
Orsi Papale Estate Wines
Ortwin & Pat Krueger
Outpost Wines
Paloma Vineyard
Paradigm Winery
Patz & Hall
Paul Skinner & Anita
Davena
Peacock Family Vineyard
Peay Vineyards
Pet Cuts
Peter & Heidi Godoff
Pine Ridge Vineyards
Pride Mountain Vineyards
Ravenswood Winery
Retro Cellars
Robert Foley Vineyards
Robert Sinskey Vineyards
Rudd Winery
Saintsbury
Schweiger Vineyards
Sequum
Shafer Vineyards
Shane & Suzanne Pavitt
Shelley and Johnny Svoren
Sherwin Family Vineyards
Silverado Resort
Sloan Estate
Smith-Madrone Winery
Solage Calistoga
Sonoma Helicopter
Spottswoode Estate
Vineyard and Winery
Spring Mountain Vineyard
St. Helena Dermatology,
Makala Anders, M.D.
Stag's Leap Wine Cellars
Staglin Family Vineyard
Stony Hill Vineyard
Storybook Mountain
Vineyards
Stuart Smith & Julie
Ann Kodmur
Sunrise Stables
Swanson Vineyards
Terra Spase
The Cameo Cinema
The Cheese Impresario-
Barrie Lynn
The French Laundry
The Young School Garden
Club
Tor Kenward Family Wines
Trefethen Family Vineyards
Turley Wine Cellars
Twomey Cellars
VIADER Vineyards and
Winery
York Creek
ZD Wines
Community Activities
The Young School – Altar at Napa Valley College Upper Valley Campus
Dia de los Muertos celebration on Sunday, November 1, 2009