Cultural Diversity Foundation 1st Golden Hand Service Awards

Thursday, October 23, 2008 Time:  5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Location: Nevada Partners, Culinary Training Academy Click Here For Details

Educational Taste of Excellence:
Wine Tasting, Spirits & Jazz

The Cultural Diversity Foundation sponsors an annual fundraising event, the Educational Taste of Excellence: Wine Tasting, Spirits & Jazz.

The Cultural Diversity Foundation (CDF) and the Cultural Diversity Scholarship Committee have planned this multicultural gala as a way to raise funding to help students achieve their educational goals and to recognize scholarship recipients for their academic achievement in higher education.

From 1996 to 2008, the fundraiser has grossed over $725,000 in revenue and in-kind services and awarded over 90 scholarships ranging from $500 to $4000. The 13th annual scholarship benefit held in March 2008 raised over $145,000 in revenue and in-kind services.  In addition, we had over 85 donors participate in the event.

Partial fundraiser proceeds were used to fund eight scholarships sponsored by the CDF and the Cultural Diversity Scholarship Committee  for college bound students to attend the College of Southern Nevada, and a college of their choice.

14th Annual Fundraiser Event

The 14th annual Educational Taste of Excellence: Wine Tasting, Spirits & Jazz event will be held on Saturday, March 7, 2009 at the Paris Las vegas, Champagne Ballroom from 6-10 pm. Tickets are $50.00 in advance, $55.00 at the door. Tickets can be purchased online, and will be available at Lee's Discount Liquor in February or by calling CDF at (702) 646-2615.

Fundraiser Highlights

Wine Tasting: Guests will be dressed in understated elegant evening attire while sampling a wide variety of domestic and imported wines.

Art display: A variety of artwork from nationally and internationally artists will be displayed at the event.

Live and Silent Auction: Guests will be given the opportunity to bid on items donated by various hotels & casinos, airlines, restaurants, golf and ski resorts, etc.

Live Jazz: Guests will be entertained by live jazz artists.

Hors D'oeuvres: Guests will enjoy a cornucopia of hors d'oeuvres and cheeses that compliment the wines.

Scholarship Recipients: Guests will meet the scholarship recipients who will be introduced and recognized for their excellence in education.

Friends of CDF

If you would like to volunteer to participate in any of the CDF programs or activities, please contact us at
(702) 646-2615 or email jflowers@cdfnv.org.

501c3 Information for Cultural Diversity Foundation
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You or your business/organization can help the Cultural Diversity Foundation (CDF) achieve its goals of raising $250,000 in funding and awarding scholarships for several students to attend the college of their choice by becoming a CDF sponsor. We offer several levels of sponsorship, each with its own set of benefits.

Sponsorship of this event would give your organization the opportunity to be recognized as a corporate sponsor and expose itself to potential customers who can remember, and will hopefully ask for your business when your kind of services are needed.  Your organization could also underwrite a scholarship through the Cultural Diversity Foundation, which is another venue for great exposure.

Additionally, you receive the long-term benefits of increased awareness of your organization and its services, the indelible impression of your commitment to the community, and the achievement of students seeking educational and professional development.

A list of current and past sponsors is available here.

Merlot Sponsorship
Chardonnay Sponsorship
Burgundy Sponsorship
White Zinfandel Sponsorship
Riesling Sponsorship

Please contact us by E-Mail to request more information, or call 702-646-2615. In addition, you can print out our sponsorship form available here in Adobe PDF format. You will need the most recent version of Adobe Reader to access the form. If you don't have Adobe Reader installed on your computer, you can download it for free here.