Gables Rotary ‘Wine and Dine for Charity’ kicks off at Season’s 52

By Date posted: November 10, 2012

Gables Rotary Wine and Dine for Charity Series kicks off on Monday, Nov. 12, at Season’s 52, on Miracle Mile in Coral Gables.

The exclusive and limited seating series of four gourmet wine dinners will benefit the Coral Gables Rotary Foundation and four charities. A percentage of the proceeds from the first dinner will benefit the Coral Gables Woman’s Club May Van Sickle Children’s Dental Clinic, which provided more than $230,000 in free dental care last year to children in need.

Rotary fundraising chairman Rodney Langer said he wants sell out every event and expressed gratitude to Season’s 52, Angelique Euro Café, the Westin Colonnade and CRAVE for agreeing to host an event. Future dinners will be held in February, April and June.

Sponsorship dollars also will benefit Shake-A-Leg, The First Tee Foundation and Kristi House. Sponsors that sign up now benefit from six months of publicity for every dinner.

Tickets for thee dinners are $125 per person. Guests will enjoy a champagne reception and an intimate four-course dinner with wine, and lots of surprises to add to an evening of fun and fellowship.

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A graduate of the University of Florida with a major in Spanish, Burns has an extensive background in advertising, marketing and reciprocal trade, travel as well as non profit consulting and management. Burns' volunteer activities led her to become a columnist writing Gloria’s Gab, a column that focuses on the non-profit activity. Burns was Executive Director of the Jr. Orange Bowl Committee for 6 years and then served as the first Executive Director of Coral Gables Community Foundation for 14 years after which she helped the emerging Community Foundation of Pinecrest. Active in many non profits, she received the 2011 Florida Federation of Women’s Club Volunteer of the Year for the District 11. Among her list of current responsibilities, Burns co-chairs two annual student recognition breakfasts for the Coral Gables Friends of Education, chairs the Doral Business Council Forum and is a DBC Ambassador, serves on the board of the GFWC Coral Gables Woman’s Club and the Rotary Club of Coral Gables and sings in the choir of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. She can be reached at gloria@communitynewspapers.com


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