The Prestige Hotel & Bourbon Street Bar & Grill are hosting their 5th annual 鈥淪avour The Okanagan鈥� Wine tasting event this Saturday.
The event will run from 7 to 9:30 p.m and will feature wineries, spirits and beer. Bourbon Street will be offering fresh unique hors d鈥檕euvres made with local ingredients served Tapas Style from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Guests will walk around to each vendor and sample products while listening to the soft music of Stevie Todd. The room will be filled with cocktail tables under twinkling lights draped over the ceiling for a fun social summer event.
Proceeds from the event and the silent auction will be going to a local charity. This year, Prestige Hotel is partnering with the to build JoeAnna鈥檚 House. This charity has a special connection to the hotel as Joe and Anna Huber actually founded The Prestige Hotels.
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In their darkest hour, when families need it the most, JoeAnna鈥檚 House provides a welcoming home away from home. The stories are all too familiar: a loved one has been in a terrible accident; a child is sick; a baby arriving too soon.
In a moment, everything changes. The local hospital doesn鈥檛 have the level of life-saving, specialist care needed. Often, people must then decide whether to leave your home 鈥� and everything that feels known and safe 鈥� or to be apart during the most difficult time in your family鈥檚 life. For many families, there is no choice.
鈥淛oeAnna鈥檚 House to my family would mean the world,鈥� said Lisa Dear, mother of Zach Dear, who was born prematurely in Creston and promptly transported to KGH for care.
After two days, Lisa was discharged, but Zach remained in the Neonatal ICU for an additional five weeks.
鈥淚t would have meant that every single day I could have been there for my son,鈥� she said. 鈥淲e were hundreds of miles from home, Zach was in the NICU for 35 days and we had nowhere to stay.鈥�
The goal is to help families like the Dears.
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JoeAnna鈥檚 House will be located on the KGH campus at the corner of Royal Avenue and Abbott Street. The two-story home, approximately 10,000 sq. feet in size will offer 20 private bedrooms with shared kitchen, living room and amenities for families on the main floor. Construction is expected to begin in fall 2018 with completion in fall of 2019.
This charity will allow the community to help make this a reality through the 鈥楽avour the Okanagan鈥� event on July 21.
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