Events

The Tri-County Red Cross

&

Wine Country

Of North Plainfield

Present

THE SPRING TASTING '08

Not just another tasting

Not just another walk-around

Not just another free sales floor tasting

Not just another dull Saturday

The Tri-County Red Cross and Wine Country of North Plainfield announced today The Spring Tasting '08, a special wine, beer and spirits tasting on the afternoon of Saturday, May 31, 2008. 

Anyone of legal drinking age is invited to join us for a FREE, casual and informative walk-around tasting on Saturday May 31, at Wine Country of North Plainfield's location on Route 22 West.  Visitors can come at any time during the five hour tasting to learn more about specialty drinks, and can stay for a few minutes or a few hours.

More than 50 different wineries, breweries and distilleries will be represented with in excess of 180 items open for your educational tasting experience. And all for free.  Proceeds from the sales of these items and optional contributions will be donated to the Tri-County Red Cross.

Wine Country of North Plainfield will be open to the public for general retail sales during the tasting.

Mark your calendar:

When:                           Saturday May 31, 2008

Time:                            1:00PM - 6:00PM

Where:                           Wine Country of North Plainfield

                                        967 Route 22W, North Plainfield

Tables - Sales Floor:                   26

Tables - Cellar Room:                    8

Items Open per Table:                    6

Some of the items open for sampling will include:

Represented Wineries: Edmeades, Bonterra, Sonoma Cutrer, Matanzas Creek Winery, Sebastiani, Santa Carolina, Atalon, Calina, Cambria, Stonestreet, Yangarra, Hartford Court, High Note, Moon Mountain, California Cellars, Dyer, Coyote Crest, Clos La Chance, Bliss, Rodney Strong, Cottage Road, St Helena, Amazing Grace, White Cottage, Art School, Adagio, Talia, Di Majo Norante Falanghina, Argiolas Isolda del Sole Bianco, Falesco Porticinia, Poggiotondo Il Taglio, Vista, Little Mateo, Florentino, Satiraino Barolo, Torre Mastio Amarone, Porta Erbe Amarone, Passo Primo Ripasso, Kim Crawford, Bleadsale Franks Potts, Passing Clouds, Lights Out, Aliwen, El Canto,  and more

Distilleries: Woodford Reserve, Jack Daniels Black, Jack Daniels Single Barrel, Gentleman Jack, Herradurra Tequila, Grey Goose (all flavors), Bacardi Mojito, 5 Highly Rated single maly scotches from the Prestige Beverage Collection, Boru Vodka, Pallini Lemoncello and more

Breweries: TBA

For information on the tasting, please contact Julie at Wine Country of North Plainfield email at: julie@winecountrynorthplainfield.com or by phone at 908-791-3773 x14. 

Don't forget to register at redcrossracing.com, and let's all go racing!

May 4 - 10, 2008

The American Red Cross is working with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) along with 35 other organizations and large corporations in an alliance to focus increased attention on reducing workplace injury and illness through promotion of NAOSH week.

A special toolkit has been developed that any organization can use and adapt (see sections beginning on page 13).

Potential promotional activities include:

• Focusing on your chapter's workplace safety. Ensure employees and volunteers are trained to respond to emergencies and your worksites are hazard free.

• Locating your local chapter of ASSE. Contact one or more of the officers and ask about working with them to support NAOSH Week and, in the process, discuss other ways in which your chapter can work with ASSE to promote workplace safety. Involvement with your local chapter of ASSE (including attending meetings and exhibiting at their local or state level conferences) can be a good way to develop relationships that may lead to new customers.

• Encouraging your current workplace customers to take advantage of this special occupational safety week. Direct them to the online toolkit and to make statements to their employees about the importance of safety on the job.

• Contacting alliance organizations (see page 7 of the toolkit). If you have any of these employers or members of the listed associations in your chapter, contact them now about conducting Red Cross classes during that week as a part of their commitment. Also, ask their safety officer about other joint efforts- such as special lunch hour safety presentations, or promoting Red Cross First Aid and CPR/AED classes to all interested employees - not just those who are on the emergency response team.

The Tri-County Red Cross will host Happy Hours at Suspenders every other month -- March 26, May 28, July 23, September 24, November (TBD)-- and at Cafe Vivace in Plainfield on the other months -- Feburary, April 23, June 25, August 27, October 22, December (TBD).

Please come by and meet other dedicated Red Cross folks.

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Many families receive shelter, food and clothing from the Red Cross, all funded by our very generous local individual, business and foundation donors. The Red Cross does not receive governmental funds for its services.

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To assist in replenishing the Disaster Fund, please consider donating online.

Today at the Green Brook Middle school about one hundred children participated in an Easter Egg Hunt to benefit the Tri-County Red Cross.  The event, coordinated by Green Brook Councilwoman Melonie Marano, raised close to a thousand dollars to support the disaster preparation, prevention and relief efforts of the Red Cross.

Here are some pictures of the event, which was -- in all honesty -- a heck of a good time for all!

The Easter Bunny hangs out as kids come in to the Easter Egg Hunt.

The Easter Bunny with Tri-County Red Cross CEO Nathan Rudy's daughter Kendy. Kendy's a little shy!

Kids eagerly await the cowbell that signals it's time to go collect the eggs!