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<\/a><\/p>\nArt displayed on the lawn prior to guests\u2019 arrival.<\/p>\n
The evening began with guests enjoying appetizers prepared by Luka\u2019s Restaurant and the sounds of vocalist and guitarist Manny Sosa, while they perused the beautiful artwork donated by local artisans. Following dinner, also provided by Luka\u2019s, and wine donated by Karm\u00e8re, auctioneer Frank Halvorson livened up the evening alongside Jack Mitchell, who narrated the details of each piece. New additions to the auction line-up this year included a cooking class with wine and beer food-pairing for 16 guests at the Volcano Union Pub + Inn, and a private, behind-the-scenes tour for eight guests at PAWS\u2019 ARK 2000. The evening closed with its signature \u201cLast One Standing\u201d appeal.<\/p>\n
Long-time hospice supporter, Stan Lukowicz, leading the \u201cLast One Standing\u201d appeal.
\nAll proceeds of this event go toward core hospice services and programs to the two-county area served by the agency. Executive Director Ariane Debien said, \u201cFrom business sponsorships, auction donations, gift basket donations, people volunteering their time and talents, and of course guests who purchase tickets, it takes an entire community giving of themselves so generously to make this event a success. We could not provide the kind of exceptional hospice care we are known for without our community\u2019s support on this night.\u201d<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s successful Art Auction was made possible through the donations of time by dozens of volunteers, artwork donations, and major sponsorships from the following organizations: Karm\u00e8re Winery, Buena Vista Community Fund, Mark Twain Medical Center, Jackson Rancheria Casino & Resort, Sutter Amador Hospital, Amador Arts, Toma & Associates, American Legion Ambulance Service, Horizon Oxygen & Medical Equipment, Aces Waste Services, Matich-Vukovich Insurance Services, Diebold Funeral Holdings, Mountain Merchant, Forgen and The Estate Law Planning Center, Gwendolyn K. Christeson, Attorney at Law, and many other sponsors.<\/p>\n
Hospice of Amador & Calaveras has been serving the community continuously since 1982, and in the 36 years of operation, has never turned away a patient for end-of-life services because of inability to pay. For more information, please call 209-223-5500.<\/p>\n
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Jackson, CA…The 23rd Annual Hospice of Amador & Calaveras \u201cCelebrate Life\u201d Art Auction, the agency\u2019s signature event of the year, raised just over $100,000 this year, making it the second consecutive year the event has reached that important marker. The event was held September 16 at the picturesque Karm\u00e8re Winery and Vineyards, where it has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":149075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,10,19,20,33,4,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amador-county","category-angels-camp","category-entertainment","category-featured","category-health-fitness","category-life-style","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/artauction.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=149074"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149076,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149074\/revisions\/149076"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/149075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=149074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=149074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=149074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}