Boise Chapter

Saturday, February 20th, 2010 Our Boise Chapter Annual Wine Tasting Event! The Event is being held at Sweetwater Tropic Zone at 205 N 10th Street in Boise. Tickets are $30. Local Wineries and Merchants will provide tastings. There will be dinner snacks and live music. Contact Tracy at (208) 345-3008 or e-mail tracys@wishingstar.org for more information

Tuesday, April 13th at Nampa Civic Center "The Reality Magic Show"! This will be a magical night your family will not forget! Voted Las Vegas' #1 family attraction 2 years running. 100% of all ticket sales support Wishing Star Foundation, Project Patch and Camp River Run. Tickets are $10 each. Show starts at 7 pm. For Tickets and information contact Tracy at (208) 345-3008.

Support Wishing Star with our Merchant Savings Card! Check out www.wishingstarcard.org for more information. Type in username wishing and password star to view over 100 retail, restaurant and entertainment discounts, many of which are right here in Idaho and Eastern and Central Washington area. The card sells for $29 and provides hundreds of dollars of savings. Cards can be purchased on line at the Buy Now site on the web page. Thank you for your support!

Would you like to make a difference in the Boise community? We are currently seeking Partnership Council members to be a part of granting wishes and fundraising projects. Please contact Tracy Shaw if your interested at tracys@wishingstar.org or 208-345-3008.

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Todd Carlson of Dealers Auto Auction hosted a Golf Tournament to benefit Wishing Star on June 16th at Falcon Crest Golf Course.

Our Annual Wine Tasting Extravaganza on Valentine's Day at Hilton Garden Inn was a success! Thank you to Parma Ridge Vineyards, Sawtooth Winery, BRJ Wine Cellars, Helena Marie's Wine Shop, Hegy's South Hills Winery, Idaho Wine Merchants, Miceli Vineyards, and Divine Wine Shop for your wine donations. Food was donated by FSA, Port of Subs, Hickory Farms and Johnny Carino's. Beer was donated by Anheuser-Busch. Our table sponsors for the evening were Scott Summerlin and Brian Allen with Waddell and Reed. Steve Hix with I-Pak, Ashley Tally with Washington Trust Bank and all the amazing supporters of Wishing Star. A huge thank you to our auctioneer for the evening Anthony Mendoza with M. Enterprises. The volunteers that organized the event and made it all possible were Hali Laxdal, Lisa Petsche, Ashley Tally, Wendy Hernandez, Jessica Croxford, Janet Juroch, Shawna Van Beek, John & Stephanie Hergenrather, Brittany Bergsson and Jamie Bice. Music was provided by Sweet Briar Band and Photography by R. Patrick Photography.

Another successful event, Way to go Wachovia and golfers.

August 6, Eagle Hills Golf Course, 130 confirmed golfers hit the course to raise money for wishes. Here's the winning team. Andrew, Boise wish kid, rode around in a golf cart to support the golfers. Thank you Eric Britson for all your hard work and coordination.

At the Wishing Star annual retreat on October 25, Eric presented a check that made the six year grand total of Wachovia donations to $130,000!! That's incredible.

Congratulations to our three raffle winners at this year's fair.

Addie won the Dollhouse, Amanda Balance won the Playhouse, and Raylene Durrant won the Bear.

Thank you Best Buy, Sportsman's Warehouse and Colette Wagner for all your support.

75 cars washed!

Last Saturday, BSU cheerleaders scrubbed the grime off 75 cars in order to donate $150 to Wishing Star. Thank you also to Sportsman's Wearhouse for use of your parking lot.

Clayshoot at Black Dog Clays brings strangers together to form a special friendship

Andrew and Brandon, both wish kids, are also avid outdoorsmen and battling asteosarcoma.  Andrew lost a leg last fall. Brandon has difficulty using his right arm. Both from southern Idaho, the boys met for the first time at the clayshoot.  Now, in the true spirit of our founder's vision, they are making plans to get together for an outdoor adventure.