Events
Festival:
Gourmet Grazing on the Green - Was held Saturday - Noon until 5:00 p.m. at Aptos Village Park hosted by the Santa Cruz Benefit Group (SCCBG). The Festival was an afternoon of grazing on fresh local foods prepared by Santa Cruz's finest chefs and complemented by the area's best wines. Additionally an exclusive group of exxhibitors participated and allowed "tastings" of their own unique specialties. The Santa Cruz Cancer Benefit Group is a nonprofit, all volunteer organization dedicated to raising funds for distribution to local cancer support group and cancer research organizations. Over the past 14 years the SCCBG they have raised over 950k to local beneficiaries, support and research organizations basedd in Santa Cruz County.
This year the beneficiaries were:
Gourmet Grazing on the Green - Was held Saturday - Noon until 5:00 p.m. at Aptos Village Park hosted by the Santa Cruz Benefit Group (SCCBG). The Festival was an afternoon of grazing on fresh local foods prepared by Santa Cruz's finest chefs and complemented by the area's best wines. Additionally an exclusive group of exxhibitors participated and allowed "tastings" of their own unique specialties. The Santa Cruz Cancer Benefit Group is a nonprofit, all volunteer organization dedicated to raising funds for distribution to local cancer support group and cancer research organizations. Over the past 14 years the SCCBG they have raised over 950k to local beneficiaries, support and research organizations basedd in Santa Cruz County.
This year the beneficiaries were:
- Jacob's Heart - Children's Cancer Support Associations - www.jacobsheart.org
- Katz Cancer Resource Center - Research funding for local cancer patients without insurance www.dominicanhospital.org/Medical_Services/Cancer_Care/052801
- Hospice Caring Project - Transitional care and support for the terminally ill and their families, www.womencaresantacruz.org
- USCS Cancer Reasearch Fellowship - Currently supporting three proects
