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Gift For Life, the gift, stationery and home décor industries' sole charitable organization, today announced it will serve as the beneficiary of a special wine and cheese tasting to be held during the Summer Gift and Home Accessories Show in Seattle. The event will take place on Monday, Aug. 15, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Market Center.

Buyers are invited to sample wines and cheeses from Washington and Oregon’s premier vineyards and cheesemakers while enjoying live Latin jazz by the Fred Hoadley Trio. A suggested donation of $10 is requested to benefit Gift For Life/Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA). The event will be sponsored by Schott Zwiesel, Esquin Wine Merchants, Beecher’s Handmade Cheese, Fred Hoadley Trio and Pacific Market Center’s Independent Sales Association.

According to Lisa Goodman, director of marketing for the Pacific Market Center and Gift For Life board member, the wine and cheese tasting culminates a week of new PMC Cooks culinary events being offered to buyers during Market.

“We are thrilled to do this fundraising event again in celebration of our industry’s charity and fabulous wines and cheeses the Pacific Northwest are known for,” Goodman says. “We look forward to a great crowd and tremendous support.”

Leslie Street, chair of the Gift for Life board, says, “We are honored to serve as the beneficiary of this unique, entertaining event. The Pacific Market Center is creating new opportunities for buyers to enjoy their buying trip and to support the industry charity that makes a difference in Seattle and across the U.S.”

Gift For Life presents its annual Industry Achievement Award each August as part of the Gifts & Decorative Accessories Retailer Excellence Awards. In addition, Gift For Life hosts regional events throughout the United States and a national fundraiser each winter in New York City during the New York International Gift Fair. Funds benefit DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS.

For more information, visit www.giftforlife.org.

Source: Pacific Market Center