MBEF raises glasses and money
Manhattan Beach Education Foundation members (left to right) Cathy Berg, Rod Spackman, Susan Warshaw and Adam Goldston. Photo by Andrea Ruse by Andrea Ruse More than 1,400 people gathered at the Manhattan Beach Country Club Saturday to eat, drink, and merrily raise hundreds of thousand of dollars for Manhattan schools during the 16th Annual Manhattan Beach Education Foundation Wine Auction. Over 80 wineries from all over California, as well as local wine and food vendors, offered bottomless tastings to bubbly auction attendees, every last one of whom was fashionably decked out in style for the posh event. “We were absolutely, very happy with the turnout,” said MBEF executive director Susan Warshaw. “We sold out again this year. There were new and old people. I met people who have come to the event every year for 16 years.” MBEF officials will not know until next week how much was raised at this year’s auction. Live and silent auctions featured lots of collectible wines; trips to New York, Argentina and Spain; the opportunity to be the Lakers’ “honorary ball person” next season; and tickets to movie premieres, such as Angelina Jolie’s “Salt,” and television performances, including…
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