CELEBRATE EAST COUNTY! AUG. 29 BENEFIT FOR EAST COUNTY MAGAZINE

DISCOVER OUR REGION'S BEST KEPT SECRETS!

August 7, 2009 (Rancho San Diego) – East County Magazine invites you to savor the best of East County wines, food, music, arts and literature. Join us on Saturday, August 29 from 4 to 7 p.m. for an evening of festivities at Heritage of the Americas Museum, Cuyamaca College in El Cajon’s Rancho San Diego. Find out why the museum is considered among the finest college museums in the U.S.!

Reserve space now at early-bird rates--before we sell out!  Festive fun includes:

                                   • Savor the best of East County foods and wines
                                   • Enjoy live music and fine art
                                   • Meet authors of books on East County attractions
                                   • Take a “behind the scenes” tour with the curator
                                   • Join a “scavenger hunt” through the museum
                                   • Mix and mingle with area business leaders
                                   • Take home fabulous items from our silent auction
                                   • Win big prizes in our drawing

EVENT CO-SPONSORS: EAST COUNTY MAGAZINE, CUYAMACA COLLEGE HERITAGE OF THE AMERICAS MUSEUM, SUNBELT PUBLICATIONS, RANCHO SAN DIEGO-JAMUL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, VIEJAS BAND OF THE KUMEYAAY NATION, LA SERENISSIMA WINERY, SAN PASQUAL WINERY, GIO’S WINE BAR BISTRO, TASTE OF ITALY, SPINNERS SALADS & MEDITERRANEAN, AND MORE

TICKETS: Early-bird special rate: $25 before Aug. 22 ($20 for members of sponsor groups)

TIP: Our last event sold out 2 weeks early, so we recommend reserving space early!

RSVP: (619)698-7617; leon@eastcountymagazine.org

Send checks payable to Heartland Coalition (our nonprofit 501c3 publisher) and mail to:  East County Magazine, attention Miriam, 4438 Hideaway Place, La Mesa, CA 91941.

Auction items include art donated by local galleries and artists , a vacation cabin on the Trinity River, dinner with firefighters at a fire station, spa treatments, wines, dinners, a winetasting party for 10 at a local winery, a museum "curator's choice" gift basket, event tickets, and much more!

Become a sponsor and be included in our publicity! Donate an auction or drawing prize!

Proceeds benefit East County Magazine (www.eastcountymagazine.org), our community media published by the nonprofit 501(c)3 Heartland Coalition.