A limited number of tickets remain for Pull the Cork on Saturday, Nov. 15, an intimate evening of wine and giving to benefit Lee BIA Builders Care.
To be held from 6 to 9 p.m. at The Forest Country Club in Fort Myers, Pull the Cork brings together the best of boutique wines and gourmet cuisine, featuring a reception with wine and hors d’oeuvres followed by a four-course seated dinner, wine tasting and auction.
Heath Porter, a 5-star sommelier and proprietor and president of Heathen Wine Tours, will pour wines from a curated selection of renowned vintners. The tasting will be artfully paired with a four-course menu by Chef Drew Tait of The Forest Country Club followed by a live auction with a selection of rare magnum wines up for bid.
Proceeds from the event will support Lee BIA Builders Care, the nonprofit charitable arm of the Lee Building Industry Association (BIA), in its mission of providing emergency construction services at no cost to needy and deserving elderly and/or disabled homeowners, and their families, who cannot obtain repairs through traditional means. To date, Lee BIA Builders Care has helped more than 500 Lee County households and provided over $5 million in emergency construction services and materials at no cost to families and local homeowners in need.
Pull the Cork is presented by LSI Companies and Retland Holdings. Additional sponsors include Alessio, Busey Bank, Cameratta Companies, Christopher Alan Homes, Daniel R. and Anne M. Harper Foundation, Morris-Depew Associates, Owen-Ames-Kimball Co., Pavese Law Firm, Priority Marketing, Pulte Homes, Rist Family Foundation, the Seitz family and Stevens Construction.
Tickets are $400 per person. To learn more or to register for the event, visit PullTheCork.org.
About Lee BIA Builders Care
The mission of Lee BIA Builders Care is to provide emergency construction services at no cost to needy and deserving elderly and/or disabled homeowners, and their families, who cannot obtain repairs through traditional means. Lee BIA Builders Care offers a full range of no-cost emergency construction services to improve the safety and health for needy seniors and disabled individuals of all ages by enlisting the expertise and donated services and materials of contractors, sub-contractors and businesses. To date, Lee BIA Builders Care has put more than $5 million in construction services back into the community at no cost to homeowners in need. Builders Care is funded through financial donations, grants and donated services and materials to provide emergency construction services to qualified homeowners throughout the community. Lee BIA Builders Care is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization under the charitable arm of the Lee Building Industry Association. Lee BIA Builders Care is headquartered at 6835 International Center Blvd. #4 in Fort Myers. Donations can be made online at www.LeeBuildersCare.org. More information is available by calling 239-938-0056, and by following Builders Care at www.Facebook.com/LeeBuildersCare.
