The Second Annual Wine Around the Square is a casual, fun, “hip” evening for all ages outdoors around the historic downtown Square in Murfreesboro. The evening kicks off in the inner loop of the historic Rutherford County Courthouse where guests will check in, show their driver’s license, receive a keepsake etched WATS wine glass, enjoy appetizers and begin the evening! WATS is a progressive wine-tasting event featuring 85+ wines, culinary delights provided by area restaurants and caterers, and live music.
Date: Friday, September 20, 2013 6 p.m. until 9 p.m.
Entry and Start: Guests check-in with ticket purchased online in advance, for $75 per ticket. Tickets include all wine and WATS food stations. Each guest must show a valid driver’s license to be admitted to the event. No tickets will be sold at the door.
Honoree: Each year, WATS honors women who have had breast cancer. The 2012 Honoree was Betty Hord, a breast cancer survivor. This year’s Honoree will be announced soon.
Sponsorships available: Visit our brand new Web site at winearoundthesquare.org for sponsorship information.
Volunteers: will be at each WATS venue to assist guests, provide information about the wine and pour wine; and offer water rinse of the wine glasses as visitors leave each space.
Very good cause! The proceeds of the 2013 Wine Around the Square Event will benefit Power of Pink, the Middle Tennessee Medical Center Foundation’s premier Rutherford County program for breast cancer detection and treatment. Proceeds will help fund “Our Mission in Motion” mobile mammography coach as it travels to Rutherford County, a portion of the nurse navigator’s salary, and will pay for local, indigent womens’ mammograms and breast cancer care.
In 2012, $46,855 was used for these patients’ mammograms and breast cancer care, helping 330 women. The Our Mission in Motion coach visited Rutherford County 11 times and performed 154 mammograms, 40% of which were charity care.
Sponsorship's available: Visit our brand new Web site at winearoundthesquare.org for sponsorship information.
History: The Power of Pink program was begun nine years ago to provide financial support for the MTMC and Saint Thomas Health Mission in Motion mobile mammography, mammograms for indigent women in Rutherford and the surrounding counties, and breast cancer education and information. Formerly held as a party in the home of an individual, last year the event had grow so much it was decided to transform the fundraiser into Wine Around the Square and open it to the community.
More than $120,000 was raised last year, in our very first year. Those funds will provide care and support for hundreds of women this year. The need is great, and more treatment and testing are needed. We want to grow WATS in order to provide more funding and more breast health care for more Rutherford County women.
About the MTMC Foundation: The MTMC Foundation was established in 1984 to support and promote the quality medical services provided by Middle Tennessee Medical Center and to raise and manage philanthropic gifts to further the hospital’s healing ministry. Contributions to the Foundation support direct care of the poor, education, research, new equipment and facilities. No matter what the size, every gift to the Foundation has an impact and helps meet the most pressing needs of our patients and our community. And remember, when you make a donation, 100% of your gift goes directly to our programs to improve healthcare for MTMC patients now and in the future.
The MTMC Foundation is located at Middle Tennessee Medical Center, 1700 Medical Center Parkway, Murfreesboro, TN 37129. The phone number is 615.396.4996. The Foundation’s Web site is mtmc.org/foundation. Anne Davis is the Foundation’s Executive Director, and Lindsey Fournier is the Foundation’s Development Coordinator.
