You can get your name – or your company’s name – out into the Eden Prairie community by helping sponsor the Eden Prairie (A.M.) Rotary Club’s Vino Classico wine-tasting fund-raiser, which will be held Oct. 11, 2008 and is one of the largest social events and fund-raisers in Eden Prairie.

There are various sponsorship levels, and they’re outlined below. If you are interested contact Cynthia Minnihan (952-937-6998 or cminnihan@comcast.net) of the Eden Prairie (A.M.) Rotary Club’s wine-tasting committee.

Money from the event – attended by more than 300 persons each year – goes to service projects and charitable causes – student scholarships, social services, international mission projects, mentoring projects and much, much more!

►Champagne: $1,000 or more
Benefits: name used in all promotional channels – on tickets, event programs, postcards to past attendees, newspaper advertisements, promotional fliers, and in Rotary blog on edenprairienews.com.
Deadline: Aug. 15.

►Cabernet: $500
Benefits: name used in five promotional channels – on post cards to past attendees, event programs, newspaper advertisements, promotional fliers, and in Rotary blog on edenprairienews.com.
Deadline: Aug. 29.

►Chardonnay: $250
Benefits: name/company logo printed on event programs handed to Vino Classico attendees.
Deadline: Sept. 25.

►Merlot: $100 table sponsorship
Benefits: name placed on placard atop one of three dozen round tables where wine-tasters can rest their wine and food, and spend time socializing.
Deadline: Oct. 2.

(Rotary Rooter focuses on the activities of the Eden Prairie A.M. Rotary Club, which meets at 7:30 a.m. Tuesdays at the Biaggi's restaurant at Eden Prairie Shopping Center. Guests are welcome. You can learn more about the club by visiting www.epamrotary.)