Release: B.R. Cohn Charity Events raises over $150,000 for local Sonoma children's charities and veterans organizations

(Glen Ellen, CA. December 18, 2006) -- Even during trying economic times vintner/philanthropist, Bruce Cohn and BR Cohn Charity Events distributed $150,000 to a variety of charities on December 18, 2008, at a wine tasting mixer at the B.R Cohn Winery in Glen Ellen. The proceeds were generated by the 22nd Annual B.R. Cohn Charity Events Fall Music Festival and Celebrity Golf Classic. The two concerts on October 4 and 5, the Golf Classic on October 6, and the live auction/dinner on October 3 raised much needed money for both local charities and veteran's services. In over four years, the winery has raised over $1,000,000 in donations for numerous charities.

The proceeds are earmarked for the Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance, the Sonoma Valley Education Foundation and the Boys and Girls Club Valley of the Moon, and other deserving charities.

The lineup for both concerts featured the Doobie Brothers, Kris Kristofferson, Dave Mason, Robert Cray, the Turtles, Michael Finney and Doobie Brothers offspring Lara Johnston.

Over the last 22-years, the B.R Cohn Charity Events Fall Music Festival and Celebrity Golf Classic have donated over $2,000,000 to various children's charities and others.

The Friday night gala auction and dinner at the B.R Cohn Winery is becoming quite a fundraiser on its own, and despite an October rain shower raised $100,000 at a 400-seat dinner and the concert on-stage auctions over the weekend added additional revenue for the charities with autographed guitars and 9-liter B.R Cohn wine bottles leading the charge.

"I'm very pleased despite everything thrown at us, including in climate weather and the faltering economy we pulled off this amount of money," noted Bruce Cohn. "It is important to note that this couldn't happen without the support of all the musicians, volunteers and staff that puts these events together."