Announcing: David Wolfe in Seattle this February!

[Guest guest]

Friends,

 

I am very excited to announce that David Wolfe is coming to Seattle in February

to speak

at our 2nd Annual Fundraising Gala and Silent Auction!!!

 

PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION!!

http://.org/events/gala.htm

 

Blessings,

Monika Kinsman

Executive Director and Founder

Raw Network of Washington

(206) 923-8908

monika

 

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REPOSTED FROM OUR WEBSITE:

 

Raw Network of Washington presents:

David Wolfe: World Authority on Nutrition

2 nights only: February 16 & 17, 2008

 

2nd Annual Fundraising Gala and Silent Auction with Keynote Speaker David Wolfe

Saturday, February 16, 2008

6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Columbia Tower Club

701 Fifth Avenue, Floor 76

Seattle, Washington

 

Special Lecture with David Wolfe

Sunday, February 17, 2008

2:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Bastyr University Auditorium

14500 Juanita Drive NE

Kenmore, Washington

 

About the Gala Event

Please join Raw Network of Washington for our 2nd Annual Fundraising Gala,

Gourmet

Raw Foods Dinner, and Silent Auction! We are pleased to announce that our

keynote

speaker this year is David " Avocado " Wolfe, World Authority on Chocolate,

Raw-Food

Nutrition, Superfoods, Herbal Healing, and having the best day EVER!

Our 2008 black-tie event will be held for the second consecutive year at the

Columbia

Tower Club, one of the world's most renowned private dining clubs. With

stunning views

of Seattle, Puget Sound, and the surrounding snow-capped mountains, this event

will be

an awe-inspiring event to remember. The evening will feature a silent auction,

a 4-course

gourmet raw foods dinner prepared by the chefs of the Columbia Tower Club, and

event

attendees will have an opportunity to win a one-on-one private meal with David

Wolfe the

following day!

 

About our Keynote Speaker, David " Avocado " Wolfe

David is considered by peers to be one of the world's leading authorities on

nutrition.

David is the author of Naked Chocolate, Eating For Beauty and The Sunfood Diet

Success

System. David works, in conjunction with Sunfood Nutrition™, to develop, market

and

distribute some of the world's most wonderful and exotic organic food items.

David and

Sunfood Nutrition were the first to bring raw and organic: cacao beans/nibs (raw

chocolate), goji berries, Incan berries, cacao butter, cacao powder, powdered

encapsulated mangosteen, maca extract and cold-pressed coconut oil into general

distribution in North America. Known for extraordinary quality control and

ethical

production, these products and many others developed by David and Sunfood

Nutrition

lead the field. David Wolfe has degrees in Mechanical and Environmental

Engineering and

Political Science. He has studied at many institutions including Oxford

University. He

concluded his formal education by receiving a Juris Doctor in Law from the

University of

San Diego. Currently, David still participates in higher education as a

professor of nutrition

for Dr. Gabriel Cousens' masters degree program on live-food nutrition. David

Wolfe is

the middle son of two medical doctors, which provides him with a unique

perspective in

the health field. Since 1995, David Wolfe has given over 1,000 health lectures

and

seminars in the United States, Canada, Europe, the South Pacific, Central

America and

South America. He hosts at least six health, fitness and adventure retreats each

year at

various retreat centers around the world. David is the founder of the

non-profit Fruit Tree

Planting Foundation whose goal is to plant 18 billion fruit trees on planet

Earth. David is

also the founder of, and leading contributor to, the internet's only Peak

Performance and

Nutrition online magazine: www.thebestdayever.com. As part of his action-packed

schedule, David also coaches and feeds Hollywood producers and celebrities as

well as

some of the world's leading business people and entrepreneurs. David is

currently

completing several new books, and occasionally plays drums for the raw rock and

roll

group — The Healing Waters Band (www.thehealingwatersband.com). In 2004, David

starred as " Avocado " in the reality television show Mad Mad House airing on the

Science

Fiction Channel. Other than a passion for nutrition and music, David's favorite

hobbies

include: hiking, yoga, literature, writing, alchemy, chemistry, wild adventures,

hot springs

soaking, planting fruit trees, spending time with loved ones and having The Best

Day Ever!

 

About our First Annual Event

Our keynote speakers last year were raw food authors Victoria Boutenko and Paul

Nison.

Our silent auction included raw and raw-friendly business contributors such as

Hippocrates Health Institute, Sunfood Nutrition, E3Live, VegNews Magazine,

HealthForce

Nutritionals, Maya Whole Health Studio, Chaco Canyon Cafe, RawVegan Source,

Sidecar for

Pigs Peace, and many more. While we were able to raise approximately $15,000

last year

toward our goal of opening the world's first raw foods community center - we

have quite a

ways to go to reach our $100,000 goal!

 

Tickets for the Gala Event

We are pleased to announce that tickets will go on sale on Sunday, December 23,

2007.

Tickets for the event are $100. An early bird discount of $10 per ticket

applies for tickets

purchased prior to Friday, January 11, 2008. Please note that this event sold

out last year

and will sell out again.

 

Information For Business Owners

If you are a raw-friendly business owner or if you know one who would like to

find out

how to become an event sponsor, auction item donor, or table for Sunday's event,

please

visit this page.

 

Getting Involved

For information about joining our Gala Event Planning Committee, please contact

Monika

Kinsman, Executive Director, at (206) 923-8908. Committee members receive

discounted

tickets to the event.

 

About Sunday's Special Lecture at Bastyr University

Sad to be missing Saturday's big event or just can't get enough? Don't fret!

This is annual

fundraising weekend and because last year's event sold out, we want to give

people a 2nd

chance to see David in a less formal environment. At this event, David will be

talking for a

3-full hours on the secrets of EATING FOR BEAUTY, the SUNFOOD DIET SUCCESS

SYSTEM,

and the BEST DAY EVER! For a biography of David Wolfe, please read the

description

provided earlier on this page.

 

What Else is Happening on Sunday?

Just like when we brought Matt Monarch, Jenna Norwood, and Victoria Boutenko to

town

for our other Bastyr events earlier this year, there will be vendors on-site to

show off their

latest products. Come find out what's new with RawVegan Source, dalene's, and

other

local NW raw-friendly organizations. David Wolfe will be available to sign

books at the

conclusion of the lecture as well, and he will be bringing all of his products

with him.

Finally, as an extension of the fundraising weekend, there will be opportunities

to join our

organization or donate money toward our nonprofit organization. Our goal is to

open the

world's first raw foods community center and every winter we go into

fund-raising mode.

 

Purchasing Tickets for Sunday's Event

Tickets for this event will also go on sale on Sunday, December 23, 2007.

Advance-

purchase tickets for the event are $35 for the general public, and there will be

a 20%

discount available for our paid members. While advanced tickets for this event

are not

required and may be purchased at the door, please note that tickets purchased at

the

door on the day of the event will be an additional $10. A limited number of

discounted

tickets will be available for event volunteers. Please contact Monika Kinsman

for

questions.

 

ASL Interpreters

If there is a Deaf group of 10 or more people that would like to attend Saturday

2nd

Annual Fundraising Gala Event, or Sunday's Special Lecture at Bastyr University,

please

send us an email to let us know! We would be happy to work with your group to

get

accomodations.