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Krewe Of Zingaro Plans Popular Uncork The Cure Benefit

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: May 31, 2008

DOWNTOWN - The fourth annual Uncork the Cure wine tasting will feature wines, food, live music, and silent and live auctions.

The event, sponsored by the Krewe of Zingaro, will be from 5 to 8 p.m. June 22 at The Tampa Club, 101 E. Kennedy Blvd. Dress is tropical casual.

The fundraiser will benefit pediatric cancer research at St. Joseph's Hospital. In three years, Uncork the Cure has raised more than $100,000 for research.

Patricia Embry, the krewe's community service director, is the event chairwoman. Bill Nipper is krewe president.

Tickets are $50 in advance and $60 at the door, and are available by calling the Foundation of St. Joseph's Hospitals at (813) 872-0979 or going to www.uncorkthecure.com.

Academy Hosts Brunch For Fathers, Daughters

PALMA CEIA - More than 180 fathers and their daughters gathered recently at Palma Ceia Golf & Country Club for the Academy of the Holy Names' Father-Daughter Brunch.

The event was organized by Matt Zazzero, the school's Dads Club president, and Greg Babin, a club member. Jacqueline L. Landry, the academy's president and chief executive officer, opened the lunch with a prayer.

Each father presented his daughter with a rose.

Members Celebrate Club's 80th Birthday
SUNSET PARK - Sunset Park Garden Club members will celebrate the club's 80{+t}{+h} birthday and the end of the club year with a luncheon.

The Dutch-treat luncheon will be Wednesday at the conclusion of the 10 a.m. meeting where officers will be installed and committee chairs introduced.

The meeting will be at the group's garden center, 4624 Browning Ave.

Jayne Smith will be the new president of the club, which was formed June 6, 1928. Other officers are: Ann Johnson, vice president; Maryse Beaudry, recording secretary; Ellen Eikman, corresponding secretary; and Carole Page, treasurer.

Club activities will resume in September, but information is available by calling (813) 839-4603.

DeSoto DAR Meets At Tampa Yacht Club
SOUTH TAMPA - Rebecca Lockhart, reporter general of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, will speak when the DeSoto Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution meets June 13. The meeting will be from noon to 3 p.m. at the Tampa Yacht Club, 5320 Interbay Blvd.

Tickets are $35 with reservations needed by Friday. Checks payable to the DeSoto Chapter NSDAR should be mailed to: Mimi Leroy-Marler, 7720 Brettonwood Drive, Tampa FL 33615-1346.

For information, call Ann Voss at (813) 831-1391.

Violet Society Meets Thursday

EAST TAMPA - Lynn Wilson will present a program on streptocarpus at Thursday's meeting of the Tampa African Violet Society.

The event, open to members and guests, will be at 7 p.m. at Ragan Community Center, 1200 E. Lake Ave. For information, call Mary Lou Harden at (813) 689-8700.

Send news of social activities, landmark anniversaries, birthdays and other items of community interest to Lenora Lake at 15310 Amberly Drive, Suite 102, Tampa FL 33647; fax to (813) 975-9488; e-mail to llake@tampa

trib.com; or call her at (813) 865-4851.

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