The Monique Burr Foundation for Children (MBF) will hold A Night in the Vineyard, presented by MasterCraft Builder Group, from 6 to 9 p.m. April 2 at SoNapa Grille, 2400 3rd St. South, Jacksonville Beach, in honor of Child Abuse Prevention Month.
The signature event will feature live entertainment by renowned Jacksonville bands the Band Be Easy and Bold City Classics and Nashville recording artist Colleen Orender. There will be live and silent auctions, gourmet food by SoNapa Grille and curated wine pairings, all in support of the foundation’s mission to keep youth safe. The foundation is dedicated to protecting children from all types of abuse, bullying, online exploitation and human trafficking through prevention education.
General admission tickets are $150 per person and must be purchased in advance at anightinthevineyard.com. Tickets include entry into the event, wine tastings, food, access to the live and silent auctions, live musical entertainment and complimentary valet parking. Tickets are limited.
All event proceeds will support providing youth access to MBF Prevention Education Programs — personal safety curricula that educate and empower youth, and the adults in their lives, with strategies to recognize, prevent and respond to all forms of child abuse, bullying, exploitation, trafficking and other types of child victimization.
The programs are comprehensive, evidence-based/trauma-informed and provide youth with universal strategies to keep them safe, including five easy-to-remember safety rules. The foundation is dedicated to removing obstacles to access much-needed, life-saving programs to prevent child victimization. Its proven effective programs are trusted by schools and parents and have reached more than 11 million across the globe.
The third annual A Night in the Vineyard fundraising event will enable the foundation to educate and empower children and teens while promoting safer schools and communities for youth.
Event sponsors include Blue Stream Fiber, Carlton Construction, Clockwork Marketing Services, Constellation Furyk and Friends, Dream Finders Homes, Earth Balance Corporation, The Fiorentino Group, Foley & Lardner LLP, GreenPointe Holdings, Jax Utilities Management, Jonny Nomad Media, K & G Construction Co., MasterCraft Builder Group, PepsiCo, PRI Productions, Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC), River Bay Investments, SoNapa Grille, The Tim and Leah Chapman Foundation and Truist Bank.
Sponsorship opportunities are still available. To learn more and lend support, go to anightinthevineyard.com.
