Wine tasting, part 3

Continued from last week.

The walk down memory lane continues in part three of the history of the Odessa Healthcare Foundation’s wine tasting and auctions.

After the “rough winter” of 2008-09, the Odessa Healthcare Foundation chose to focus on raising money for a new 4-wheel drive ambulance. The board knew this would be a multi-year project since new ambulances cost in the $150,000-$200,000 range. The 18th (2009) and 19th (2010) annual wine tasting and auctions raised over $55,000 toward the ambulance. That, combined with memorials and other donations, resulted in the purchase of a new ambulan...