30a Eats: Destin Charity Wine Auction Raises $3.8 Million

Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation (DCWAF) is pleased to announce that the 17th Annual Destin Charity Wine Auction Festival presented by the Jumonville Family raised more than $3.8 million for children in need in Northwest Florida. The record-breaking results are a staggering $1.8 million increase over the previous year.

Hosted April 22 and 23, the 17th Annual Auction was the first in-person auction experience produced by the foundation since 2019 following two years of virtual auctions. With a sold-out crowd of 600 guests, the proceeds of the auction benefit Destin Charity Wine Auction Festival’s 15 partner children’s charities in Northwest Florida.

“The results of this year’s auction far exceeded anything we could have ever dreamed,” said John Russell, President of the Destin Charity Wine Auction Festival. “We expected to show growth when compared to the past two virtual auctions, but we had no idea we would beat our best auction by over a million dollars! We are so grateful to our supporters from the wine and culinary fields but also to our board of directors and the patrons that attended the auction and raised their paddles high and often. What cannot be overstated is the impact these funds will have on our supported charities. They have battled through the pandemic to continue to deliver their services, often at great risk to themselves, so that the children of our community would know they were not forgotten. We cannot wait to present the largest checks in our history to our charity partners.”

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