Enjoy great food, fine wine, craft and home brewed beer while you raise some cash for charity at Cheers to Charity 2017! Saturday, August 12 is the date for Tehachapi's fund-raising celebration under the stars. Cheers to Charity benefits local nonprofit organizations and features live music, delicious tapas, scrumptious wines and skillfully made craft and home brewed beers - beneath the canopy of a Tehachapi starry sky. Dancing music, choice cigars, a silent auction, coffee, desserts, a non-alcoholic drink bar and a sparkling end to the evening are also in the works.

2017 Proceeds will benefit Magdalene Hope, Tehachapi Parks Foundation, and Tehachapi Police Foundation. Tehachapi Economic Development Council, Tehachapi Mountain Search and Rescue, Tehachapi Rotary Foundation, Tehachapi VALLEY WRESTLING CLUB and Stallion Springs CERT will also benefit from the August event. Mini-grants will be available following the event.

"Businesses are stepping up to sponsor Cheers to Charity like never before. We have already surpassed last year's sponsor totals, which means we're off to a great start in being able to support our chosen non-profits in a big way", said Cheers to Charity committee member Marcia Thompson. "Each year, we add new non-profit recipients as we spread funding among a variety of local charitable organizations."

Sponsors include BHE Renewables, Lehigh Southwest, Brookfield Renewables, Airstreams Renewables, Sangera Subaru, Advantage Real Estate, Adventist Healthcare Tehachapi Valley, Bowe Contractors, Tammy Engel - Mortgage Advisor, Sun Select, Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner, Rio Tinto, Chris & Bruce Zigtema, Bank of the Sierra, South Street Digital, City of Tehachapi, Dave's Auto, Ashmore Motors, Lara & Mike Berard, Dignified Home Loans, Fasttrip, Travel By Jenni and Turning Heads Salon. KGET TV 17, The Loop community newspaper, Tehachapi News, the Bakersfield Californian, and the Bear Valley Cub are media sponsors.

Tehachapi's own Dorner Family Vineyard, Per La Vida, Souza Family Vineyards, Triassic Vineyards, Stray Leaves Vineyard, and Viajeros Vineyards will be on hand to pour their wine. Tlo Wines, Burbank Cellars, Opolo Vineyards, Tobin James Cellars and the Boissant Collection will also join the celebration! Additional wines and craft beers will be added to the evening's offerings; a pumped-up cigar lounge featuring fine cigars, comfy sofas and jazz music will be available; and 16 home brewers will compete for bragging rights during the Home Brew Competition.

Tickets are available online or at Veritas Tapas and Wine Bar. General admission is $60, VIP tickets are $100 through August 11. General admission tickets are $75 at the door, VIP tickets are not available at the door. Log on to cheerstocharity.net or Eventbrite.com to learn more or purchase tickets, buy tickets at Veritas Tapas and Wine Bar or purchase directly from a Cheers to Charity committee member.

Make plans to attend Cheers to Charity, and raise your glass to raise some cash for Tehachapi Charities!

For more information email us at CheersTehachapi@gmail.com .