BENEFITING THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS FOUNDATION Friday, March 31 Dear Guests, Schedule of Events On behalf of the Nashville Predators Foundation • With the goal of ending domestic violence against PM Board of Directors and the thousands of individuals women and girls, the Nashville Predators Foundation 5:30 VIP DINNER & TASTING (SEPERATE TICKET REQUIRED) who benefit from the Foundation’s initiatives, thank made a pledge to donate $500,000 to MEND you for your tremendous support and generosity. #unsilencetheviolence. 6:00PM WINE FESTIVAL BEGINS We’re excited to welcome you to the 12TH annual • Pekka Rinne continues to support the 365 Wine Festival & Tasting! Pediatric Cancer Fund benefiting the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt and 6-7:00PM GNASH PHOTO OPPORTUNITY Since its inception in 1998, the Foundation has hosts nightly meet and greets with patients from impacted thousands of lives throughout the state of Children’s Hospital. 9:30PM SILENT AUCTION CLOSES Tennessee and beyond, donating millions of dollars • Roman Josi partnered with Best Buddies this and immeasurable amounts of goods and volunteer season to invite buddy pairs to the hockey games hours to those who need it most. That includes to high five the players and watch the game and 10:00PM WINE FESTIVAL ENDS awarding almost $5 million in financial grants alone James Neal once again hosted a hockey clinic to – combine that with other charitable donations, raise money for Make-A-Wish. such as the player ticket programs and additional • Nashville Predators staff continue to contribute fund-raising efforts, the Predators Foundation a collective 6,000 hours of community service VIP Dinner & Tasting Menu provided more than $1 million in cash donations to every year. Nashville area charitable organizations just this past • During the Preds annual “Community Relations FEATURING HENDRY WINES season. The Foundation also supports hundreds of Day” in October, both players and staff members other charities with in-kind donations and awareness went out into the community, giving back to Amouse-Bouche drives before games – warm clothing drive for The various organizations including; Boys & Girls Club Smoked Sea Salt & Black Pepper Crusted Ahi Tuna – HENDRY ALBARINO Journey Home, youth sock drive for Assistance of Maury County, Nashville Rescue Mission, ABLE Bourbon Barrel Smoked Sea Salt and Black Pepper, Ahi, Parsley, Candied Shallots League of Nashville and an art supply drive for The Youth and Special Olympics of Tennessee. Refuge Center to name a few. Thank you for your support. Tonight’s festivities, First Course Our philosophy of supporting charities was best said the First Tennessee Nashville Predators Brent Butternut Squash & Dandelion Salad – HENDRY BARREL FERMENTED CHARDONNAY by the late, great Jean Beliveau, “Every night I thank Peterson Celebrity Golf Classic (September 11-12), Butternut Squash, Dandelion Greens, Rocket, Apples, Candied Preserved Meyer God for giving me a talent that allows me, with a game night silent auctions, online auctions and the Lemon, Pralines, Kenny Farms’ Fromage Blanc, tossed with an Oregano Vinaigrette simple autograph on a slip of paper, a photograph or many additional events during the year, would not an appearance, to make people happy in a society be possible without you, the fans. The Nashville that has grown so complex.” Your generosity towards Predators Foundation and those the Foundation Second Course our players’ embrace of this approach to their passion serves, deeply appreciate your generosity. Lobster and Kentucky Smoked Gouda Bisque – HENDRY PINOT NOIR for this community has allowed the Foundation to Lobster & Kenny Farms’ Smoked Gouda Bisque with Grilled Baguette be as impactful as it is. With the hockey season in and Fennel Pollen full swing, everywhere the Foundation goes, we are Sincerely, reminded of organizations and groups that have been touched by your generosity. Third Course Tennessee Wild Mushroom & Cheese Ravioli – MIKE AND MOLLY ZINFANDEL There are countless other ways in which the Roasted Locally Grown Baby Portabella and Porcini Mushrooms, Herbs, Garlic, Predators Foundation, Preds players, staff, fans and Ricotta, Aged Parmesan Filled Durum Wheat Pasta with a Applewood Bacon corporate partners have teamed up to support those Sean Henry and Charred Poblano Bolognaise Sauce in need throughout Nashville and Middle Tennessee. President, Nashville Predators Foundation Fourth Course Local Cast Iron New York Strip Chasseur – HENDRY CABERNET SAUVIGNON Cast Iron Seared Black Hawk Farms New York Strip Loin, Hunter Style Demi-Glace, Mesquite Pommes Frites, Wilted Spinach Fifth Course PREDATORS FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chocolate Charcuterie Trio – HENDRY PRIMITIVO Chairman Emeritus Jack Diller, Chairman Gerry Helper, President Sean Henry, Vice-President Rebecca King, Secretary Scott Hickman, Treasurer Beth Snider, Directors: Deryl Bauman, Mark Blaze, Ellie Westman Chin, Laura Currie, Maria DeVarenne, Willie Diehl, Dark Chocolate Pistachio, White Chocolate “Cheese” Cake, Chocolate Mousse Philip Dobbs, Jim Fyke, Brad Karro, Kristen Laviolette, Jeff Lipscomb, Barbara Mandrell, Ken Premo, Ron Samuels and Ralph Schulz. 2016-17 Featured Charities 2016 Grant Recipients The following charitable organizations are the 2016 grant recipients for the Nashville Predators Foundation and received a total of $450,000. This is the largest one-time allocation in Nashville ® Predators Foundation history. A.B.L.E. Youth, Inc. Flashes of Hope National Museum of African Adoption Hope Foundation Friend2Friend Book Project American Music dba Carpenter’s Square National Wheelcats, Inc. ® FALLENFALLEN SOLDIERSSOLDIERS MARCHMARCH Gallatin Shalom Zone www.www.FallenSoldiersMarchFallenSoldiersMarch.com.com Adventure Science Center Generation Connection, Inc., The New Hope Academy ALIAS Chamber Ensemble Next Door, The Assistance League of Nashville is an all-volunteer, The Fallen Soldiers March is a collaborative labor Glencliff High School Football American Red Cross Oasis Center 501 (c)(3) organization and a district-wide PENCIL of love and we have committed to our Veteran Global Education Center Andrew Jackson Foundation Office of Coordinated School Partner with Metro Nashville Public Schools. Supporters and others that there will be no full- Greater Nashville Area Ashley’s Place (Sumner County Scholastic Hockey Health, Metro Nashville Founded in 2005 as the 115th chapter of Assistance time paid positions unless corporations, privately Public Schools Child Advocacy Center) Greater Nashville Minor League, a national nonprofit organization held businesses, individuals and/or foundations Autism Tennessee Hockey Association PENCIL Foundation established in the 1890s. All the funds raised go underwrite an operating budget to correct the Backfield in Motion, Inc. Habitat for Humanity Progressive Directions, Inc. directly toward helping children in the Nashville frustration donors often express about their Barefoot Republic, Inc Williamson-Maury Project C.A.M.P. Inc. dba The Center for Courageous Kids area. Their signature project, Operation School donations going towards funding the excessive Beads of Courage Hendersonville Inline Hockey Association Read To Succeed Bell®, provides metro schoolchildren with brand salaries of Executive Administrators. Moreover, we Belcourt Theatre Hermitage Elementary PTO Rejoice School of Ballet new school clothing. The funds from their drive have been successful to date to have everything Best Buddies High Hopes Renewal House, Inc. will be used to purchase new clothing to distribute donated or privately funded, including legal Bethlehem Centers of Nashville HomeSafe, Inc. Ronald MacDonald House to metro Nashville schoolchildren through the incorporation, trademark and counseling fees, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Homework Hotline Charities of Nashville Assistance League of Nashville’s Operation School CPA fees, Board Insurance Fees, Website design & Middle Tennessee Hope Clinic for Women Room In The Inn Bell.® For more information, please visit Maintenance Fees, etc. The funds from their drive Book’em King’s Daughters Day Home Rutherford County Board nashville.asistancelegaue.org. will go towards service dogs for Veterans. For more Boys & Girls Club of Maury County dba King’s Daughters Child of Education information, please visit fallensoldiersmarch.com. Bridges Domestic Violence Center Development Center Saddle Up! Business Education Partnership Lakeview Design Center Scott Hamilton Skating Club Camp Kesem Vanderbilt Land Trust for Tennessee, The Secret Safe Place for Newborns Camp Marymount Inc Leg Up Therapeutic Riding Center of Tennessee, A CASA, Inc Lighthouse Christian School Sexual Assualt Center Children Are People Make-A-Wish Middle Tennessee Soles4Souls Children’s Museum Corporation McNeilly Center for Children Special Kids, Inc. of Rutherford County dba Special Olympics Tennessee Discovery Center Mended Little Hearts The Refuge Center offers therapy to those who When you’re homeless or at-risk and you cannot of Nashville Special Spaces, Inc City of Goodlettsville Parks, could not afford the normal fees, so they created even meet basic needs, there are NO quick fixes. Recreation, and Tourism Mental Health America Of STARS Middle Tennessee a sliding-scale fee structure that ranges from $25 - Problems of daily living are interconnected and Community Resource Center Stronger Than My Father Metro Parks & Recreation $100 per session and is based on each individual’s impact every aspect of life.