1 WELCOME! TABLE OF CONTENTS Greetings V Wine Celebration Fund-A-Need................................................................... 4 Family and Dear Friends, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy ................................... 5 To say this last year was extraordinarily challenging is 2021 Partners . 6-7 an understatement. From countless losses due to a global pandemic to the severe impacts of fires last fall—especially Sponsoring Organizations ................................................... 8-9 to our vintners—we faced a time like no other. And yet, we forged ahead with grit and determination. That is why this 2021 Vintner Grant Honorees...................................................10 year’s motto, “perseverance”, the effort to do or achieve some- Jimmy V Award for Perseverance ..............................................11 thing despite difficulties, resonates more than ever. Our Victory Over Cancer® commitment is stronger than ever. The V Foundation Board ...................................................... 12 Last year, for the first time ever, the V Foundation Wine The V Foundation Scientific Committee ....................................... 13 Celebration team held the event in an entirely virtual setting. With our dream team hosts—Coach K, Jay Bilas, and Sage V Foundation Wine Celebration Board Steele—we raised an unprecedented $3.6 million. and Don’t Ever Give Up, Inc. Board .............................................14 This year, we are thrilled to return to the Napa Valley, to renew our energy and excitement—to laugh, think and cry— Live Auction................................................................... 15 together, in person, as we have in years past; to bond with our Showcase Auction............................................................. 47 vintner community again. We are also blessed to reunite our hosts—Coach K, Jay Bilas, Sage Steele, and George Barrel Auction ................................................................ 63 Bodenheimer and celebrate this year’s vintner grant honorees, Rich and Leslie Frank. Our Super Silent Auction .......................................................... 69 Fund-A-Need effort will be dedicated to immunotherapy, a type of cancer treatment that helps your immune system fight cancer. 2021 Volunteer Grant Honoree ............................................... 102 As we take a page from Jimmy’s speech, we look back on where we came from, realize where we are and know where we want to go. We persevere forward together as one team, and with one mission. Warm Regards, JULIE MAPLES & DEREK REISINGER Co-chairs, the V Foundation Wine Celebration 2 3 FUND-A-NEED / 2021 The Fund-a-Need will be dedicated to immunotherapy. The V Foundation will co-fund with PICI up to four Parker Bridge Fellows grants for early career researchers, which are three years in duration. Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy has pledged a $1.4 million match-challenge to support this treatment approach which could apply to all forms of cancer at every stage of life. Immunotherapy Research The Parker Bridge Fellows grant program was one of the first Immunotherapy harnesses the power of the immune system and trains it to recognize cancer cells and initiatives PICI founded following eliminates them- forever! It is a hope in the fight against cancer. its launch in 2016. The goal is to empower the most ambitious early n Treatments like chemotherapy attack the cancer, while career researchers to pursue their immunotherapy trains the body to help find and attack boldest ideas to transform the 01. the cancer. immunotherapy landscape for can- APPROACH n Immunotherapy treatments can be used in many different cer patients. In addition to funding, Cancer types of cancer in children and adults. It may be used by the program involves a mentored T cell cell itself or in conjunction with other therapies. training period and an independent approaches T cell cancer cell n Immunotherapy shows promise as a cancer treatment, faculty research support period. but more work is needed to learn: which cancer patients This collaborative framework would benefit the most, how we can keep the immune connects scientists with world- system from overreacting and how some cancers are renowned researchers, as well as data and infrastructure to solve the toughest problems in the learning to hide from the immune system. cancer immunotherapy space. Through partnerships like this one, PICI has bridged the gap n This can be done in a couple of ways: between academia and industry, co-funded novel research, enabled unprecedented data sharing 02. - Stimulating, or boosting, the natural defenses of your and streamlined study design and patient accrual on national clinical trials. ATTACK immune system so it works harder or smarter to T cell find and attack cancer cells “PICI is founded on the belief that we are strongest when we work together, and we’re always attacks - Making substances in a lab that are just like immune grateful for the chance to collaborate with like-minded organizations who share our commitment cancer cell system components and using them to help restore or to supporting the brightest rising stars in the field,” said Lisa Butterfield, Ph.D., vice president of improve how your immune system works to find and PICI Research and Development. “These early-career researchers are working on game-changing attack cancer cells. ideas that can lead to new treatments and improve patient responses, boosting our efforts to turn all cancers into curable diseases.” 03. DESTROY The V Foundation holds the highest possible 4-star rating from Cancer cell Charity Navigator, America’s largest evaluator of charities. It is destroyed among the top 2% of all charities evaluated. The V Foundation is also a GuideStar Platinum-rated charity. 4 5 2021 PARTNERS 2021 PARTNERS THANK YOU! The V Foundation Wine Celebration recognizes with enormous appreciation the generosity of our partners and supporters. Don’t ever underestimate the impact that you may have on someone else’s life. 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