6th Annual Guns & Hoses Premier Wine, Brews, & Food Tasting Event Tomorrow Night!

The 6th Annual Guns and Hoses Premier Wine, Brews, and Food Tasting Event
is tomorrow (Friday, October 15th) from 6:30-9:30pm at the Scottish Rite Center, 6151 H Street, Sacramento. Fantastic Wineries, Handcrafted Ales & Lagers, Fabulous Food, Silent Auctions, Music, and more. All proceeds benefit local children’s charities. Tickets are $45 at the door. Special Ticket prices for all Law Enforcement Officers and Firefighters. For ticket information call Deputy Jan Arbuckle (916) 606-2235 or check out www.pigbowl.com for more information.

Mark your calendars for more events with local law enforcement!

November Events:
The Sacramento Mountain Lions Game on Saturday November 13, 2010 will be a Ticket Sale Fundraiser for Pig Bowl-Guns & Hoses and dedicated to Sacramento Area Law & Fire. Advance Tickets are $20.00. You can order tickets on line by going to pigbowl.com Gates open at 6 PM at the CSUS Football Stadium.

January Events:
On Saturday January 8, 2011 there will be a Kick Off Dinner/Wonder Bread 5 Concert. The dinner will be a Crab & Shrimp Feed. Doors open at 5pm and dinner begins at 6pm at the Scottish Rite Center 6151 H Street; Sacramento, CA. Advance Tickets only $50.00. Order Tickets on line: pigbowl.com

37th Annual Pig Bowl Presents Guns & Hoses on Saturday January 29, 2011 at Cordova High School located at 2239 Chase Drive; Rancho Cordova, CA. Adult Tickets are $10.00 Kids (6-14 yrs): $5.00 (5 and under free). Gates open at 11am. Pre-game is at 12 pm. Kick Off is at 1pm. Bring items for the Blue Moms Military Care Packages, tickets $5.00.

Thanks to your support, in 36 years the Pig Bowl/Guns & Hoses organization has donated over $1.3 million into local charities.

Favorite California Firehouse Recipes Fill New Cookbook

Since today is a day to pay tribute to our heroes, fallen, retired, and still in active duty, I wanted to pass along this information about a cookbook being released by Jim Beam and the Terry Farrell Firefighters Fund that features recipes to benefit Golden State firefighters and their families. It's called the California Firehouse Cookbook.

I guess it's not just firehouse chili anymore! :) Now you can serve up some of the same crowd-pleasing recipes that have quelled firefighters' appetites for generations. By purchasing the new Terry Farrell Firefighters Fund California Firehouse Cookbook, you'll get dozens of firehouse favorites - while also benefiting these local heroes and their families.

"Cooking is a big part of firehouse life. We whip up meals for the whole crew and pass down recipes over the years," says Mike O'Connor, co-founder of the Fund's California chapter and member of the Escondido Fire Department. "Thanks to Jim Beam, we can share our traditions and give Californians a delicious way to show their appreciation to the firefighters who help keep them safe."

Firehouse Cookbook recipes range from "Geezer Salad" and "Jim Beam and Cola Barbequed Pork Ribs" to "Spicy Firehouse Chili" and "Fast Truck Chicken," served with a side of stories about the dishes. Renowned chef Wolfgang Puck also shows his support by sharing his barbecued pork ribs with spicy-sweet rub. Sherry Yard, Puck's executive pastry chef and a member of a firefighting family, contributed several recipes including one for warm chocolate truffle cakes.

Created by the Fund and Jim Beam (the world's No. 1-selling Bourbon producer) the cookbook is available for purchase now at participating retail locations across California Jim Beam will donate $9.99 from the sale of each cookbook to the Terry Farrell Firefighters Fund. Jim Beam will make a minimum donation of $25,000. To celebrate the cookbook release, firefighters will prepare recipes from the cookbook at a barbecue during BevMo!'s 100th grand opening event from 1-4 p.m. on Oct. 24 & 25 in Torrance (near Los Angeles).

The Terry Farrell Firefighters Fund provides equipment to underfunded fire stations, as well as scholarships and medical services to families of active, retired and deceased firefighters. The organization was established in memory of Chief Terry Farrell, who perished in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center along with 342 of his firefighter brethren.

The Fund launched a California chapter in 2008, which already has raised $30,000 and donated $5,000 to California firefighters and families in need. In August, the California chapter kicked off its scholarship program, helping family members of local firefighters attend college.

The cookbook is Jim Beam's latest show of support for the Terry Farrell Firefighters Fund. Jim Beam also provides financial donations and has dedicated a specialty bottle of Bourbon to the Fund. Nationally, Jim Beam has raised $200,000 since 2005, and plans to donate an additional $100,000 this year by expanding commemorative bottle sales from the East Coast to 23 states. The iconic Bourbon brand is distributing more than 36,000 cases of Jim Beam bottles bearing the Fund's emblem - representing a six-fold increase in cases from the previous year.

For more information on the Terry Farrell Firefighters Fund, please visit www.terryfarrellfundca.org or www.jimbeam.com.