Thank you for your generous gift of $1,050.00 on 10/8/2009 10:08:57 AM toward the LIVESTRONG® Challenge fundraising goal of Patrick Rapps.
Funds raised through the LIVESTRONG Challenge directly benefit the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF). Founded in 1997 by cancer survivor and champion cyclist Lance Armstrong, the LAF unites people through programs and experiences to empower cancer survivors to live life on their own terms, and to raise awareness and funds for the fight against cancer.

Your donation to the LAF will provide direct support and education services to help cancer survivors face the challenges and changes that come with cancer.
Thank you again for your support and for uniting with us in the fight against cancer.

Sincerely,
The LIVESTRONG Challenge Team
challengedonations@livestrong.org
888.4.CHALLENGE (888.424.2553)
www.livestrongchallenge.org

Thank you so much for participating in Hip’s First Annual
“Putt for a Purpose” last Thursday.
It was a wonderful evening of putting, cocktails, great food and socializing!

Congratulation to our winners:

Lowest Score Team: Dunn Transportation
Highest Score Team: Eyes 2 See Photo
Lowest Score Individual Player: Steve Shalongo
Best Golf Attire: Julie Dominici

Thanks to you, we are proud to report that we raised over $4500.00 in support of our charity Community Dental.

Community Dental is a small non profit 501(c) 3 organization that brings mobile dental care directly to children who need it most!

Once again, thank you for your amazing support!

Stay HIP!!

Have you signed up for Putt for a Purpose yet? It is on September 17th at the Arizona Biltmore from 6pm – 8pm. Everyone is welcome. You can putt the course or just come for some fun. The net proceeds benefit Community Dental. The cost is $25 per person or $90 for a foursome. There still is a limited number of hole sponsorships are available. This event is sponsored by: Cruz Tequila, Fiji Water, Republic Beverage, China Mist Tea, CSI Meetings and Events, Karen Doan Events and of course the exquisite Arizona Biltmore. RSVP by September 13th.

Help Wanted: Are you interested in becoming more involved in HIP? We are looking for two new board members, one from the Hotel/Resort sector and one from the Catering Company sector. The commitment is two hours per month. One hour for the board meetings on the First Tuesday of every month at 8:30am at Paradise Bakery on Tatum and Shea and One hour for the networking events each month excluding July. We do ask that you commit to being on the board for a minimum of two years. Please let me know if you are interested.

Thank you to everyone who donated school supplies to WTAP. We gather a lot of supplies and they were grateful to receive them.

Upcoming events:
October 13th: Heirloom Restaurant – Reidel Wine Class sponsored by Southern Wine and Spirits – benefiting the Susan Fuller Memorial Fund
November 10th – The Greene House Restaurant – Organic wines sponsored by Alliance Beverage -
December – Holiday Party – Still looking for a location, if you are interested or know of someone who may be interested in hosting this event, we pay $10 inclusive per person to help cover the costs. – benefiting UMOM

We hope you all survived the summer, it sure was a hot one. We look forward to seeing you soon. Stay HIP!

Hey fellow HIPsters, get out your putters and join us on September 17th for the First Annual Putt for a Purpose event from 6pm – 8pm at the Arizona Biltmore. Net proceeds benefit Community Dental. We will have great prizes, silent auction, food and beverage. Bring your friends.
There is a rumor that the Tooth Fairy will be there as well! So bring your smiles too.

If you are interested in sponsoring a hole there is just a couple left so act now. Or if you know of a vendor that has been interested in getting in front of the HIP members this is an opportune time for them. Contact Karen Doan at Karen Doan Events kdevents@cox.net.

Stay HIP and Register today.

The following are Grey Goose recipes prepared by Alliance Beverage at the Estate House during the August HIP event:

Peartini
2 parts Grey Goose La Poire
¼ part Disaronno
¼ part Simple Syrup
½ part Lemon juice

Garnish with a slice of Pear. “if available”

Down the Stretch
1 ½ part Grey Goose Le Citron
3 parts sweetened tea
1 part sour mix
Float with Chambord

Garnish with Lemon wedge

Hey fellow HIPsters, thank you to everyone who attended the HIP event last night. And a special thank you to Liz Dodds for a great event. Alliance Beverage prepared a wonderful summer drink with Grey Goose which will be posted on the website shortly. Thank you Pete.

If you were not able to attend but have some school supplies I will be still be accepting school supplies to benefit WTAP all next week, please drop them off at Sanctuary.

On to our next exciting event PUTT FOR A PURPOSE. This is to benefit Community Dental. Karen Doan with Karen Doan Events has been working very hard to put on this great event. You do not need to be a golfer to participate, it is just a little putt putt course. So gather up friends and adult family members (we are being sponsored by a liquor company so under 21 is not allowed, sorry) and come to this great event! There are still just a very few holes left for sponsorship so if you are interested in being a hole sponsor get your form in right away. There will be lots of great prizes and a silent auction. Come join us for this first annual event.

Thank you again for a great event last night. We were able to start our Susan Fuller Memorial Fund with a portion of the raffle.
Stay HIP everyone!

Hope you are having a great summer, especially now since the monsoons finally arrived!
We want to apologize to those who have been sending us announcements for our HIP Friends. We have been going through a computer upgrade and switching to a different database management system. It took a bit longer than anticipated, but we are back up and running, so thank you for your patience.

We hope you have saved August 12th on your calendar for our cooking class at Canal Restaurant. Chef Justin Beckitt will tantalize us with a great cooking demo and savoring snacks. It begins at 5:30pm. The cost is $15 for members, $25 for non members, $10 for students. Please RSVP by August 9th. We will also be doing our annual School Supply Drive benefiting WTAP. So bring a school supply with you.

Next month we will have our first annual Putt for a Purpose at the Arizona Biltmore on September 17th! More details to follow, but start putting your foursome together. We will have some great prizes and a silent auction too!

Hope to see you at the next HIP event. Stay HIP!

Being a native Phoenician I have always been in awe of Camelback Mountain.  I few years back I finally started to climb it.  It all started when a client asked me to climb it with him.  Being the savvy sales person that I am I said sure.  So we climbed Echo Canyon. I love hiking  but that was a climb! Sure enough the next day I was so sore that going down steps was pure torture.  I swore I would never do it again, but twice a  year when he came back into town we would climb it again.  Everytime we went we would find some unsuspecting person to come with us so they could experience the greatest high of all….reaching the top. 

Now I am crazy mad about the climb or I may be crazy mad that I am approaching 50 and the pockets of fat are not going away so easy any more.  Now I climb on Friday mornings with some guys that race to the top trying to beat their time from the last time they hiked.  Don’t worry they wait for me at the top and always give me high fives when I get there ten minutes later.  Then we climb down. Again they race down as I slowly descend just trying not to add raspberries to my cottage cheese.  But I love it, and not just because it is a great work out and a great sense of accomplishment but because of the people. 

The people that climb that mountain are the greatest people in the world.  Everyone says hello and good morning.  They always have words of encouragement.  They are caring, giving and share the climb with you.   It must be that mystery and awe that Camelback Mountain illuminates that makes the little kids and their parents, to the avid outdoors men and women, to the older folks that I admire, so amazing. 

I thought I would just share my thoughts of this great mountain.  And would love to hear yours.  My only words of wisdom that I would share with you as you make the hike, don’t take the mountain for grant it. Drink plenty of water, take water with you, do it at your own pace not someone else’s, and it is ok if you can’t make it the top, there is  always next time. 

Stay Safe, stay hydrated and stay happy.

Community Project to Collect, Recycle Wine Corks in April

The average wine lover drinks 4 – 5 bottles a month. In the past, the only convenient way to recycle the cork stoppers from those bottles was the save them and make a stylish kitchen trivet. Some restaurant can go through 150 bottles of wine a week. That’s a lot of trivets, and that’s where ReCORK America comes in.
HIP – Arizona’s Hospitality Industry Professionals – is partnering with ReCORK America to collect 50,000 corks during the month of April. Those corks – nearly 350 pounds – can be turned into flooring tiles, building insulation, soil conditioner, and even sports equipment.
Natural cork is a truly sustainable resource. Cork trees are not cut down to harvest, only a portion of their bark is removed. The trees can live to be 200 years and harvested every decade.
“Cork recycling is such a simple things we as businesses can do to reduce our carbon footprint,” said HIP president MaryLynne Christman, Director of Catering and Conference Services at Sanctuary on Camelback in Paradise Valley. “And now thanks to ReCORK America, it is a very easy process.”
Participating HIP members will collect corks during April and are inviting the public to bring their corks in as well. HIP represents professionals in the hospitality, restaurant and event planning industry. A few of the businesses participating in the cork collection are:

· Phoenician Resort
· Sanctuary on Camelback/elements
· Awesome Wines
· Alliance Beverage
· Southern Wine and Spirits
· Hotel Valley Ho/Trader Vic’s
· The Boulders Resort
· The Hilton Scottsdale Resort
· Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse
· Victoria Canada Weddings · Gainey Suites Hotel
Four Seasons Resort at Troon
Pointe Squaw Peak
Wigwam Resort
Aventura Catering at Phx Conv. Center

For more information about HIP and its April cork drive, visit www.hip-az.org.

About Hospitality Industry Professionals (HIP)
HIP is a non-profit professional organization designed to promote professionals in the hospitality, restaurant and event planning industry by providing networking and educational opportunities. HIP also offers educational seminars and workshops to assist this region’s hospitality professionals develop additional skills and expertise. In just five years the hospitality association has grown to 225 members and has expanded to include Tucson.

Cork Facts

· Over 13 billion natural cork wine stoppers are produced worldwide for the wine industry each year.

· World forested areas of cork account for nearly 6 million acres.

· Portugal accounts for approximately 70 percent of worldwide cork production.

· A natural wine cork retains approximately 9 grams of CO2.

· Portocork America and Amorim Cork America (affiliated with ReCORK America), sell nearly 450 million corks in the U.S. each year. Their recycling efforts have the effect of reducing CO2 emissions by approximately 800 tons.

· It takes approximately 100,000 champagne corks or 300,000 wine corks to yield a ton of cork.

Angela Muniz – TinCan Marketing