Pop for Change #145

What happens when you combine a great party with helping your neighbors? Pop the Cause and Pop for Change. In 2008, Bettina Doulton of Cellardoor Winery and Lani Stiles of Megunticook Market, began hosting an annual party, Pop the Cork, in Rockport to benefit midcoast organizations such as the Farnsworth Art Museum and the Penobscot Bay YMCA. Last year they decided to radically revamp Pop the Cork: they renamed it Pop the Cause and pledged to raise $160,000 for four local charities. Tickets for this June 26th event sold out in less than two hours. This prompted them to add a second event, Pop for Change, on June 28th. Tickets for this event were only available to those who had donated four hours of volunteer work. Today we speak with Bettina Doulton and Devon Salisbury of Cellardoor as well as representatives of the organizations who will benefit from this year's Pop the Cause and Pop for Change: Joe Curll of Coastal Opportunities, Rusty Brace of United Midcoast Opportunities, Lee Karker of Meals on Wheels, and Stephanie Primm and Pinny Beebe-Cemter of the Midcoast Hospitality House. https://www.themainemag.com/radio/2014/06/pop-for-change-145/

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