{"id":96451,"date":"2022-10-18T15:40:23","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T15:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/?p=96451"},"modified":"2022-10-18T15:48:06","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T15:48:06","slug":"brookdale-getwine-fundraising-initiative-in-aid-of-project-flamingo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/brookdale-getwine-fundraising-initiative-in-aid-of-project-flamingo\/","title":{"rendered":"BROOKDALE- GETWINE FUNDRAISING INITIATIVE IN AID OF \u2018PROJECT FLAMINGO\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brookdale and Getwine have launched a fundraising initiative in aid of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.projectflamingo.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project Flamingo<\/a>, which will run throughout Breast Cancer Awareness Month. During October 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/celebrating-innovation-inspiration-at-brookdale-wine-estate\/\">Brookdale Estate<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getwine.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Getwine<\/a> will pledge a R10 donation to Project Flamingo for every bottle of Brookdale Mason Road wines sold to the public via the Getwine online platform.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/brookdale-estate\/project-flamingo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project Flamingo<\/a> is a not-for-profit organisation that sets out to provide timely and holistic treatment, including life-saving Catch-Up surgery, for breast cancer patients who are dependent on public health.<\/p>\n<h4>THE BENEFICIARY: PROJECT FLAMINGO<\/h4>\n<p>Project Flamingo changes the lives of cancer patients dependent on the public health care system where massive delays in treatment are often a harsh reality. Every donated Rand makes a difference, and every cent goes to more timely and holistic cancer care. Project Flamingo volunteers, which include surgeons and anaesthetists, make their services and expertise available over weekends\/afterhours at Groote Schuur and Tygerberg hospitals in Cape Town, as well as Livingstone hospital in Gqeberha and Cecilia Makiwane Hospital in East London, to patients in need of life-saving breast cancer surgery.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96456\" src=\"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/project-flamingo-surgeons.jpg\" alt=\"project flamingo\" width=\"1000\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/project-flamingo-surgeons.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/project-flamingo-surgeons-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/project-flamingo-surgeons-940x611.jpg 940w, https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/project-flamingo-surgeons-222x144.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The hard cost of each surgery is approximately R6000 in nursing and consumable fees.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Driven by a group of passionate volunteers, Project Flamingo initiatives do not only include these life-saving Catch-Up surgeries, but also caring pamper packs to newly diagnosed cancer patients&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>These include food parcels to chemo patients in need, student education, cancer advocacy work and support to the diagnostic breast clinics at the various hospitals where they are active.<\/p>\n<h4>CONTRIBUTE TO PROJECT FLAMINGO &#8211; BUY BROOKDALE MASON ROAD WINES VIA GETWINE THIS OCT<\/h4>\n<p>Buy Brookdale\u2019s Mason Road wines on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getwine.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Getwine<\/a> website at the promotional price of R99 per bottle, sold in cases of six (R594 per case), with free delivery countrywide (orders of 12 bottles or more), and Brookdale and Getwine will donate R10 per bottle sold of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getwine.co.za\/product\/brookdale-mason-road-serendipity-rose-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2021 Mason Road Serendipity Ros\u00e9<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getwine.co.za\/product\/brookdale-mason-road-chenin-blanc-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mason Road Chenin Blanc<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getwine.co.za\/product\/brookdale-mason-road-syrah-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mason Road Syrah<\/a> to Project Flamingo. (Minimum order is six bottles\/no mixed cases. Valid for orders 1 \u2013 31 October 2022 only).<\/p>\n<div class=\"rir-row\"><div class=\"rir-cols-2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Brookdale-x-Getwine-x-Project-Flamingo.jpg\" \/><\/div><div class=\"rir-cols-2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Brookdale_Mason-Road_range-4x6-1.jpg\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n<h4>ABOUT THE MASON ROAD WINES<\/h4>\n<p>In recent news, Brookdale\u2019s Mason Road wines commanded attention in Tim Atkin\u2019s 2022 South Africa Special Report, when the 2021 Mason Road Syrah walked away with a Medal of Excellence as the 2022 Best Value Red of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>Each of the three young wines in the current Mason Road range (2021 vintage) achieved a Tim Atkin score at 90 or more, but it was the Mason Road Syrah that led the pack with 92\/100, followed by Mason Road Chenin Blanc and Mason Road Serendipity Ros\u00e9, both scoring 90.<\/p>\n<h4>Kiara Scott &#8211; WINEMAKER AT BROOKDALE<\/h4>\n<p>Set against the dramatic backdrop of the Klein Drakenstein mountains in Paarl, Brookdale enjoys a unique terroir. It\u2019s here that the talented young winemaker, Kiara Scott made news as South Africa\u2019s youngest female head winemaker when she took the reins in 2019, at the age of 26 years old. She was born on the Cape Flats and graduated from Elsenburg Agricultural Training Institute in Viticulture and Oenology in Stellenbosch and was selected for the prestigious Cape Winemakers\u2019 Guild Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Programme.<\/p>\n<p>Under Kiara\u2019s stewardship the wines of Brookdale have received global acclaim, securing Brookdale\u2019s reputation as a producer of a wine of character and elegance.<\/p>\n<p>Kiara is passionate about her wines, but also about making the world a better place and supporting breast cancer patients through this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getwine.co.za\/?s=brookdale&amp;post_type=product&amp;taxonomy=product_cat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brookdale\/Getwine<\/a> initiative in aid of Project Flamingo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.getwine.co.za\/?s=brookdale&amp;post_type=product&amp;taxonomy=product_cat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BUY NOW!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brookdale-estate.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">brookdale-estate.com<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Brookdaleestate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brookdalewine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/brookdale_estate_sa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brookdale and Getwine have launched a fundraising initiative in aid of Project Flamingo, which will run throughout Breast Cancer Awareness Month. During October 2022, Brookdale Estate and Getwine will pledge a R10 donation to Project Flamingo for every bottle of Brookdale Mason Road wines sold to the public via the Getwine online platform. Project Flamingo is a not-for-profit organisation that sets out to provide timely and holistic treatment, including life-saving Catch-Up surgery, for breast cancer patients who are dependent on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4098],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"acf":[],"brand_slug":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96451"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96465,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96451\/revisions\/96465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}