Wines and Valentines 2023

Thank you to everyone who attended and supported this year's Wines and Valentines fundraising dinner!!! It was a HUGE success netting over $33,000! The money raised will go directly towards supporting the important work the Museum on Main does in our community.

Friday, February 10, 2023 at 6:00 pm         
Location: Rubys and Roses
​at the Pleasanton Hotel in Downtown Pleasanton
​$160 per person
Ticket includes :
​4 course meal with wine pairings for each course
silent auction, live auction, the 2-bit auction will be back(bring those quarters) and a Fund-A-Need Appeal 

​Join us for the 16th Annual Wines & Valentines Dinner. We will be at the brand new Rubys and Roses Restaurant located in the Pleasanton Hotel in Downtown Pleasanton. Join us for a night of fun as we raise money for the Museum and its programs.  We will have a silent auction, live auction, the 2-bit auction will be back(bring those quarters) and a Fund-A-Need Appeal.  

History Makers Award

This year’s guests of honor and inaugural winners of the Museum on Main’s annual History Makers Award will be the Takens family of Meadowlark Dairy and Judy Rathbone Burt.

Now in its third generation, the Takens' association with the dairy began in 1950 when Jannes and Janna Takens immigrated to the US and began working at the dairy, later leasing the business and then moving the operation to Tracy while opening a drive-thru retail dairy in 1969. It is now recognized as one of the only drive-thru dairies left in the state of California. 

Judy Rathbone Burt is a native Pleasantonian. Her family settled here in 1881. Judy's love for the community, senior center, and the Museum is evident from her countless hours of volunteer service. 

Check out our
​Live Auction
​(as of 1/11/23) 
​Items from our 2023 event:

Haunted Museum Dinner for 8 

Murder Mystery for 8 at your home

A Day at the Alameda County Fair Races (courtesy of Meadowlark  Dairy)

An Evening in Pleasanton (Dinner at a Downtown Restaurant, a night at the Rose Hotel, wine & chocolates) 

A Day of Sailing on the SF Bay with Jim Gulseth along with lunch and dinner. 

Cabin stay in Twain Harte California (courtesy of the Hart and Hart-Hinek Families)

Towne Center Book Party for 15 (courtesy of Judy Wheeler) 

Wine Class for 20 from Total Wine & More
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Fund a Need: ​

Every year the Museum sees thousands of children through a variety of education programs. These include organized school tours, scout groups, M.o.M.'s Reading Time for preschoolers, intergenerational Family Days at the Museum and the Downtown Backpack program. Most of these programs are free or low cost.  We pride ourselves in providing free or very low cost programs because we don't want a family's income level to be a barrier to entry or participation at the Museum on Main.  Our Fund-A-Need campaign this year will go to help bolster these programs and keep them free or low cost, so we can continue to educate and engage museum goers of the future from all different walks of life.