Winery to host 16th-annual Women’s Day celebration

Womanfest and Olympic Cellars Winery are teaming up to host the 16th-annual International Women’s Day celebration, starting at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 4, at Olympic Cellars, 255410 U.S. Highway 101, between Sequim and Port Angeles.

The suggested donation for a dinner of homemade soups, fresh bread and cookies is $10. No-host wine also will be available.

Proceeds will be donated to two nonprofits: Rose House, a home in Port Angeles operated by Healthy Families of Clallam County for women and children escaping domestic violence, and the Women’s Refugee Commission, an international agency dedicated to protecting displaced women and children.

There will be short presentations about both nonprofits.

International Women’s Day on March 8 is a global celebration of the economic, political and social achievements of women, past, present and future.

Womanfest is a 37-year-old charitable organization that sponsors community events and an annual fall retreat for women on the North Olympic Peninsula. It also provides financial support for women-centered projects, including annual donations to woman-focused causes and scholarships.

For more information about the event, contact Barbara Wise at 360-460-2068 or wisebarbara@hotmail.com.

For information about Womanfest, visit www.womanfest.org. For more about International Women’s Day, go to www.internationalwomensday.com.