Summer Sips at Uptown

06/05/2026

☀️🍷 Wondering what’s included with your Summer Sips ticket?

Join us Saturday, July 18 at Uptown Gig Harbor for an afternoon of local flavor, live music, and summer strolling.

Your ticket includes:
🍷 60+ handcrafted sips from the 253
🍴 Sweet + savory tasting stops
🛍️ Shop + sip stops throughout Uptown
🎶 Live music at the Uptown Pavilion
🥂 Summer Sips tasting glass
🎟️ 8 tasting tokens included

Bring your friends, make an afternoon of it, and come sip, savor, stroll, and celebrate summer in Gig Harbor.

🎟️ Tickets available now:
https://gghf.info/SummerSips

05/30/2026

☀️🎶 Summer Sips comes with a soundtrack!

Join us Saturday, July 18 at Uptown Gig Harbor for Summer Sips, Savor & Stroll — an afternoon of local flavor, live music, and summer fun.

This year’s live music lineup at the Uptown Pavilion:

🎸 3:00 PM — Dave Thomas of Shy Boys
🎤 4:30 PM — Sweet Mary
🎶 6:00 PM — Budapest West

And that’s just part of the experience. Your ticket also includes access to sip-and-stroll stops throughout Uptown, 60+ handcrafted sips from the 253, savory bites, sweet treats, and one seriously good summer afternoon.

🎟️ Tickets available now:
https://gghf.info/SummerSips

05/14/2026

☀️🍷 IT’S BACK — AND IT’S SPILLING INTO UPTOWN! 🍻🎶

Summer Sips, Savor & Stroll returns Saturday, July 18, for an afternoon of local flavor, live music, and summer fun throughout Uptown Gig Harbor.

Think wine festival, beer festival, sip-and-shop stroll, and community celebration — all rolled into one walkable summer event.

This year’s Summer Sips experience will feature:

🍷 60+ handcrafted sips from the 253
🍺 Cider, beer, wine, spirits, non-alcoholic options & more
🍴 Savory bites + sweet treats
🛍️ Sip-and-stroll stops throughout Uptown businesses
🎶 Live music at the Uptown Pavilion
☀️ One seriously good summer afternoon

Each ticket includes event admission, a commemorative Summer Sips tasting glass, 8 tasting tokens, access to participating tasting stops, live music, and re-entry privileges.

📅 Saturday, July 18
🕒 3 PM – 8 PM
📍 Uptown Gig Harbor
4701 Point Fosdick Dr, Gig Harbor

Additional tasting tokens will be available for purchase at the event.

Proceeds support local environmental education, conservation, and stewardship through the Lu Winsor Memorial Environmental Grant Fund.

🎟️ Tickets are available now:
https://gghf.info/SummerSips

Gather your friends, mark your calendar, and come sip, savor, stroll, and celebrate summer in Gig Harbor.

05/05/2026

Proud to support the Greater Gig Harbor Foundation and the many people, programs, and partnerships helping strengthen our community. Today is GGHF’s 20th birthday and WA Gives — a great day to support local work that makes a real difference close to home.

Today, communities across Washington are coming together through WA Gives to support the places and people that matter most to them.

Here at home, that support looks like scholarships for local students, outdoor learning for children, connection and care for seniors, stewardship of the natural places we all share, and neighbors continuing to show up for one another year after year.

In uncertain times, strengthening local community may be one of the most meaningful things we can still do together.

While we may not be able to fix everything, we can still make a real difference close to home.

This is what community looks like.

If you’d like to support the Greater Gig Harbor Foundation during WA Gives today, you can give here:
bit.ly/GGHFGiveBIG

Thank you for caring about this community and the people who call it home.

05/04/2026

For 20 years, the Greater Gig Harbor Foundation has invested in the people, programs, and places that make this community home.
From scholarships and senior programs to environmental stewardship, nature-based education, and Basket Brigade, every dollar given stays local and helps strengthen the greater Gig Harbor and Key Peninsula community.
As we celebrate 20 years of community impact during GiveBIG 2026, we invite you to be part of what comes next.
❤️ Give local. Impact local.
bit.ly/GGHFGiveBIG

Happy Monday! We’ve raised more than $1 million for local nonprofits so far during Early Giving. Let’s continue the momentum being built ahead of the main giving day that starts tomorrow.

This is our moment. to stand up for our communities. Donate to your favorite nonprofits now!

https://www.wagives.org

05/04/2026

For 20 years, the Greater Gig Harbor Foundation has invested in the people, programs, and places that make this community home.

From scholarships and senior programs to environmental stewardship, nature-based education, and Basket Brigade, every dollar given stays local and helps strengthen the greater Gig Harbor and Key Peninsula community.

As we celebrate 20 years of community impact during GiveBIG 2026, we invite you to be part of what comes next.

❤️ Give local. Impact local.

bit.ly/GGHFGiveBIG

11/11/2025

Still Here. Still Giving. 32 Years Strong.

This season, everyone is stepping up —
the city, the Chamber, the food bank, and so many good-hearted groups answering the call.
The need is real. The generosity is, too.

But even with all that compassion in motion, the reality is this:
demand is higher than ever, and donations are stretched thin.

For 32 years, the Gig Harbor Thanksgiving Basket Brigade has quietly done one thing, every November —
made sure no table sits empty.
Through recessions, pandemics, and years both full and lean, we’ve shown up.
And we’ll do it again — with your help.

Right now, we’re $15,000 short of serving every family that’s reached out.
Your gift, your sponsorship, your share of this post — it all helps keep the promise alive.

💛 Scan the QR code or visit gghf.info/GHBB
📲 Text BASKETBRIGADE to 44321

Because when Gig Harbor gives, it gives with heart —
and that’s what keeps this 32-year tradition going strong.

07/10/2025

IMPORTANT EVENT UPDATE: We’re saddened to share that this year’s Summer Sips , originally scheduled for Saturday, July 12, has been canceled due to lower-than-usual ticket sales.

This wasn’t an easy decision. Our team poured a lot of heart into planning this event, and we know many of you were excited to sip, savor, and support a great cause. Whether you were a vendor, volunteer, ticket holder, or cheerleader from afar—thank you for believing in the spirit of Summer Sips!

While the event won't take place this year, our commitment to building community and supporting environmental education through the Lu Winsor Environmental Grant Program remains strong.

If you have questions or need assistance, please reach out to us at [email protected].

We appreciate your understanding—and we’ll see you again soon for more meaningful (and fun!) moments together. 💚

07/07/2025

Final countdown to Summer Sips – July 12!
🍷 14 drink vendors
🎶 2 live bands
🍴 Delicious area food
🌞 Perfect summer day
🎟️ TICKETS ALMOST GONE: https://SUMMERSIPS25.eventbrite.com

Celebrate summer, live music & local makers at the 1-stop taste event of the season. Craft beer, cider, wine, spirits & more from the 253!

07/07/2025

General Call to Action

🍑 Be part of the magic at Summer Sips! 🍷

Want to make a difference and have a great time doing it?

Volunteer for Summer Sips on Saturday, July 12 — help set up, pour drinks, run ticketing, or support vendors… there’s a role for every kind of energy.

✅ Morning, afternoon, and evening shifts available
✅ Volunteers get:
✨ $20 event ticket (includes Sips glass + tokens)
👕 Summer Sips T-shirt
💚 Feel-good vibes + community impact

And the best part?
Proceeds benefit local environmental education, parks, trails, and conservation efforts through the Lu Winsor Environmental Grant and other programs that keep the Greater Peninsula green and growing.

📲 Sign up to volunteer here:
👉 bit.ly/SummerSipsVolunteer