{"id":1981,"date":"2018-08-02T15:00:36","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T19:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.syracusewomanmag.com\/?p=1981"},"modified":"2018-08-06T09:59:51","modified_gmt":"2018-08-06T13:59:51","slug":"a-taste-of-davids-refuge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syracusewomanmag.com\/?p=1981","title":{"rendered":"A Taste of David’s Refuge"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Taste of Goodness<\/em><\/h1>\n

Interview by Rachel Foster\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

David\u2019s Refuge is a nonprofit organization serving parents and guardians of children with special needs. The fifth annual A Taste of David\u2019s Refuge fundraising event is planned for September 21. This event gives guests a \u201ctaste\u201d of the services David\u2019s Refuge offers and helps to fund respite weekends for parents. We spoke with David\u2019s Refuge Executive Director Kate Houck to learn more about the organization and the event. <\/em><\/p>\n

SWM: Can you give us a brief history of David\u2019s Refuge?<\/h4>\n

Kate: David\u2019s Refuge was started by Warren and Brenda Pfohl about six-and-a-half years ago. Their middle son, David, was diagnosed with a fatal genetic disorder at age 8. So, they understood firsthand the trials and tribulations of raising a child with special needs.<\/p>\n

After David passed, they decided to convert the wing of their home that had been David\u2019s bedroom into a bed-and-breakfast, with this heart of wanting to pay forward the love they had received in the 13 years of caring for David. That\u2019s where Caring for the Caregiver was born, right in their home. Forty-three couples came through their door in one year, so they knew they had uncovered an unmet need in our community.<\/p>\n

SWM: How does David\u2019s Refuge serve its guests now?<\/h4>\n

Kate: We partner with bed-and-breakfasts. We send couples for a two-night getaway, for a good cause A Taste of David’s Refuge all expenses paid. We send them out to dinner both nights of their stay and have a gift basket waiting for them in their room. The magic comes because we rent out the entire bed-and-breakfast. All the rooms are filled with couples who are on the same journey.<\/p>\n

SWM: Talk about the importance of A Taste of David\u2019s Refuge.<\/h4>\n

Kate: David\u2019s Refuge is in a time of growth. Our ability to execute our services really comes from events like this.<\/p>\n

Right now, it costs David\u2019s Refuge around $600 just for one couple to go on a two-night stay. We can go into this event knowing $100,000 will come from it. It certainly gives us the confidence to keep booking those locations and keep offering our services.<\/p>\n

SWM: What can people expect from this year\u2019s event?<\/h4>\n

Kate: It\u2019s really meant to give this taste of what David\u2019s Refuge is all about: connecting with people around you, having a great time and giving yourself a little break.<\/p>\n

We bring in the support of local restaurants. We do dessert stations. We have a silent auction and a live auction. A lot of our bedand-breakfast partners donate two-night stays, so we can auction those off. A man who owns a party barge on Cazenovia Lake is going to offer up his boat for a night with him. We get some really unique and fun items.<\/p>\n

This year, we\u2019ll have a new location, which offers bocce ball courts and a fire pit, so we\u2019re going to do a s\u2019mores station. We\u2019re always offering up local food and local drinks, so it\u2019s really a homegrown event.<\/p>\n

We allow people space to have fun. We don\u2019t over-program the event, so they just have a chance to come and have a really fun Friday night out. We do about a 15-minute program, and that\u2019s it. We\u2019ll have our founders speak, which is always exciting, and then we allow our honorary chairs to have some time on the mic to tell their story.<\/p>\n

SWM: What excites you most about this year\u2019s event?<\/h4>\n

Kate: I\u2019m always excited about our honorary chairs, because it\u2019s really nice to hear the actual perspective of a family we\u2019ve served and see how David\u2019s Refuge has impacted their life. I\u2019m always the most excited about the connections that will take place because of the stories that are told.<\/p>\n

A Taste of David\u2019s Refuge is slated for Sept. 21 from 7 to 10 p.m. at Redbarn20, Windridge Estate 2527 Route 20 East, Cazenovia. Tickets are $125 per person. For more details and to purchase tickets, visit davidsrefuge.org\/events\/a-taste-ofdavids-refuge.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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This event gives guests a \u201ctaste\u201d of the services David\u2019s Refuge offers and helps to fund respite…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[662,648,663,152,654,262],"class_list":["post-1981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-a-taste-of-davids-refuge","tag-august-2018","tag-davids-refuge","tag-for-a-good-cause","tag-rachel-foster","tag-syracuse-woman-magazine"],"gutentor_comment":0,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.syracusewomanmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Food-Station-1.jpg?fit=5616%2C3744&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2373,"url":"https:\/\/www.syracusewomanmag.com\/?p=2373","url_meta":{"origin":1981,"position":0},"title":"SPECIAL FEATURE: One-of-a-kind David\u2019s Refuge gives parent caretakers a break","author":"Staff","date":"May 4, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"By Christine Dunne Photo by Michael Di Giglio David\u2019s Refuge is a one-of-a kind organization, focused on giving parent caretakers a break \u2014 typically through a weekend getaway at a local bed and breakfast. \u00a0 \u201cParents are calling us from Texas saying, \u2018When is David\u2019s Refuge going to be in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Features"","block_context":{"text":"Features","link":"https:\/\/www.syracusewomanmag.com\/?cat=101"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.syracusewomanmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/mdg20190325-55.jpg?fit=1200%2C960&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.syracusewomanmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/mdg20190325-55.jpg?fit=1200%2C960&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.syracusewomanmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/mdg20190325-55.jpg?fit=1200%2C960&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.syracusewomanmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/mdg20190325-55.jpg?fit=1200%2C960&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.syracusewomanmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/mdg20190325-55.jpg?fit=1200%2C960&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2116,"url":"https:\/\/www.syracusewomanmag.com\/?p=2116","url_meta":{"origin":1981,"position":1},"title":"National Family Caregivers Month","author":"Staff","date":"November 6, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The Families of David\u2019s Refuge It isn\u2019t possible to talk about self-care for family caregivers without talking about respite. 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