![]() Certified Angus Beef is bringing its New York strip steaks and sliders. Alabama Gulf Seafood will have raw oysters, shrimp wrapped in Conecuh bacon, gumbo with shrimp, and Conecuh sausage. A craft beer garden will include about 20 breweries not only from the Birmingham area, but from all over the Southeast. Guests can taste more than 150 wines and get special pricing on their favorites through Nov. The Wine and Craft Beer Showcase is a way for people to support this cause and learn more about HCM – and it’s an evening of good food and drinks, too, Virciglio said. Once a machine is purchased, the next step is to find a school that will allow the machine to be used to test students. HCM is the leading cause of sudden cardiac arrest in those under age 40 and the leading cause of cardiac death among athletes. Early detection of HCM is crucial, since the most common symptom, unfortunately, is sudden death. The goal for this year’s showcase is to raise money to buy at least one portable echocardiogram machine to help detect the condition. “These are two families that have come together with the same mission, the same goal – to help test to detect enlarged hearts in people when they’re at an early age.” When Virciglio first talked with members of the Meyers family, “I felt like I was talking to Pam and Basim,” he said. “The Daniel Project is under its umbrella.” “The Paul Meyers Foundation helped us get off the ground,” Virciglio said. The Paul Meyers Foundation was started when two Meyers family members, father Greg and son Paul, died from the same condition that took Daniel Ajlouny’s life. The Daniel Project also is part of another organization with a similar mission. Virciglio said he and his family and the Ajlounys – Daniel’s parents, Basim and Pamela, and his brother, Chase – are close friends and part of the Piggly Wiggly “family.” The Ajlounys own nine Piggly Wigglys, including the stores in Bluff Park and on Clairmont Avenue. The project was started by the parents and brother of Daniel Ajlouny, who unexpectedly passed away eight years ago from undiagnosed hypertrophic cardiomyopathy – an enlarged heart. 22, benefits The Daniel Project, created last year to raise awareness about a heart condition that can have sudden and tragic results. “This is for a cause that’s close to our hearts – literally,” Virciglio said. ![]() For Andy Virciglio, who owns the Homewood Piggly Wiggly and is partners with the Ajlounys in the River Run and soon-to-open Crestline stores, the event has a much more important purpose. The Virciglio and Ajlouny families, which own multiple Piggly Wigglys, take pride in their stores’ weekly wine tastings and extensive selections of the two beverages.īut the second annual Piggly Wiggly Wine and Craft Beer Showcase isn’t a business promotion. Sponsoring a wine and craft beer event is a natural tie-in for the owners of some Birmingham-area Piggly Wiggly stores.
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