Gift Ideas for the Holidays from Mission San Juan Capistrano:
Membership in the Mission Preservation Society, an Award-Winning Cook Book
or the 2009 Mission Calendar
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, November 13, 2008 – This holiday season, the Mission offers for sale the gift of a membership to the Mission San Juan Capistrano Preservation Society. Individual memberships in the Mission Preservation Society start at $30, and offer a year of free admission to all daytime special events at the Mission including Swallows celebrations, summer children’s activities and the annual Mariachi Festival. Members enjoy the benefit of advance purchasing privileges and individual ticket discounts to our popular summer concert series, Music Under the Stars. Members help preserve Mission San Juan Capistrano, Orange County’s only mission. For information, contact Mary Hill at (949) 234-1300 or mhill@missionsjc.com or visit www.missionsjc.com and click on Membership.
Mission Cook Book – Dine in and create your meal from Mission San Juan Capistrano’s award-winning cook book The Bells are Ringing: A Call to Table. Named first place winner of the 2008 18th annual TABASCO Community Cookbook Award, the book features many unique recipes accompanied by plein air art from the Irvine Museum, historical sidebars, and beautiful photography. Mission supporter Ruth Siegle of Santa Ana enjoys the recipes as well as using it as a gift item: “Our Transcontinental Gourmet Group created a delicious 5-course dinner with recipes from The Bells are Ringing. As a remembrance of their visit to Orange County and our day of inspired cooking and dining, I gave each couple a copy of this wonderful cook book.” Cook books are $30, plus tax and shipping and can be purchased online at www.missionsjc.com, at the Mission’s front gate or by calling Pat March at (949) 234-1322.
New 2009 Mission San Juan Capistrano Calendar – Enjoy spectacular photographs of the Mission grounds in your home throughout the year. The calendar is now available and includes Mission history, the Mission’s 2009 events and gorgeous photographs of the grounds. The calendar is available for $15 in our on line store at www.missionsjc.com, at the Mission’s front gate or by calling Pat March at (949) 234-1322.
Mission San Juan Capistrano is open 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily. The Mission operations are funded by gate admissions – preservation work is funded by grants and fundraising efforts. To reach the Mission, take I-5 to the Ortega Highway exit to San Juan Capistrano. Admission: $9 adults, $8 seniors, $5 children ages 3-11, and under 3 free. Price includes self-guided, digital audio tour for adults and seniors. Information: (949) 234-1300. Mission address: 26801 Ortega Hwy., San Juan Capistrano. Website: www.missionsjc.com.
