Ladies Night in Africa #1

On May 1st, my Mom hosted the first of two Ladies Nights at her house. Since I am away teaching in Korea, I was unable to attend, so my mother wrote a short writeup of the evening:

The May 1st dinner had 13 guests attend and many dressed in African dress...Everyone seemed to have a good time...we had raffles, door prizes, listened to African music and enjoyed a dinner of African food..  Everyone was given Madagascar vanilla truffles to take home along with a special tulip shaped cookie and thank you note for supporting Michael.
All in all it was a successful evening (despite the events of a few days prior - the next post will explain all) and I raised quite a bit of money from several of my mother's friends. These are the people who attended and/or donated money (in no particular order):

• Florence Demacio
• Helen Rigby
  
• Barb Drake Land
• Josie Knill
• Barb Martin
• Debbie Polkinghorn
• Karen & Michael Bromilow
• Susan Gillies
• Roberta Wood
• Debbie Skerrett
• Barb Beamish
• Carol Ann Thompson
• Peggy Martin
• Colleen Meyer
• Margaret Lewandowski
• Anna Marie Southon
• Bob & Betty Hambrook
• Mary Jazvac

I'd also like to take the time to thank the people who volunteered their time to make this event (and the 2nd dinner) possible:

• Judy Morley
• Heather Davidson
• Sarah Chisholm
• Florence Demacio
• Lorri Poutney
• Lauren Smyth
• Debbie Bulir
• Helen Rigby
• John Davidson
  

Last but not least, I'd like to thank the people who donated door prizes for both of the dinners:

• Debbie Polkinghorne
• Cindy Olynyk
• Caroline Bonner
• Everton Blair (owner of Blair Elements)
• Janet Gefre

One final thank you I need to give is to my mother, Sharon Davidson, who spent more time than I probably know getting things organized and inviting everyone she could think of. The amount of money that her efforts have brought in have already far exceeded the amount I thought I could raise.

I find it really incredible the number of people who have been supportive of my volunteering in Tanzania (and this is only a small part of the people who I will be thanking in posts in the coming days - I have at least two more long lists). It makes me feel that this is more of a community effort than an individual one. So a big thank you to everyone who was involved

In closing, here are a few pictures of the evening: