African Dinner #3

Last weekend (July 18th), my mother hosted a third fundraising dinner on my behalf. The first two had been friends and family, but this one was slightly different. A family friend, Don Theroux, organized the guest list and invited 20 guests who contributed to my efforts. A big thank you goes out to Don who has helped in a great way. Also, as usual, I must thank my mother, Sharon Davidson, who has continued to work very hard to help send me to Africa (even though I know she doesn't really want me to go so far away).

My mom wrote a short report of the night:

We were very fortunate to be able to hold the dinner outside in our garden...there were 20 people in attendance...

We offered a dinner of African Food as well as African Music and Raffle Draws and everyone received a door prize...Everyone was asked to choose an African Name for the evening...we provided names on name tags for the guests...

People were very generous with their donations for Raffle prizes...
The following people participated in the dinner:

• Don Theroux
• Terry Collins
• Cody Collins
• Kelly Moir
• Gus Kantzareks
• Mary Dimitry
• Cyrus Ghamari
• Judy Mason
• Jorge Esqueca
• Larry McConnell
• Sister Regina Brunelle
• Henry Kaszuba
• Livia Kaszuba
• Vera Woronchanka
• Michael Woronchanka
• Vichy Hipson
• Norm Laitila
• Kathleen Bass
• Ann Theroux
• Orville Theroux

My mom also did not work alone and I would like to thank the many people who helped out with this dinner (once again):

• Judy Morley
• Caroline Bonner
• Heather Davidson
• John Davidson

I would also like to thank the people who donated prizes for the raffle:

• Aimee of Aimee's Esthetic Studio, L'Utima Moda
• Jorge and Maria Rodruques of Ercilia's Fine Foods in Hamilton Farmer's Market
• Everton of Blaire Elements in Hamilton Farmer's Market
• Josie Syers of Josie's Flowers in Hamilton Farmer's Market
• Paul Huffman
  
• Bev MacPherson
• Judy Morley
• Caroline Bonner
• Debbie Polkinghorne
• Lorri Eisenberger of Beanermunky in Hamilton Farmer's Market
• Burlington Eagle's Hockey Club
  

All in all we have fundraised almost $4000 towards paying for my program fee and my flight. A big thank you to everyone who has been helping for so far. The generosity of everyone has far exceeded what I thought was possible.

Here are a few pictures from the event: