GIDDY UP

Our Annual Barn Dance was a great way to start off our fundraising season for our upcoming Medical Mission to Kigali, Rwanda this April 2011. The participants were quite cooperative, even if the weather was not. A more beautiful setting we could not have asked for; green pastures, real live farm animals, horses to mount, even moose heads to wear, all the while listening to great musical entertainment. Thank you to everyone for your generous donations, you have all started off our fundraising season in a grand way!

BBQ, Music, and Fun

Click here to see more Barn Dance Pictures [Courtesy of Charlotte]

TEAM SET FOR 2011

After our more formal application process this year and lots of face-to-face recruitment, our Healing Hearts Northwest Team for 2011 has been (mostly) set. We also have a new date for our trip, April. We look forward to both changing Rwanda lives and having our lives changed by Rwanda, especially during the commencement of their Genocide Memorial period, April through June.

Now that our team is set, we will have more hands to assist in our fundraisers. First will be our Barn Dance, October 3. Then we have two back-to-back: our Wine and Chocolate Gala, October 22 and our 5K Walk to Africa, October 23. Our first fundraiser for 2011 will be a fantastic Martini Party on Valentine's Day, February 14th.