Showing posts with label wine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wine. Show all posts

28 October 2010

WINE AND CHOCOLATE GALA COMPLETE SUCCESS

We really are about Healing Hearts, even before we get to Rwanda!  Some red wine, some dark chocolate ... what more could a heart want?  Our fundraising team of ten were able to find numerous food donors and numerous wine donors to make for a successful event.  Let me reiterate, this event would not have been possible without our donors.  Not to mention the creativeness of our team:  they did not just decorate, they created an atmosphere of a Rwandan Paradise at the Lincoln Center: resplendent with authentic woven baskets and carved wooden bowls filled with coffee beans, displayed over palms leaves atop safari animal fabric-laden tables.

We had silent auction and live auction items that I am sure made their buyers happy, but not as happy as those buyers made us!



Thank you to all of the participants who arrived, imbibed and bought: without all of you we would not be able to purchase our medicines or supplies.  We hope to see you all next year.
John from Vino, A Wine Shop
- educating our pourers.
Dr. Brutacao, Pediatric Intensivist
- serving our guests.

15 September 2010

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.