Food and Wine Pairing Gala Evening October 2017
A huge thank you to Riverwood Square – Linda Sherrin, General Manager and Heather Malazdrewicz, Director of First Impressions and their wonderful staff for another successful, fun event. And, of course, to Roma Falsarella as Event Coordinator!
On October 26th, 2017, the weather was lousy but still, 131 people enjoyed quite a party and helped raise $3,739 (after expenses) to help PAL (55+) enhance the lives of seniors living in South Winnipeg. Everyone enjoyed the evening – the food, the beverages, the music and time with friends. It was such fun!
A few more statistics about the evening:
- Tickets sold – 141 out of 150
- Minimum donation of $25 was requested, but we had 17 guests (4 non-members) who paid more than $25 – from $30 – $60
- Total Donations: $3,775
- Expenses: $36
- Profit: $3,739
- Member Guests – 72
- Non-member Guests – 69
To see some photos from the event, please click here.
Fundraising Dinner 2016
On Tuesday, November 1, 2016, PAL (55+) held its fourth annual Fundraising Dinner at the Canad Inns Fort Garry with 140 people attending. The proceeds raised from this dinner will be added to the PAL (55+) Building Fund for a future home for our membership.
We were very pleased to welcome Nancy Gajdosik, PAL (55+) member, as our emcee, and Ray St. Germain as the evening’s entertainment, who delighted the guests with many old-time favourites.
A huge thank-you is extended to our dedicated Dinner Committee who met over the summer months to plan this event. They had a lot of fun and worked so well together as a team – brainstorming and putting ideas into action!
Dinner Committee:
- Roma Falsarella
- Pat Flaws
- Nancy Gajdosik
- Judy Gerylo
- Jan McCormick
- Janis Prochera
- Diana Ruby
- Linda Rzeszutek (Chair)
- Janice Wood
Many thanks also to the business community for supporting our 2016 Fundraising Dinner. We were able to put together 25 amazing gift baskets. We added to our fundraising with the Dufresne Raffle ($2,000 Gift Card) that will count towards the total amount raised from the Dinner and will go towards the PAL (55+) Building Fund.
The extensive list of contributors to the dinner sponsorship and prizes is provided below.
Corporate Sponsorship Program:
Special Donor ($2,000)
- Dufresne
Gold ($2,000)
- Keith Tod, Seniors Specialist Realtor
Silver ($1,500)
- Helix Hearing Care
- Shoppers Drug Mart
Dinner Sponsorship Program:
Ruby ($500)
- The Medicine Shoppe
Sapphire ($250)
- City of Winnipeg – Jenny Gerbasi
- Curtis Carpets
- Integra Tire – Kirkbridge Service
- Pembina Trails School Division
PAL Prize Basket Donors:
- A-1 Nutrition
- Artist — Joel Bouchard
- Artist — Arlene Enns
- Author — Joseph Gajdosik
- Author — Tiffany Prochera
- Bank of Montreal — Fort Richmond
- Boston Pizza — Fort Richmond
- Chocolatier Constance Popp
- Cloverdale Paint
- Cora’s Breakfast & Lunch Restaurant
- Edible Arrangements
- European Hair Design
- Fawcett Autobody
- FortWhyte Alive
- Jim’s Home Improvements
- Little Piper Bath & Body
- Manitoba Opera
- Margaret’s Choir
- Musicians — Keith & Renee
- PAL (55+) Members — Anonymous
- PAL (55+) Member — N. Denesovych
- PAL (55+) Member — J. Prochera
- PAL (55+) Member — L. Rzeszutek
- PAL (55+) Member — D. Weir
- PAL (55+) Member — J. Wood
- Re/Max — The Martin Team
- Riverwood Square
- Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre
- Seine River School Division
- Starbucks Coffee Company
- Super Auto Centre
- Supper Central
- The Keg Steakhouse & Bar
- Tim Hortons
- Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Dufresne Raffle
Dufresne graciously donated a $2,000 GIFT CARD that was raffled off at the 2016 Fundraising Dinner. Many thanks go to Terry and Don Duguid for arranging this with Dufresne, and a huge thank you to Shaun Dufresne for his generous support of PAL (55+). Last year, Dufresne provided a lovely sofa and two-seater for our raffle. The raffle was won by Kathleen McLennan. Here she is with some of her lovely new Dufresne furniture,
