We wanted to take a minute to say thank you for the overwhelming support at our 5th annual fundraiser. We raised more than $3500, (about $1200 more than last year) and set a new record. We’ve heard such great feedback from people who came, and we want to take a moment to say some thank yous to those who supported our fundraiser.
First, we want to say a heartfelt thanks to the staff at Wild Rice. They took our idea to offer dishes made with our vendors’ local products and ran with it, creating three special menu choices to choose from, and went over and above to offer a great cocktail menu and inventive dinner service.
Thank you goes to Re-up BBQ, the New Veganminster Project, and market vendor Rockweld Farm for being our menu sponsors to help offset the costs of the dishes so that we could keep the ticket price low. These people stepped up without question and really supported what we were trying to do.
Of Desks did a fabulous job of designing a ticket with an awful lot of info on it, and we appreciate their donation to help us offset the costs of printing, and letting us skip using the “big guys” for the ticket handling.
Thank you so much to our silent auction donors – these businesses were so generous and many of them were not only happy to donate, but also bought tickets and attended our event. They deserve all sorts of recognition for supporting us and we urge you to support their businesses if you can.
- Dynamic Health and Fitness
- Marguerite Murray and BCAA
- Calli Co. Pet Services
- Dawn Black
- Bella Cales and Pastries
- Rivers Reach Pub
- Boorman Archery
- Fin Donnelly
- Foreman Auto
- Pitchfork Organic Farm
- Glen Murray Homes
- Fraser River Bike Tours
- JJ Lee
- Hungry Hound
- Hyack Interactive
- Karmavore
- Ken McLellan at Canadian Mortgage Experts
- KICS Lemonade
- Lily Bug Soy Candles
- Monkey Butter Peanut Butter
- Modo Car Sharing Coop
- Moody Beads
- New West Cycle
- New Westminster Parks, Culture, and Recreation
- One Source Printing
- Paddlewheeler Discovery Tours
- Peter Julian
- PiccoloWorld Gifts
- Red Tiger Martial Arts
- Red Brick
- River Market
- Saltspring Coffee
- Bullfrog Power
- Taverna Greka
- The Other Eden
- Thrifty Foods
- Zahra’s
- Hennisea Hoy
- Marcy Koopmans
- The Achilles International Track and Field Society
- Cliff Milne
- Head to Toes Spa
- Funky Cool Patina Jewelry
- Ole Ole Mexican Restaurant
- Noreen Marte and Dulce Amor
- Will Tomkinson
- Jen Arbo
- Judy Darcy
- Fraser River Discovery Centre
- Christine Manzer
- Daniel McCash
And finally, thank you to those of you who bought tickets, came out, bid often and bid well, and made our event the best yet. We can’t wait to see you all this season, and hope you can join us Thursday June 7 from 3-7pm for our opening market!
