From the bottom of our grateful hearts, the 2013 Belize Mission Team says a sincere “thank you” to the congregation for overwhelming generosity surrounding the silent auction and dessert party on February 2nd in support of St. Hilda’s School in Belize.
It’s hard to find words to express
sufficient gratitude. Ticket sales, straight donations and enthusiastic bidding
resulted in an amazing total of nearly $12,000, and money is still coming in!
The organizing committee was astonished and humbled by the outstanding response of the Cathedral congregation, members of other churches, and local businesses who donated lovely auction items, fantastic desserts, plus their time and talent for the fund-raising event. The outcome was well beyond our most optimistic expectations, and St. Hilda’s will be thrilled!
Thank you to everyone who helped out:
mission team members and colleagues who worked as sub-committee leaders in
charge of decorations (Sheila Goucher and Cindy Pope), the auction itself
(Peter and Cheryl Jacobs), entertainment (Sue McKinley), publicity (Ann
Deveau), and volunteers (Helen Sullivan); Sandra Palmer, Donna Crowe and Jean
Embleton for handling food and beverages; treasurer Doug Milander; event
co-chairs Brad and Kirsten McKnight; Cathedral staff members Fran Miles and
Kevin Hayward who went above and beyond; the Sunday School children and their
teachers for beautiful decorations; Emcee Kurt Schmidt; the Fetter family of musicians; the ACW for
tables and linens; prayer partners for the mission team; everyone in the
congregation who helped in any way; and Dean Keith Joyce for his continuing
support.
We feel uplifted by your wonderful
kindness, strong financial support, hard work and constant prayers! We look
forward to sharing news with you about ways in which the students and staff at
St. Hilda’s will benefit from this outpouring of God’s love.
A few photos of the event:
And the set-up teams:
Thank you to everyone who helped make this event a success!
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