Our First Gala

So we knew that we had to raise money before we could start our mission; Again Brother Jacob came to the rescue and we started trying to organize our first large fundraiser that we called a Gala.

We scheduled it for Sean’s birthday and were blessed that Willow Creek Baptist Church donated their church for us to hold the event.  I need to say that Kara Strabala was our blessing from God.  She took on the getting items for the silent auction and hit it out of the ballpark.  We had over 50 baskets for the gala!!

I did not handle this well, I was missing Sean more than anyone can imagine and we were holding the Gala where we held our meal on the day of Sean’s funeral.  I had 3 times when I ran to the bathroom and bawled my eyes out, but again Kara was there to hold my hand, get me tissues and help me stand up when all I wanted to do was crawl into a ball and cry.  And everyone else picked up my slack to create a successful event.  

In Fact, the Gala was a huge success, beyond our expectations and gave us the ability to send 4 people to IRBC Church camp; start working on the S.M.I.L.E. program and start toward getting our Foundation name and logo trademarked!

Thank you to all of the volunteers for being there and picking up my slack - I can never thank you enough!