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Challenge Fulfilled!!!
March 19, 2008
Challenge Fulfilled!!!
March 8, 2008 was International Women’s Day and a day
Anastasia and I will always remember. It was the day we
held our first ever fundraiser! It was a pancake
breakfast. All proceeds went to the Family Resource Centre
of West Hants in our community. Over the years Anastasia
and I have done our fair share of volunteering for
fundraisers—whether it be at our children’s school, our
church or other community events—but we had never
coordinated one ourselves before. Well, it was a blast; we
had so much fun doing it. From the location and donations
to the wonderful response from our community, everything
seems to fall into place. So we know we where on the right
path. Not once did we think “we can’t do this,” it was
always “what can we do to make this bigger, better, a
success?” It kind of became a game “how can we fill the
gift basket more and where can we advertise on a zero
budget?” We got our creative thinking caps on and got it
done.
Each time we headed out, whether it be asking for donations
of food items or goodies to put in the gift basket, we were
always received with positive energy and open arms. It was
very empowering to know, big or small, we were making a
difference.
With location secured and menu planned it was time to
recruit volunteers…and did we ever recruit! First aboard to
volunteer their time on this special day was the Honourable
Scott Brison M.P. and MLA Chuck Porter. Next, Mayor Anna
Allen and Paula Lunn were more than happy to come flip
pancakes. Then came Kevin Bottaro 1450 CFAB and MaryLou
Bennett, Kim Chamber, Lisa Henniger and Jeff Kelly of the
Family Resource Centre decided who all decided to lend a
helping hand. And of course Harry Pemberton, Jeff Spencer
and Kolby LeFresne who signed on to be our front line -
handling the tickets. We were set. Then on Wednesday
March 3, during an interview with Eastlink Cable, we
received an e-mail from Scott Brison’s office saying that
Dr. Janine Krieber, Stéphane Dion's wife, would be
accompanying Scott Brison to help flip pancakes. Well you
can only imagine the shock and squeals that echoed off the
walls that night! What a thrill for our pancake breakfast
to attract this kind of attention. We had to pinch
ourselves from time to time, but not too, hard we did not
want to bruise our flipping arm.
Friday night the Windsor Legion (our location) allowed us
to go in and set up. Saturday morning with AC/DC blaring we
started making pancakes…and make pancakes…and make
pancakes. It was so busy at one point that the pancake
lovers where lined right out the door. Just about that
time, the media arrived wanting pictures and a quick chat.
It was so busy but exciting all at the same time. At one
point during a picture with spatula in hand, camera focused
on everyone smiling, someone snagged the prop: the pancake.
I guess we were running low! Well we all burst into
laughter and simply poured more batter on the griddle. The
day was filled with fun events, laughter, good spirits and
positive people.
Thank you to all that joined us for pancakes and special
thanks to the many volunteers who helped on this awesome
day. Thanks to Niki Toomey and Dave Bannerman for their
help prior too.
Anastasia and I have headed to our think tank: Tim
Horton’s, tossing ideas around for next year already.
Any suggestions???
Final Note
As 2008 comes in and everyone has made their New Year’s
resolutions, here is hoping that when making our changes we
have not forgotten to look into our hearts to be sure that
our decisions match our true heart’s desires!
2008 is like a clean slate!!!!
Cheers,
Jacqui and Anastasia
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