We know everyone is eager to find out how much was raised this past Saturday at the Cruise With Us event. We now have a final count ……. drum-roll please …... we raised a total of $70,590.06 in cash and pledges in one night!
Various activities occurred throughout the night including the selling of balloons ($1,630), silent auction ($8,701), Live Auction ($7,525), the Norwalk virus ($600), donations and pledges and the one and only Greg as Elvis who singlehanded brought in $2,499.06 with his rendition of Love Me Tender! The total amount raised in cash was $51,690.06 and total pledges are $17,900.
A huge THANK YOU to everyone who made this event the success that it clearly was! We had staff, parents, students and the entire administration team working hard to pull the event together and contributing hours of work in the days leading up to the event and especially the day of the event. We also very much appreciate all who came out to enjoy the hilarious Captain Stubby (Gery Schubert) and to give so generously for the Roots for Life expansion. It was a wonderful evening of laughter and community.
We have now raised over $450,000 towards our expansion. We have a new website devoted to the expansion where donors can give on-line by credit card or Interac, http://www.rootsforlife.ca/ and of course this blog where you can keep up to date on our progress. Let's continue to spread the word so that we can reach our goal of $600,000 very soon!
Thank you again!
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