2011 Event

Special Benefit Event to Raise funds for

Médicines sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders

Date: Wednesday October 12th, 2011

Raised $12,075

 Delicious Homemade Savories provided

Wine generously donated by

Tim and Colleen Turyk of Unsworth Vinyards

Tickets $125 per person with a $100 tax receipt

Introductory talk by Sharon Janzen. RN

Sharon will be speaking of her work with

Doctors Without Borders

Sharon Janzen is a registered nurse who has worked with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF / Doctors Without Borders) on missions in Somalia, Sudan, Nigeria and Liberia.  She has also spent time in Sri Lanka and Guatemala with other non-governmental organizations.

She is a young, dynamic speaker and a fierce supporter of MSF.

Join Sharon to hear firsthand accounts of life in the field, the realities, challenges and rewards of this work.  Find out about opportunities to get involved; both medical postings as well as many non-medical positions are available to assist in emergency relief operations around the world.

Plus the soft jazz sounds of Bob Tarr

 There will be a reading by the author Roberta Rich from her best-selling book The Midwife of Venice.