Hello to all our friends and supporters, Spring has arrived at long last and we are pleased to let you kmow SFA will be holding our first Plant Sale & Bake Sale on May 18th. Please see the attachment for all the details. You can come along and find some new specimens for your gardens and also pick up some homemade treats as well.

 Our members look forward to seeing you there. If you have cuttings or extra plants from your perennial beds to donate or if you can help out by baking for our cause please see the contacts given here. Please pass this event  on to all your gardening friends and those who just love home baking!

                     Best wishes,

The SFA team

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RECENT  EVENTS (please scroll down)

A BIG THANK YOU to all who came out to the Spaghetti Dinner on April 12 at St John Fisher Parish Hall. In spite of snowy weather the turnout exceeded our expectations. Over 100 people attended creating a wonderful evening with a warm atmosphere, great food and good company. We were happy to see once again our friends and supporters. An incredible total of approximately $3600 was collected from tickets and donations. This amount will feed about 600 vulnerable children over the next 6 months!

The Corpus Christi Parish Bake Sale held on Dec 9-10th was a resounding success! Together with cash donations, sales of raffle tickets, Donation Gift Cards and calendars the event raised a whopping $2,136 for our projects in Kenya. Thank you to the parishioners of Corpus Christi for your great support, to Patricia Jackson for organising the event, to all who donated baked goods and raffle items and to all volunteers who helped made the event such a success.

Thanks to all who supported SUITCASES FOR AFRICA by shopping at SOKO on Dec 6th. 25% of the evening's sales were donated to SFA for our projects in Kenya.

Thanks to all who purchased toys and books at the St Edmund Toy Sale on Nov 24th. All funds from this event are donated to Suitcases for Africa to assist our life- saving projects for orphans in Kenya.

The Ste. Anne de Bellevue Market moved back indoors to Ste. George's Anglican Church on Sat Nov.10. The "BOOK NOOK " run by Eric Wynn is once again open there too. All proceeds from books, DVDs and CDs will be donated to Suitcases for Africa to support the projects. Eric also repairs books and bindings. Many thanks Eric!

A big thank you to all the volunteers who organised the Marche Noel Fair held at St. George's Anglican Church in Ste. Anne de Bellevue on Nov.3rd.

Our Donation gift cards and New 2013 Calendar were sold at the table manned by our wonderful volunteers and supporters at St. George's.

Thank you to St George's parish and best wishes from the SFA team.

Thanks to all the wonderful singers and musicians who entertained us with their musical talents at the MUSICAL EVENING CELEBRATING PEACE AND UNDERSTANDING in support of Suitcases for Africa held on Oct 20th at Lakeshore Unitarian Church in Lachine. For the second year in a row thanks to those who organised this event, especially Kerry-Anne Kutz whose students were showcased. This event raised $956 for our projects in Kenya. Thank you for your generous support.

Many thanks to Pat Jackson and the volunteers at Corpus Christi Parish for the MINI JUMBLE SALE & BAKE SALE held in June 2012. The sale of many delicious treats at this event raised $849 for SFA projects.

The COMEDY NIGHT held on March 23 2012 at St Edmund School was a tremendous success. Great organisation, a packed gym, a wonderful atmosphere, a fun raffle and super comedians made for a very enjoyable evening. Almost $5400 was raised by this event to support SFA projects in Kenya! Our heartfelt thanks go out to all the organisers and volunteers who helped make this event so memorable and run so smoothly. We are looking forward to a repeat next year!

The Bernadette Short School of Irish Dancing raised $1360 during a "Dance Off For Charity" at their Valentine Competition in February. SFA is honoured and grateful to be this year's recipient of these funds. Many Thanks to all who participated.