Third Annual

On Saturday we held our third annual fundraising garage sale for the Mwanza Orphanage in Tanzania Africa. As in years past, it was a very fun and interesting experience. We had many donors of merchandise and early Saturday morning I was out dragging stuff from under the protection of the roof onto the open driveway. This photo does not do justice to the huge amount of items we had for sale. Our ads and posters stated that it was an 8am start, yet just after this photo was taken at 6:30 am, people started coming and there was a steady flow until we shut it down at 2 pm. We had two small pick-up loads to take to the thrift store and by 3 pm everything was cleaned up. We had plenty of great help. The constant coffee pot and plate of baked goodies kept our little group of volunteers happy and well fed. We brought in a few large pizzas at noon and never missed a beat. We are particularly grateful to our neighbours who allowed us to park on their driveways, donated many items, bought many items, and our Bosnian neighbours brought us some fresh baked flaky pastries. Wow! Do we live in a good neighbourhood or what? From the day's sales, as well as some VERY generous donations, we are able to give the Mwanza budget a boost of over $3000.00! This was a very joint effort spearheaded by our very good friend Ken Martens and supported and organised by our Care Group from our church consisting of 6 couples, some of the greatest people I know.
So here is a big thanks to Ken & Jan, Henry and Heidi, Erv and Delores, Bill and Ella, Frank and Elma, and, of course busy Lizzy. A huge thanks also to all those outside our little group who donated many wonderful items.