As the evening descended over the Toronto skyline the wind picked up off of Lake Ontario. One of the most beautiful patios in the city had undergone a transformation from its typical serene gardens into a vibrating buzz of excited conversation, soft floating light, and a great soundtrack provided by DJ Dave Ng. The 27th of September saw the patio filled with 75 GRO Canada supporters as they came together to celebrate the work of The GRO Foundation Lesotho, assist in pledging their support for our Basotho project partners, and mingle among other socially-conscious Torontonians.

As party-goers flowed through the doors they were treated to a projection-based slideshow of photos from the past year of project partners and beneficiaries from Lesotho. The evening was capped off with a short talk on ongoing and future initiatives by Megan Landes, who has just recently returned from a short working trip to Lesotho with OHAfrica and GRO. Inundated with the dark of evening and complimented by the shimmering city in the background the Red Party was ,in every respect, a glowing success. The evening was able to raise approximately $2000 for current programs and 100% of the donations have been given to the projects in Lesotho.

I want to share a personal thank you on behalf of GRO Canada and The GRO Foundation Lesotho to all of that came out to join us as well as the GRO Canada Team: Toby Whitfield and Megan Landes for hosting the event; Genevieve Scott and Hanna Faghfoury for all of your assistance with the wonderful spread of appetizers, decorations, as well as the beverages; Terry Alderbert for all of her setup assistance and bartending skills; and Jayne Wilkins for hand delivering all of the jewellery from The GRO Artisans Collective upon her return from visiting our projects in Lesotho. This will be the first of many GRO Canada Fundraising events so please contact us if you’re interested in hosting a future event.

Again, a deep thank you from all involved.

Jason Clark,

Operations Coordinator

jclark@grofoundation.org

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