On Saturday night, Russell and I had the opportunity to go to the Periwinkle Gala. Russell’s mom, Kathy is on the board for the Periwinkle Foundation, which is a camp for kids with cancer. Every year they have a fundraising gala to help raise funds so kids can go to camp. This years theme was circus. And we were met out front by this guy:
Complete with marching band.
Some impressive balloon work (better than anything we could do in Africa)
It was a fun night. There were some carnival game. For $50 you could go “fishing” for a gift bag. Russell won a camera!! And a strong man competition.
Inside the ballroom there was a silent auction going on. Russell and I got in on the action. In the end we didn’t end up winning any of our bids.
After dinner they also had a live auction. I will just remind you that the most of the people here were doctors, so one of the items (a private jet ride) went for $22,000. Russell and I were a bit out of our league.
They also bid for campers. Starting off with $10,000 to sponsor a whole cabin (it costs $1000 per camper). Russell and I finally joined in for half a camper. lol. Hey we tried!
We had a blast!
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