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Thank you to Courtenay Medical Clinic for having Jeans Days for YANA.
The Comox Legion keeps giving! We appreciate their commitment to helping local families with children who need to travel for medical services.
Precision Tree Services donated to YANA and gave a shout out to Comox Rotary along with their donation. Awesome!
Thank you to Brian McLean’s customers who chose YANA to benefit from the charity portion of sales and to Brian McLean for having this program in place.
Easter Eggstravaganza April 6 at Marina Park
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Are you looking for some Easter fun? Come to Marina Park in Comox on Monday, April 6th at 11:30 am and be ready for the egg hunt at noon. This activity and all kinds of other family fun will be waiting for you.
Big Hearts Make For Big Giving
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The Comox Valley community came together once again at the YANA 2015 Annual Dinner and Auction and raised a record breaking $70,200 for You Are Not Alone.
A total of 332 guests attended on Feb. 27 for YANA’s biggest fundraiser of the year. Tickets went fast, selling out online in January, in five minutes.
Roberta Williams picks the winning ticket for the West Jet Raffle at 2015 YANA Dinner and Auction. Picture credit to Ron Pogue Photography.
The evening featured dinner by Tria Fine Catering, a silent auction, a live auction with auctioneer Dave Stevens, a photo presentation of a very special YANA family, by Karen McKinnon, and lots of fun for guests.
“We were thrilled with this year’s auction,” said executive director, Marcie Dumais. “The spirit of giving in the room was profound, you could just feel it.”
“And you get that feeling all through planning this event,” addedYANA president, Judy Cryer.
“The donors, local businesses and individuals that fill the hall with auction items, they all give with so much good will and generosity toward YANA. It’s really a remarkable testament to this community.”
Founded in 1986 by the late Sandra Williams, YANA provides direct funding and accommodation to Comox Valley families who must travel for the medical care of a child or pregnant mother.
Some special guests were able to make the evening even more heartwarming.
“Sandra’s son, Jason, and his family were able to come from Edmonton to be here,” said Dumais. “And they were joined by Sandra’s husband, Jim and their daughter, Roberta. Roberta’s sudden illness as a child and the family’s subsequent experience of spending months away from home during Roberta’s treatment compelled Sandra to create YANA so that other families were not alone during their out-of-town medical treatment.”
“We were also joined by Karena Crumpler, who is a regular attendee of the evening, this year her son, Owen, was featured in the photo presentation and it felt so perfect that she was with us,” Cryer adds.
YANA has served the Comox Valley for 28 years.
2015 YANA Dinner & Auction Net Fundraising Total
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The Comox Valley community came together once again at the YANA 2015 Dinner and Auction and raised a record breaking $70,200 for local families. Sincere gratitude to everyone that contributed to the February 27th event. It was a night filled with community spirit thanks to numerous volunteers, joyful guests, generous donors and caring sponsors. We live in a community that cares about kids!
A Very Special Story Shared at 2015 YANA Dinner & Auction
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Words can’t adequately express our gratitude for all the love and support that came our way at the 2015 YANA Dinner & Auction. Our community reached out, joined in, and stood behind local families. We want to share this lovely photo presentation that was shown during the evening. This is one very special story, in the many stories that are YANA. Photo credits to McKinnon Photography and music thanks to Big Little Lions.
The fundraising total is being tallied and we’ll have that information soon! Preliminary numbers are looking fantastic! Please check back.
April Lapointe shared her photography talent by creating a calendar full of beautiful images and selling these treasures with proceeds going to YANA.Thank you!
Thank you to Courtenay Firefighters for hosting tree chipping for YANA and to everyone who had their tree chipped! We sure appreciate these courageous volunteers and their commitment to our community.
