Janice M Cali
MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION.
As it was ladys day on saturday, a friend of mine rounded up a table for 10 at the Marriot hotel, for a fun day to help terminally ill childrens make a wish come true.
It was an early start at 12.30 am ,the dress was smart casual, and the days events were, a champers reception and 250 women chatting, it did sound like a lot of cackling hens in one room,the mood was great.After an hour of being topped up by Alexander the great the young foriegn guy with the bottle, we were ushered to our seats.
The day unfolded with a little talk on the wishes.Basically ,we paid 80 euros and to make a wish come true for a terminally ill child.This would be anything from a holiday, swimming with dolphins,meeting your fauvorite football star e.c.t.It was quite emotional too.
Then a 4 course dinner was served, that was gorgeous, a salmon starter, with a unusual chicken dish followed by white chocolate mousse, and wine. A fashon show was next with all the up and coming young irish designers . Then the charity auction, they hired a proffesional cattle auctioneer, he was fab,he had a spoon in his hand instead of a hammer, there was quite a few influential ladies there, bidding started at 200 and went up to over a thousand. The charity were auctioning anything from pictures, to a signed irish rugby shirt, which was sold on our table for 500 euros. We managed to raise 5000 all in all so we were delighted.
Of course linzi couldnt go home at 5 o clock ,as the hubby said i would be first in and last out as normal, so we headed down the town, as the local hired a singer, i sat with a local guy Elvis, yes he does favour him, and i danced the night away to the wee hours. Yes i was dying the following day, yesterday ,but the cause was well worth it.
It was an early start at 12.30 am ,the dress was smart casual, and the days events were, a champers reception and 250 women chatting, it did sound like a lot of cackling hens in one room,the mood was great.After an hour of being topped up by Alexander the great the young foriegn guy with the bottle, we were ushered to our seats.
The day unfolded with a little talk on the wishes.Basically ,we paid 80 euros and to make a wish come true for a terminally ill child.This would be anything from a holiday, swimming with dolphins,meeting your fauvorite football star e.c.t.It was quite emotional too.
Then a 4 course dinner was served, that was gorgeous, a salmon starter, with a unusual chicken dish followed by white chocolate mousse, and wine. A fashon show was next with all the up and coming young irish designers . Then the charity auction, they hired a proffesional cattle auctioneer, he was fab,he had a spoon in his hand instead of a hammer, there was quite a few influential ladies there, bidding started at 200 and went up to over a thousand. The charity were auctioning anything from pictures, to a signed irish rugby shirt, which was sold on our table for 500 euros. We managed to raise 5000 all in all so we were delighted.
Of course linzi couldnt go home at 5 o clock ,as the hubby said i would be first in and last out as normal, so we headed down the town, as the local hired a singer, i sat with a local guy Elvis, yes he does favour him, and i danced the night away to the wee hours. Yes i was dying the following day, yesterday ,but the cause was well worth it.
