Saskatoon, SK- With little more than a day to go and last minute preparations being finalized, the 27th Annual Women of Distinction Awards Dinner is sold out and on it’s way to becoming YWCA Saskatoon’s biggest fundraising event of all time!
“Our community is extremely generous,” exclaims Dianne Leontowicz, Chair of the Fundraising Committee for the Awards Dinner. “We’ve received tremendous support from our sponsors and partners for this years dinner, more than $8,300 worth of prizes will be raffled, our 4 gift baskets are worth in excess of $1,200 each and our grand prize in the balloon pop raffle- a trip for 2 anywhere WestJet flies in Canada is valued at $2,300!”
But the Dinner is about more than just raising money explains Barb MacPherson, Executive Director at the Y, ”Funds raised at the dinner will allow YWCA Saskatoon to continue providing services and programs to more than 6000 women and their families in our community. Through our Crisis Shelter, Employment & Learning services, Child Development Centre and Fitness on 25th, we see a definite positive impact on the social fabric of our community- it’s all about helping people, and it always will be.”
The Dinner will kick off with a Champagne Reception at 5:30pm in the Grand Salon at TCU Place on Thursday, June 5th, followed shortly by the arrival of the Award Nominees, with dinner at 6:30 and the Awards ceremony at 7:45.
There will be in excess of 650 people in attendance at this years awards, making it the largest event ever for the YWCA. If you have not received your ticket- no need to worry, a new ticketless system is being tested. Just bring your ID and a smile and ushers will be sure you have a good time!
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Saskatoon, SK- The 27th Annual YWCA Women of Distinction Awards Dinner will take place Thursday, June 5th, 2008 in the Grand Salon at TCU Place.
Details & Times:
- Champagne Reception and Arrival of Women of Distinction- 5:30pm
- Dinner- 6:30-7:45pm
- Balloon Pop Raffle- 7:45pm
- Awards Ceremony- 7:50pm
- Retire- 9:30pm
*All timings subject to slight variances*
For further information about the dinner or to confirm your tickets, please call 244-7034 ext 121 or 122.
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Saskatoon, SK- “The new website enables us to target a whole new group of people and allows us to market the dinner in a much, much more comprehensive and professional manner” exclaims Kevin Seesequasis, Communications Coordinator for the YWCA Women of Distinction Awards® Dinner Committee.
The YWCA Saskatoon, only last week unveiled the revamped website with flashy new nominees’, sponsor and ticket ordering pages. The website design and development was done as part of a sponsorship package by Saskatoon-Web Design, a local web development firm. “Saskaton-Web Design did a fantastic job- the site is generating a lot of excitement within the committee and the nominees” says Seesequasis. “We are extremely pleased to have all of our media partners on board and we look forward to the website assisting us in raising the profile of the Awards Dinner!”
With 31 nominees in 10 different categories, the Awards Dinner promises to be the women’s gala event of the year! “We’re 80% sold out, and we’ve got 2 days left till the dinner- we’re hoping the new online ticket ordering feature of the website will help us to achieve our objective of 700 tickets” says Seesequasis. “We’ve had great media support over the last 2 days, so we’re really looking forward to sales picking up and getting over the bar!”
Last year 640 people attended the event and more than $60,000 was raised to support YWCA Saskatoon programs and services.
Tickets are $90 each or $720 for a corporate table. You can also call 244-7034 ext 122 to order by phone, or you can email tickets@ywcasaskatoon.com with your name, address and phone number and a member of the YWCA Saskatoon will contact you back.
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