Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Richmond Review · Page 47
Starlight Gala at River Rock Show Theatre
Amanda Oye photo Bob and Carolyn Convey.
Amanda Oye photo Brian Ailey, Martina Wilson and Nancy Yurkovich.
Amanda Oye photo Carianne Soo and Arthur Leong.
Chantal Krevaziuk a hit at Starlight Gala
Around Town Amanda Oye Amanda Oye photo Rattan Bagga, Punit Dhillon and Jason Sarai.
Amanda Oye photo Megan Shury, Karen Barclay and Kathy Howarth.
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sold-out crowd of more than 450 people came together to help raise $460,000 at the Richmond Hospital Foundation’s 15th annual Starlight Gala at the River Rock Casino Resort last Saturday evening. “We feel very fortunate to have the community support that we do,” said Natalie Meixner, the president and CEO of the Richmond Hospital Foundation. “Each and every year this event is incredibly special.” This year, guests enjoyed dinner followed by performances by Chantal Kreviazuk and the Richmond Orchestra. Kreviazuk had visited the hospital and some of the patients there the day before the gala. The event also featured silent and live auctions and the presentation of The Richmond
Richard Lam photo /Richmond Hospital Foundation Richmond Hospital Foundation’s Leadership Award recipients Paramjit Sandhu (second from the left) and his family attended an exclusive meet and greet with Chantal Krevizuk (centre).
Hospital Foundation Leadership Award to Paramjit and Gurdip Sandhu. Later, the importance of supporting health care in Richmond and the excellence of care that is given to patients at the hospital were highlighted by the story of John Roberts, who went through the entire process of being diagnosed and then treated for a tumor on his kidney at the hospital. The money raised at the gala will go towards the foundation’s initiatives, including purchasing a new C-Arm, which is an imaging tool used
Amanda Oye photo Bruce Forde and Melanie Rupp.
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Amanda Oye photo Usha and Renita Raju.
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