Saturday, February 5, 2011

One! International 10th Anniversary Gala

I must first apologize for being such a tardy blogger.
The Gala took all extra time for the month of January.

I still don't have time to write - but - I thought I would share with you some of the wonderful pictures from the Gala.
Enjoy.



Honour the Past              Live in the Present                  Create the Future.

This was the theme for the evening on the actual date of the 10 year Anniversary of One! International - January 29, 2011.  We honoured the past accomplishments of One!. We had a wonderful evening in the present.  We began to create the future with our new program "Buy a Brick, Build the Future".




Tania and her papa watching the video of congratulations from the staff in India.
George presented her with the flowers. The presentation from her dad and the greetings from India were surprises. You can tell by the grin on her face, she was very pleased and happy.



Tania and a small entranced supporter - Oceanne -  watching the dances.


Taya  showing off the art contest.  All twenty of the featured art in the contest, and two paintings in the silent auction were completed by the children in India - aged 5 to 21.


Our wonderful new mom, and previous volunteer in India, emcee Amy.
She did an incredible job of keeping the audience excited.


Edwina and Norman showing off the "Buy a Brick - Build the Future" poster.
The building had over 65 bricks of various denominations ($50, $100, $500, $1000) on it by night end. (more info in a future blog)




The beautiful Erica who sang her One! Thank You song and the Chalo Chalo (Wacka Wacka) song accompanied by a video of the children in India, and some impromptu dancers in the crowd.


Three of our beautiful young volunteers.




The incredible Julie with guests Hemant and Rashmi.


Taya and Harper being interviewed about how young people in Canada can help young people in India.



Some of the young dancers of Sharara Entertainment who entertained the crowd.





A future One! supporter.




Tania and Marilyn with Jitendra (Chair of the Mahatma Gandhi Canadian Foundation for World Peace)


We will be putting more pictures and videos on the web page in the near future. The Gala was a huge success. The energy in the room was electric. We were so pleased to have so many people present to share the 10 Anniversary of One! International.

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