Fundraisers – Port Alberni Grannies for Africa

$5000.00 sent to SLF from Fall fundraisers; over $10,000 raised in 2025 thanks to PAGO members and our wonderful Alberni Valley community!

Saturday, November 22, 2025

Barclay Hotel Craft Fair: Crafts $431.25 Quilt Draw by Donation: $63.60

Saturday, November 15, 2025

Cherry Creek Hall Craft Sale Another success this year: $ 972.05 in sales; – 100 table rental; $ 872.05 profit Quilt donations$ 118.40

Thank you everyone, Kathy

Monday, October 27, 2025

Today’s luncheon was a huge success, thank you to everyone.

Crafts – $ 1,132.75. Lunch donation – $25.00 Lunch tickets – $2025.00 [$100 float was taken from this total]
Quilt donations – $345.25 Total: $3,528.00
$200 for hall rental
Thanks again,Kathy

Saturday, August 23, 2025

Today’s sale at Spirit Square was $235 + $7 owing by a Cathy, she will give the money to Lois by our meeting.

So $257 in sales – $15 table rental = $242 profit. This summers profit at Spirit Square is $921.75.

Big thanks to Penny, Diana, John and Louis for all their hard work and dedication, and to all of our talented crafters and members purchasing . That is it for the summer. See you at our meeting in September 22. Kathy

Saturday, August 9, 2025

Too much going on in the valley today, not as many people around our area.We had sales of $163 – $15 for table rental = $148 profit

Thank you ladies and gentlemen for all your hard work, our crafters are amazing if you haven’t come down to see their work you should come and have a look in two weeks. Kathy

July 26, 2025 Craft Sales down at Harbour Quay/Spirit Square

Another good day at Spirit Square $284.75 – $15 table rental = $269.75 profit. excellent work, thank you Kathy

Grannies Craft Sales down at Harbour Quay, July 12, 2025

Another job well done, thank you ladies and gentlemen. Sales: $275; table rental: $15, For a profit of $260. Kathy

Saturday, July 5, 2025

Canada Day 2025 down at Harbour Quay: Sales: $525.60 minus $40 table rental for a profit of $485.60. Thank you all for your hard work with conditions you had to deal with today. Kathy

Lana Dittkowski, the winner of the cross stitch picture. Doreen Grant – winner of the lap quilt.

Monday, May 5: Afternoon Tea at AVUC gym.

A very successful event: Total raised: $3, 012.75

August 31/2024: Last day at Spirit Square; Heather Thompson took a picture of the Grannies who came out and is going to put together an article in PA VIBE.

We made a profit of $1,637.45 at our Spirit Square sales this summer! Kathy White/Treasurer

2024 – Craft Sales at Spirit Square/Harbour Quay – 2 Saturdays in July; 3 Saturdays in August – Total raised for SLF/African Grandmothers:

2024 – Garage Sale at AV United Church, Saturday, June 8

Today’s garage sale: bake table made: $170.00 garage sale made $1,020.65

Thank you to all helpers,Kathy

2024 – Afternoon Spring Tea at AV United Church, Wednesday May 8

20th Anniversary of the Grandmothers’ to Grandmothers Commemorative Quilt was shown at this event. Erica Schubart talked about how it was made, put together and pieces donated by both Canadian and African Grandmothers.

Thursday, December 28, 2023: Janet, Dorothy, and I along with Sonja Drinkwater met the winner of the quilt – Marilyn Lorenzo – at Echo Centre. Marilyn was so happy to be the winner. Sonja will put a picture/write-up in AV News.

Monday, December 18, 2023: Our Christmas Social at Janet’s place. We picked the winner of the quilt. No answer when called…. Thanks to all who support PA Grannies. Merry Christmas to all!!

Saturday, November 25: Last Christmas Craft Fair for 2023. It was another successful event, raising over $400.00 and our total for donations for the hand quilted/bird in cross-stitched designed must be over $500.00 in total! Draw will be made in December, 2023. A big thanks to our community for so generously supporting the Stephen Lewis Foundation / Grandmothers’ to Grandmothers’ Campaign. A hiatus for craft fairs now until our spring luncheon.

Saturday, November 18: Craft Fair at Cherry Creek Hall, selling tins of shortbread, beautiful Christmas cards, crafts, and quilt by donation! Thanks to all who helped out, baked cookies, etc.

Saturday, November 4; Sunday, November 5, 2023: Craft Fair at Glenwood Centre: A very good fundraiser for PA Grannies/African Grannies! Thanks to those who took shifts at the Grannies’ table!

PA Grannies Fundraising Luncheon – October 25,2023

A great success!!! Thanks to the wonderful friends of PAGO and PAGO members!

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Saturday, August 12 and 25, 2023 – Spirit Square/Harbour Quay – thanks again to Diana and Penny and all the Grannies who make crafts for the sales. They’ll be back one more time – Sept. 2 – during Salmon Festival!

Saturday, July 29, 2023 – Spirit Square/Harbour Quay – many thanks to Diana and Penny for setting up, selling, representing PAGO every two weeks; thanks to Grannies who make the crafts!