The Galiano Health Care Society wishes to thank everyone who participated in Saturday’s 2013 Wine and Beer Festival – our major fundraiser for the year. For the first time ever we sold out of tickets! (new provincial licensing regulations limit the number of patrons). We apologize to those who could not get tickets this year – next year we will again offer online reservations and pre-ticket sales at venues on Galiano.
A very big thank you to our Festival Coordinator – Ms Sylvie Beauregard – and her busy team of volunteers together with our clinic manager Linda Ruedrich who put in many hours of work over recent months to make the Festival such a success. There are too many volunteers to name everyone, so if you were a volunteer in any capacity, this acknowledgment is for you!
We had incredible support from this year’s wineries and breweries – without their participation the Festival would not operate. Feedback about the various products available indicated a strong appreciation for the vendors and we have heard that many patrons will seek out local products from their liqour outlets.
Final tallies are not yet in, but we anticipate that this event’s revenue will be significant and it will be applied directly to ensuring that Galiano has accessible comprehensive health care services for the coming year.
Thanks Galiano (and to those who came from other islands, Victoria and Vancouver) for making this year’s festival an enjoyable and successful event!
