VPWAS CHRISTMAS DINNER This years Christmas celebration was held at the James Bay New Horizons centre on Saturday December 11th and was a rousing success, enjoyed by all in attendance. Many thanks go out to all the members of Vancouver Island PWA Society for coming out and enjoying yourself! Thank-you also to all VPWAS volunteers and others who took part in helping to make this event happen! A special thank-you goes to Roland Barrett and company for providing the evenings entertainment. The success of the evening would not have been possible without the support and generosity of the following: The Market on Yates Imax Theatre Royal British Columbia Museum Pluto's London Drugs (Yates Street) Thrifty Foods (Simcoe Street) Floyd's Diner Starbucks (Yates at Quadra) Shoppers Drug Mart (Douglas Street) Serious Coffee (Cook Street Village) Butchart Gardens Glendale Gardens Harbour Towers Grocery Plus Victoria Butterfly Gardens UKULAPHA On June 22 Carolyn Burns carolyn@ukulapha.org.za, founder and manager of our partnered organization in South Africa, presented an excellent PP presentation about the lives and exciting programs happening at Slangspruit school and its commnunity.  VPWAS Board members in attendance were impressed and some program ideas have crystalized as to how we might borrow them to fit our programs. BRAZILIAN MUSIC CONCERT On July 31 the Fundraising Concert hosted by Joseh Garcia was attended by a near full-house audience and was enjoyed by all.  We want to thank Joseh and the Solstice Café, 529 Pandora Avenue, Victoria, B. C. for this very special event UPPER DECK BENEFIT CONCERT We would like to thank Roland “Roly” Barrett for his thoughtful and caring support in organizing a benefit concert held on August 12th at the Upper Deck in Victoria. We would also like to thank his vocalist Elizabeth Barrett, his percussionist Brad Hawkes, and lead guitarist Paddy Goulet.