4th Annual Ottawa Dinner Auction Fundraiser for Buy-A-Net

Sunday, October 4, 2009
The Lone Star Texas Grill (St. Laurent location)
Doors and Auction Open at 6pm !

We are getting fantastic auction items; services, products and unique African arts and crafts.
Proceeds support focused projects for children in need in Ethiopia and Uganda.
Buy-A-Net   &  Little Voice  (http://littlevoice.ca/lv3/)  

Donations welcomed at: Tax receipts over $20.

If you would like to attend Contact  Andy McAfee: andy@tpal.ca (613) 270-9373

Special Thanks To Bay Brokerage Inc.
Owned by Rick Stewart.
Many thanks for  helping us kick off this year’s auction!

 

Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Elementary School, Ottawa, Ontario

Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Elementary School, Ottawa Ontario – choose to raise funds for malaria prevention. They held a pancake breakfast, a penny carnival, sold raffle tickets, and had weekly draws.

The 282 Students @ Our Lady of Fatima Raised $2,000 for Buy-A-Net!

They are giving 300 nets to the Ugandan district of Kawempe and saving over 1,300 lives from malaria. 

Thank you, Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Elementary School!

First Ever Malaria Prevention Symposium in Canada

Buy-A-Net, Canadian Red Cross and Canadian Nurses Association

convened the first ever malaria prevention 

symposium in Canada.

This meeting recently  held in Ottawa brought agencies and 

government together to share best practices and knowledge on 

malaria prevention. 

Debra Lefebvre
Founder

Helping Hands in Ottawa

Helping Hands, an Ottawa based group of caring individuals, led by Andy McAfee (2nd from left), organized a fundraiser at Lone Star restaurant in support of BUY-A-NET Malaria Prevention Group and an Ethiopian charity known as Little Voices. “It’s an honour to help good groups like these,” said Andy. The evening was fun with a silent auction offering great items such as Sens and Habs tickets and cottage stays in PEI. It was a great success with great food and kind people.

$11,000.00 was raised and shared with BUY-A-NET. Helping Hands netted 17 villages!

A Proud Father

Chris, a father in Ottawa, is very proud of his boys, Noah and Isaac, and shares this story:

Hi guys,

I wanted to share with you the fundraising story of my son, Noah.

He’s 10 years old, and knows what bed nets means for the health of kids in Africa. In the past couple of years, he and his older son Isaac have run a Backyard Fair each fall and raised $200-300 for bed nets.

We live in Ottawa and one of the local events is called Westfest which is a large community event in west-central Ottawa. They allow buskers, and Noah decide this year to use his Magic Sticks to raise funds for bed nets. In a few hours he raised $108 which is coming your way by check (to avoid the 3% visa charge). He hung in there even when he was getting blisters on his hands.

For me as his father it was amazing experience watching him do this. I am enormously proud of him, and he’s proud of himself, and his service to others. He knows exactly what this means for kids in Africa.

Attached are some pictures of Noah in action.

Thanks

~ Chris

Canadian Nurses Association

Update: The Canadian Nurses Association has demonstrated their commitment to saving lives from malaria. At the Centennial Celebration of the Canadian Nurses Association in Ottawa, June 2008, over $25,000.00 was raised for nets in Uganda! Canadian nurses make Canada and the world a better place! Nurses are the change!

The Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) is very pleased to inform you of our endorsement of the BUY-A-NET Malaria Prevention initiative. By endorsing this initiative, CNA acknowledges the important contribution of BUY-A-NET as a direct mechanism for the prevention of Malaria deaths in Uganda. This endorsement also expresses our willingness to support this initiative publicly.

The BUY-A-Net Malaria Prevention initiative, led by a dedicated group of volunteer Canadian Registered Nurses, contributes to the advancement of CNA’s Vision for Registered Nurses to be leaders and partners working to advance health for all. The initiative further supports CNA’s Goal five, to advance international health policy and development in Canada and abroad to support global health and equity. The leadership role of registered nurses in the initiative, in Canada and in Uganda, is an important element that stands to contribute to professional exchange and support of the nursing profession in Uganda as the project builds.

CNA has a 30-year history of advancing the nursing profession internationally, a programme that generally focuses on strengthening nursing leadership capacity in resource- poor countries so that nurses address and advocate for improved health, health system and nursing priorities. Through multiple interventions that include education, advocacy and the provision of nets, we firmly believe this initiative, BUY-A-NET, is addressing the urgent population health needs related to malaria prevention while standing to build an important professional platform that strengthens and sustains the results of this initiative.

We look forward to remaining abreast of developments and, where possible, supporting this very important initiative.