IT was an evening of fun, food and festivities as The Sunflower Fund’s hosted its annual Sunflower Celebration at the Sea Cottage Room of the Greyville Convention Centre recently.
Guests were treated to a delicious meal, live music by the talented ensemble ‘Dishevelled’ and the zany comedy musical Dear Breeder featuring Karen Logan and Kasia Vosloo.
The celebratory event was directly related to The Sunflower Fund’s brand new national campaign, Sunflower Day, which is the organisation’s biggest fundraising and awareness drive for the year.
Event compere, David Yapp of MRP Radio, had the crowd on their toes with his comedic antics and the lovely Alice Leah, of The A-List conducted an auction with a difference raising a significant R16 000 alone. Also attending the event was Round Table Southern Africa representative, Calvin Brophy, who presented The Sunflower Fund with a cheque for R323 750 from the sale of Topes that the Tablers assisted in selling this year.
The event raised a worthy R33 476 which will enable The Sunflower Fund to create awareness, and to educate and recruit more stem cell donors to increase the number of people registered on the South African Bone Marrow Registry (SABMR) and offer the hope of life to someone suffering from a chronic blood condition like leukaemia.
