But thanks to our great committee, awesome participation from the young group, and generous support of all of the guests, it was a dream that God totally blessed above more than we could have imagined!
Join us as we document an event that was a big and exciting part of our lives this spring: the Serenity Villa Benefit Dinner.
 photo credit: Lauren F. |
| I know perhaps many of the readers were involved with this somehow and most already know about it, but bear with us as we document for family scrapbook sake :).
Just as a side note: for those unfamiliar with it, Serenity Villa is... well, really, a whole second topic on its own. For several years Fairview Haven has felt the need for a memory support unit (specifically specialized in dementia care) as part of their facility. Thanks to lots of hard work on the part of the administration there, the board of directors, generous supporters, and answered prayer, Serenity Villa is the name of this anticipated branch of Fairview Haven. Just this week some site work has begun - we're excited to watch it unfold! Maybe I'll get Dad to share about it more in the future as it has consumed a lot of his time in the past months and years... but for now, back to the Benefit Dinner.
Everything about the entire event was a joint effort: between the committee we had, the young group, various volunteers, and our great God, it was incredible to watch what all was accomplished!
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so thankful for a friend who donated the flowers for the event! The hydrangeas were beautiful :).
Wait... who was behind the idea of making all of the chicken cordon bleu again?? It felt like an endless process in the middle of it, but we did make it through eventually! The pounding step took the longest and was the most tiring... the poor quilting ladies downstairs who had a peaceful quilting session in mind!
it was worth it in the end!
we thought the fridge was pretty full on Thursday...
... until Friday.
photo credit: Lauren F
160 salad plates is quite a few!
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| thanks for Living Waters for the lovely salads! |
arranging the flowers was a fun project!
photo credit: Lauren F.
photo credit: Lauren F.
we were excited for how the seating and tables ended up looking in the end!
photo credit: Lauren F.
the appetizer table and all of the tasty dishes were so beautiful and delicious (thanks to the Kilgus family)!
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| this snapshot just doesn't do the display justice... it was an amazing |
photo credit: Lauren F.
photo credit: Lauren F.
photo credit: Lauren F.
we were excited and nervous when the room started filling with guests!
photo credit: Lauren F.
Between this assembly line in the kitchen,
photo credit: Lauren F.
photo credit: Lauren F.
and this one in the eating area, we had all 160 dinner plates served in the record time of approximately 12 minutes.
photo credit: Lauren F.
we served three kinds of desserts: chocolate poke cake, white chocolate raspberry cheesecake (made by guess who :)), and apple pie!
photo credit: Lauren F.
As part of the dinner, the young group performed some of the songs that we sang on our newly recorded CD! We also had the brand new CD for sale that evening.
Our goal for the evening was to raise $25,000 of which we had a matching grant. When it was all said and done, we raised $41,000, plus the matching grant bringing our total to $65,000 which didn't include the nearly $3,000 in CD income. It was an exciting evening!
I'll say it one more time: we couldn't have done it without everyone that pitched in and the generous support of all of the guests! And above all, God deserves all of the glory.
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