Two River Market businesses are teaming up for an artful start to the new year.
Wild Rice Market Bistro and Craft Café are holding their third in a series of monthly Ink & Drink sessions on Monday, Jan. 15 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. People of all skill levels are invited to get creative in a social setting.
“For the January session, participants will have the opportunity to try out monoprinting while enjoying some refreshments,” said a press release about the event. “Not familiar with this art form? Monoprinting is basically a method for creating one-of-a-kind images – unlike other types of printmaking where multiples can be easily reproduced.”
Tickets are $38 and include the materials to participate, a beverage (non-alcoholic options are available) and some light appetizers. Register at Eventbrite.ca (Search for Ink & Drink) or at Craft Café in River Market, 810 Quayside Dr.
New West Realtors help homeless
Two New West Realtors are doing their part to help less fortunate folks this winter.
At their client Christmas party in December, Patti Goss and son Wes of RE/MAX Advantage asked clients to help warm up the cold nights for those less fortunate by bringing a new pair of socks. Accompanied by two work experience students from New Westminster Secondary School, they handed out socks to needy folks in downtown before Christmas.
Well done!
Doggone good fundraiser in Sapperton
To say that Leona Green is dog-gone grateful to her diners is an understatement.
The Dec. 21 issue of the Record was still on the presses when Green contacted the newspaper with an update to a Movers & Shakers item in that issue about a fundraiser for Animal Aware Guatemala taking place at Greens and Beans Deli in Sapperton. Prior to heading to Guatemala to volunteer at the shelter over the holidays with Coun. Lorrie Williams and local lawyer Angela Kerslake, Green sought to get 100 people to buy one bag of dog food at a cost of $28 each.
“Peter Julian just came in and saw that we were at 97 bags of dog food so he bought three to bring it to 100,” Green said of the New Westminster-Burnaby MP. “Right after he left the owner of Best Personnel came in with a cheque for $500 for dog food, and then a nurse from the (Royal) Columbian came in with money for four bags. This is so amazing.”
Green is grateful to all the folks around town who have supported her campaign and was thrilled to be able to buy lots of food for the animal shelter, which is in “dire need” of food.
