Our Special Thanks

'For the Birds 2010' Benefit Dinner and Auction was held on Saturday, April 24th at the Château Vaudreuil Suites Pavillion.

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This year’s “For the birds” would not be possible without you. Guests, auction donors, sponsors and volunteers - we have come together to help, celebrate and have a wonderful time. We would like to give everyone a heartfelt thank you for being so generous towards Le Nichoir. We received many wonderful gifts and sponsorships for the auction this evening. We are also sincerely touched by the energy and level of support you have given us.

We would like to especially thank Nathalie Zinger, Nature Conservancy of Canada’s Regional Vice-President Quebec Region for being our Honorary Guest and for speaking tonight. Special thanks also to the best auctioneers, Michael Lawrence, Fraser Lawrence and Tania Ellerbeck and our fabulous Master of Ceremonies, Peter McAuslan.

Christine for her translations. Nancy Kaudel for designing and formatting the special appeal. Roberto Teodori at the Chateau Vaudreuil. Impression Paragraph for printing stationary. Julie D’Aoust for the auction logo and art work. Audrey Davies, Karen Ripplinger-Wylie and Kathy Rowe for helping with auction tasks. The Study for the YouTube broadcast. Shelby Cohen, Sean Cryer, Matt Rousseau and Mr. N. Di Tomosa from Vanier College’s Music Department. Tom DiSandolo our photographer. Wanda Smith for the fantastic centerpieces and Trevor McCurdy for the sound systems.

A big thank you Audrey, Carly, Dana, Heidi, Jo-Annie, Johanne, Julie, Kate, Kathy, Ken, Kevin, Leslie, Lorry, Susi, Tina and all the other volunteers who offered their time to work behind the scene to make this event a big success.

We are sincerely grateful to all our guests, patrons and volunteers for making “For the Birds” 2010 benefit auction and dinner a great success.