Brooks: Enserva STARS and Spurs Gala raises greater than $1.2 million
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The longest-running and largest fundraiser in Alberta continued its profitable methods on April 15 as greater than 1,200 visitors gathered within the BMO Centre to assist the twenty ninth annual Enserva STARS & Spurs Gala.
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The gala has, since its inception in 1994, raised greater than $19 million (internet) for STARS, making it the group’s most important annual fundraising occasion. That the gala raised greater than $1.2 million this 12 months ensures the life-saving providers that STARS’ gives will proceed for years to return.
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Taylor Munroe, the featured speaker at this 12 months’s gala, shared his near-death expertise because of a fateful trip in a utility terrain automobile. He suffered a number of accidents and fractures together with to his backbone. “I’m dwelling my second probability. I’m grateful for each second. I’m amazingly grateful for STARS. STARS saves and modifications lives day by day.”
Highlights this evening included: fabulous silent public sale gadgets; a pink carpet photograph sales space; reside public sale gadgets; a 360-degree video sales space; a wall of wine, wall of spirits or beer and bubbles raffles; STARS helicopter excursions; Indigenous leisure; nation singer Dan Davidson; and headline entertainer The James Barker Band.
Visitors in attendance included: Enserva president and CEO Gurpreet Lail; gala chair and Bravo Goal Security CEO Kevin O’Brien; STARS president and CEO Andrea Robertson; volunteer committee members Mark O’Byrne, Tyler Dahlseide, Kristos Iatridis, Ryan Smith, Chris McCullough and Peter Christopher; STARS pilot Jason Arthur with colleagues John Doyle, a flight paramedic, and Stuart Grant, a flight nurse; Tenaris vice-president Shellie Clark along with her husband Brian Clark and colleague Dave McHattie with this spouse Mirna McHattie; featured artist Karli Crowshoe of The Chief’s Daughter fame along with her sister Amelia Crowshoe; Precision Drilling’s Jim Clarke, Marrett Alwood, Ashley Connolly and Corey Lazar; Trimac’s Rhonda Leason, Ramon Ignacio, Leah Miller, Marc Gravel and Deryk Gillespie; Indian Useful resource Council’s Mark Taylor and his spouse, aggressive determine skater and coach Cathy Taylor; ConocoPhillips’ Kenny Brunette, Chris Malkin, Bij Agarwal, and James Makowecki; and others pictured.
