Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Dongdaewon 20 18 - 2019

2018 closed ... but 2019 about to begin. 

We had a fabulous year last year, despite a lot of our committee members departing SFS. It was rallying the troops and getting down to it. A big thank you to past members Patti Swanson, Sarah Carpenter, Mark Worden (check out the video), Laura Worden, Dr Gray and Kate Gray, Kim Lee, Jo Thies and many more of you that have spent time raising money for Dongdaewon. We appreciate all you have done to help save lives.

All said and done we raised 50 million won (nearly $50, 000 US).  Great job everyone. Through fairs, auctions, selling of t.shirts and shamograms, and other events, we were able to sponsor 9 patients for 18 months of treatment.

At the beginning of our school year,  Sept 2018, Mr Colm Flanagan presented the check to the Eugene Bell Foundation, at our Welcome Back to School afternoon. Check out the picture below.

Meredith, Joel and Adam Walker (students featured in the photo), presented their holiday fundraising money. They charged family members to participate in sporting activities. That's what we call a healthy fundraiser!

So keep watching this space for Dongdaewon 2019 ... our 20th Year Celebration, partnering with Eugene Bell.  We have a lot coming up (drum roll please) ... firstly the Pantomime is back. This year's panto is 'Captain Hook's Revenge' written by Richard Coleman. Diary 8/9th Feb, if you are in Seoul. Along with Fairs, Cooking Schools and other exciting fundraisers, Dongdaewon 2019 is going to be bigger than ever. Don't forget to keep in touch.