AROUND TOWN: Garden party fundraiser attracts record crowd
Upon stepping into Jim and Marcia Ratsoy’s backyard, guests were transported to a different world for the seventh annual Rosewood Manor Garden Party Extravaganza last Sunday.
Flapper girls in red dresses and gold headbands strolled around the large lot, walking through a maze of classic cars, selling 50/50 and other prize tickets.
The ’20s themed event, put on by the Rosewood Manor Care Foundation in partnership with the Richmond Community Foundation, raised $242,465 to help fund the various initiatives Rosewood Manor has undertaken to improve their facilities and the quality of care they offer their seniors.
“I’m very happy,” said Deborah Goegan, the administrator at Rosewood Manor and member of the organizing committee for the event.
There were 470 guests—the most the event has had in its seven years.
“You really get a sense of them helping us out,” said Goegan.
Throughout the evening there was dancing, 20’s music, a live auction and a buffet dinner.
“It was really successful… People had fun, the meal was great, the auction was a lot of fun,” Goegan said.
“I just really appreciate the community coming together for us and to help our seniors, it’s great,” she said.
Amanda Oye covers the social scene for The Review. Reach her at amanda.oye@telus.net. Around Town appears every Wednesday.
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