Thursday, May 7, 2009

PAAT 2009- Simply The Best

Each PAAT, our Dream has been to provide an outlet for like minded paper artists to gather, have time to work on your projects and be with friends, to feel pampered and special (because you are!) and while this is happening, raise money and awareness for the charity of choice.
I think the pictures with this post show we were able to do exactly that. If the pictures aren't proof enough than the many emails we have received from you since the event, have given us the thumbs up and let us know our dream for PAAT continues to live on.

PAAT 2009- Changing the World One Piece of Paper At A Time

We were so excited to greet our first guest we had to turn it into a photo shoot!


Being a member of the Dream Team is like planning an ultimate party for your friends and we could hardly wait to get the party started!




After opening remarks Peter MacDonald spoke about his experience with Prostate Cancer. Can you believe he is 70 years young?



PAAT couldn't be without our 'CRANKY' boxers...in the past we have had Cranky Pants and a Cranky Boa, what will we think of next!





It was great to see participants get together with their friends for group shots. For the past two years the Wonderful Women From New Brunswick come dressed in custom T-shirts. Here are the front and backs and a close up of what was written on the back of their T.







PAAT friends sporting their boxers which were custom made for each participant by Pam Lunnon.



Weren't the Make N Takes great?







It was a lot of fun planning our sit down dinner. To go from Silent Auction table to dining room may have been daunting at first but we managed to pull it off. One small thing we forgot to do...turn down the lights...oops!



As you can see in these pictures you worked diligently to get those projects completed and many of you stuck with it right up to 5:30 am.





We thought we would provide you with a little pick me up and we think Elizabeth Gaal with her mini yoga session did just that.





We could hardly wait to surprise you with our 'Lava Cakes with an Entrance'. We wanted you to know how very special you are and we hope Tina Turner's 'Simply The Best' song reinforced this message.









Was this a 'Feel Good Train' or a way to work off that chocolate??









From past years we know that the wee hours of the night are tough to get through so we thought a little cruise to Hawaii might do the trick.


Aloha!











Who can resist a hoola hoop and a limbo stick?









The cruise seemed to help get everyone over the 'wee hour' hump.
At 3 am Amy remembered she had forgotten to do her challenges and what good sports you were. Many of you participated in these with amazing results. Your cards and scrapbook pages blew us out of the water. You are all so creative!



At around 5 am we decided to wind things down. We made the final draws, finished off the silent auction table and posted the Final Tally...$11,400.00 what an amazing night!



Since then more funds have come in and our Final Tally is: $12,381.27 for the Prostate Cancer Research Foundation of Canada. An amazing amount of money raised by an amazing group of women.

PAATer's 2009 YOU ROCK!!!!
The Dream Team


Before you leave this blog please take a moment to go to the post about donations. Take a minute to scroll down through the list of individuals and businesses who made donations to PAAT 2009. We really couldn't have done this without them.

***Also note: We are in the process of setting up a slideshow with all of the pictures from this year's event.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Looks like you all had fun! Sorry I missed it but I'll be there next year!

Roberta

Terri1231 said...

I had the best time ever!!

Terri Corbett