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OUR PRESENTING SPONSOR Tonight’s 2018 Yuletide Gala Auction promises once As we enter the holiday season, we can be thankful again to be a magical event in support of an amazing for the outstanding care that is provided at the QEH. cause. At RBC, we are deeply committed to helping It is because of your generosity that the staff and our communities prosper. Ensuring that residents physicians at the QEH will continue to deliver the best and visitors of Prince Edward Island have access to care now and in the future. the most up-to-date medical equipment is important to us, and that is why we’re proud to be returning as On behalf of RBC, thanks for your ongoing support Presenting Sponsor once again. and have a wonderful evening. Together, through last year’s gala, QEH Foundation was able to fund the purchase of an MRI compatible ventilator, a bronchoscopy radial probe and Janice McNutt Lanctin videoprocessor for ultrasound scopes, as well as Regional Vice President an infant warmer for QEH’s tiniest patients. The Eastern N.B. & P.E.I, replacement, upgrade and addition of medical RBC Royal Bank equipment at the QEH is possible thanks to businesses and individuals like you who support fundraising events such as tonight’s signature gala. 2 We are very fortunate to have the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in our community and the excellent doctors, nurses, and staff that give Islanders the excellent care that we have become accustomed to. Let’s never take this for granted. I would also like to give special thanks to the QEH Foundation board and staff and the entire team at the Murphy Hospitality Group for their volunteer time over these past five years. Sincere thanks, GREETINGS FROM KEVIN & KATHY MURPHY Hosts of Yuletide Gala Auction Kevin Murphy Kathy Murphy Yuletide Gala Auction Yuletide Gala Auction Welcome to this year’s Yuletide Gala Auction. It has Co-Chair Co-Chair been five years since we moved the QEH Yuletide Gala Auction to the Prince Edward Island Brewing Co. This is our last year of our five-year commitment. We would like thank everyone who has assisted in making this event a huge success. We are also very honoured to have co-chaired this signature fundraising event. In the past five years, together, we will have raised well over $1 million dollars in direct support of priority medical equipment at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. QEH FOUNDATION’s YULETIDE GALA AUCTION 3 message from Funds raised this evening will support the purchase Ed Lawlor of a therapeutic gastroscope and two ultrasound stretchers, with the remaining funds raised going qeh foundation chair toward a new CT Scanner. We thank you for your part in raising money for priority medical equipment at the QEH. Enjoy your evening. The QEH Foundation’s Yuletide Gala Auction is a Sincerely, signature fundraising event and, for many of us, the beginning of the holiday season. On behalf of the Board of Directors of the QEH Ed Lawlor Foundation, physicians and staff of QEH, guests of Chair, QEH Foundation the Gala, and, most importantly, all Islanders who benefit from the Yuletide Gala Auction, we extend our heartfelt thanks to Kevin and Kathy Murphy and the entire team at Murphy Hospitality Group for their incredible generosity. Now in its fifth year at PEI Brewing Co., the Yuletide Gala Auction will have raised over $1 million at this venue for priority medical equipment! There are so many to thank for putting together this elegant evening. All sponsors and Friends of the Gala are listed on the back cover of this program. In addition, our Gala Auction Prize Committee, and Sponsorship Chair who have worked tirelessly in engaging prize donors and sponsors, bringing together the auction we are about to enjoy. QEH FOUNDATION’s YULETIDE GALA AUCTION 4 QEH Foundation’s Yuletide EVENING PROGRAM Gala Auction Committee 6:00pm Reception and Viewing of Auction Items Kevin & Kathy Murphy, Sponsored by Red Shores / Atlantic Lottery Co-Chairs Steve Dunne Sponsorship Chair Purchase your WestJet Raffle Tickets! Menna MacIsaac & Nancy Costa, Sponsored by WestJet Auction Prize Co-Chairs Victoria Boswall 7:15pm Welcoming Remarks Jillian Campbell Deanna Carroll Kevin and Kathy Murphy, Melissa MacKinnon Yuletide Gala Auction Co-Chairs Carla Turner Erin Wadden Janice McNutt Lanctin, RBC Presenting Sponsor Live Auction Sponsored by Stewart McKelvey Matt Rainnie, Emcee QEH Foundation Board of Myles Enstrom, Auctioneer Directors Sponsored by Parkdale Sherwood Lions Club Ed Lawlor, Chair Dinner Patsy MacLean, Vice-Chair Sponsored and Prepared by Host Sponsor Everett Roche, Treasurer Steve Dunne, Secretary Murphy Hospitality Group Bob Sear, Past Chair Valerie Docherty 8:00pm Gift Card Tree Closes John Gaudet Silent Auction Lannia MacAleer Sponsored by Brighton Construction Inc. Peter S. MacDonald Mary MacInnis 8:30pm Silent Auction Table 1 Closes Teresa McCabe Peter McCrady 9:00pm Silent Auction Table 2 Closes John Scales Brian Thompson 9:30pm Silent Auction Table 3 Closes Jamie MacDonald, QEH CAO Tracey Comeau, QEH Foundation CEO 10:00pm Live Auction Ends WestJet Raffle Draw Announce and Celebrate Grand Total 10:15pm Music/After Party Begins with DJ QEH FOUNDATION’s YULETIDE GALA AUCTION 5 QEH Foundation’S Yuletide Gala MENU Under the Direction of Executive Chef, Lincoln Key Sponsored by FIRST COURSE Local greens, pickled onions, beets, cherry tomato, pumpkin brittle and maple vinaigrette SECOND COURSE Roasted butternut squash soup with green apple crème fraîche MAIN COURSE Toasted almond and cream cheese stuffed chicken supreme with herb jus; served with garlic mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables DESSERT Sticky date pudding, warm butter rum sauce and Chantilly cream QEH FOUNDATION’s YULETIDE GALA AUCTION 6 QEH FOUNDATION’s YULETIDE GALA AUCTION 7 QEH Foundation’s Yuletide Gala Auction Procedure Thanks to the generosity of companies, their owners Payment of Auction Items – Successful bidders will and individuals, our Gala committee has secured receive a slip delivered to their table and can pay at an impressive collection of auction items both big the cashier’s table located at the main entrance at any and small. time. Payment may be made by cash, debit, cheque, Visa, or MasterCard. For your convenience, during the Before bidding begins, please enjoy viewing the items majority of the evening, payments will also be taken available. Buy-It-Now Gift Card Tree, Live Auction right at your table. items, and Silent Auction Tables 1, 2 and 3 are displayed throughout the reception and main dining Note: Please redeem your auction item/package within areas. the year or allotted timeframe indicated out of respect for the donors of the items. Title to the auction items The Silent Auction – There is a bidding sheet for each remains with the QEH Foundation until you have made Silent Auction item here this evening. To eliminate full payment. Items must be picked up no later than possible paddle number confusion, please record Monday, November 19, 2018 your name, table number and paddle number and the amount you wish to pay for any particular item. WestJet Raffle – Tickets will be sold throughout the Throughout the evening, the Silent Auction tables will event for a chance to win two tickets to anywhere close in three blocks of time outlined in the evening’s WestJet flies! Tickets are $20 each or three for $50. program (page 5). Ten minute warnings will be given The winning raffle ticket will be drawn immediately before the table closes. Please remember that all bids before the grand total is announced. The person with must be legible and in increments of $20 minimum to the winning ticket will leave tonight with this prize! be valid. Check on and update your bids often so you won’t be disappointed. Music/After Party – Dance the night away to music by a DJ. Cash bar will remain open - proceeds of bar The Buy-It-Now Gift Card Tree closes at 8 p.m. sales to the QEH Foundation. The Live Auction – All guests will receive a pre- New this year! - Watch for orange-coloured bid cards. assigned bidding paddle. You will find your These represent equipment for the QEH. Your bid will personalized paddle on your table. Your name and be a charitable donation to the Foundation, allowing bidding number will be on your paddle. This will help the QEH to purchase the item shown/described. us to identify bidders throughout the evening. Please bid often, bid fast, but most importantly, bid! It is fun being an active participant, and at the end of the evening hopefully you will be the successful bidder. Before the live auction begins, talk to friends/guests about bidding on a live auction package together and share the cost! All items can be collected from the cashier’s table, located at the main entrance, at the end of the night. QEH FOUNDATION’s YULETIDE GALA AUCTION 8 QEH Foundation’s Yuletide Gala Live Auction Sponsored by Get your home all ready for the holiday season, and then sit back and enjoy! damien Item #1 Morris Designs will spend 8 hours decorating inside your home or office, with your own decorations; a tree from Prestige Home Decor & Floral; and a beautiful Christmas centerpiece from Bernadette’s Flowers. This package also includes a Home box of hand-crafted greeting cards, a delectable basket of Anne of Green Gables for the Chocolates, and a traditional home-baked fruitcake. Holidays Donated by damien Morris Designs, Donelda Wood, Anne of Green Gables Chocolates, Bernadette’s Flowers, Shirley Affleck, Prestige Home Décor & Floral This watercolour painting captures the beauty of Prince Edward Island’s Item #2 countryside with a scenic pine tree and horse by Dr.