All it Takes is One - Third Annual Evening for Africa
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This year's Evening for Africa includes great live music, terrific raffles, cocktails, live and silent auctions, a fabulous dinner, and as always a celebration of The EAC's life saving work in Kenya!
Featured items include great wine packages, a stunning villa in Costa Rica, tempting desserts from Tom Douglas and Palisades Restaurant, original art from our student's in Kenya, a variety of all inclusive international vacations. framed photographs from Brenna Britton of People Magazine and MUCH MORE!
If you would like to donate an item or service to the event, please contact Emma at auction [at] eastafricancenter [dot] org.
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A very special thank you to the evening's platinum sponsor, the Seattle Jaycees, who have been a long time supporters of the EAC.
The Seattle Jaycees is a professional and personal development orga
nization which provides young people with leadership and management training through community service development. We are devoted to community and individual involvement.
The night was dedicated to hope and raising funds for the EAC's programs in Kenya. It was a wonderful evening for Africa and together we raised over $30,000!
This money will enable the EAC to continue providing much needed quality medical and educational services in Takaungu, Kenya. Over 100 goods and services, some making their way all the way from Kenya to Seattle, filled the silent auction rooms.
Pastor Pat Wright and The Total Experience Gospel Choir brought the crowd to their feet with their amazing and inspirational talent.
Guests were greeted and the ballroom adorned by oversized photography by Brenna Britton printed on canvas. These beautiful images from Takaungu brought the purpose of the evening to life.
Artist Bill Kent, demonstrated his extraordinary talent throughout the evening by painting live an image in watercolor of Vutakaka Junior School student Mapenzi Kenga.
Designer Chrissy Wai-Ching created a one of a kind, multicolored Kimono exclusively for this evening. This original work of silk charmeuse was auctioned at the event.
The newest members of the EAC community learned from Executive Director, Emma Nierman, of the individual stories of Mohamed Said, Rukia Charo, and Fatma Omar. Each of them, in different but powerful ways, have had experienced first-hand the benefits made possible by the EAC.
The premier of the EAC’s new video allowed the auience to experience our work. Guests then raised their paddles for 15 laptops for Vutakaka Junior School students and by the end of the night raised enough money to cover nearly one-fourth of the EAC’s annual operating budget.
Thank you to everyone who showed their support before, during, and after the event. We are honored and humbled by all of your efforts and participation.
A very special thank you to the evening's platinum sponsor
The Seattle Jaycees is a professional and personal development organization which provides young people with leadership and management training through community service development. We are devoted to community and individual involvement.
Thank you to Bead for Life
for providing a bracelet for each of the night's attendees! BeadforLife eradicates extreme poverty by creating bridges of understandingbetween impoverished Africans and concerned world citizens. Ugandan women turn colorful recycled paper into beautiful beads, and people who care open their hearts, homes, and communities to buy and sell the beads.
Photographer Brenna Britton visited Vutakaka school and clinic in Takaungu in 2006. Brenna's work will be available for purchase at and Evening for Africa and she will be in attendance. Britton is the Deputy Photo Editor of Entertainment for People magazine where she oversees production and art direction of celebrity photo shoots. She served as Director of Photography at WIRED magazine for 5 years and has earned numerous National Magazine Awards, Society of Publication Designers Awards, and Photo District News (PDN) awards. Brenna got her start in the magazine industry after she left ABC's television photography department to become the Assistant Photo Editor at a "start up" publication called ESPN The Magazine. Brenna pursues her own documentary photography of the human condition with work in Mexico, Uganda, Kenya, and India. 
